The video streams you see in the Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS user interface are optimally delivered to your web browser using Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS’s sophisticated routing engine. When an Orchid Recorder is registered in Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS, a proxy connection becomes available from the Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS server to the Orchid Recorder. When an Orchid Recorder is not directly accessible to your web browser (because it’s behind a firewall, for instance), this connection allows Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS to relay all the web and video data from the Orchid Recorder, through Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS, to your web browser. This method eliminates the need to create and maintain firewall rules to provide access to the Orchid Recorders and cameras.
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If your web browser can communicate with an Orchid Recorder, video is delivered directly from Orchid Recorder to your client browser. This approach maximizes performance while minimizing bandwidth usage, hosting costs, and custom network configuration.
To Force Proxy Mode
There is a way to force Orchid/Hybrid VMS to use the proxy method even if the situation wouldn’t normally require it.
- Open Orchid Fusion/Hybrid VMS and sign in.
- Go to the Stage screen.
- Add the following text to the end of the URL in the web browser address bar: ?force-proxy=true
- Click the Reload button. (The Enter key will not do the trick.)
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