Panasonic Bl-c131a Software Mac

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I successfully installed a Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera on my network and can view it on my iPhone or over an internet connection in Safari or Firefox. The only trouble is that I cannot hear the sound output while streaming video from the camera on my iPhone or a compatible OSX browser. The cameras sound codec is apparently not supported in OSX. I have Windows XP running on an iMac using Bootcamp and the sound comes through loud and clear in IE. Is this a problem on Panasonic's end or is it just that Apple refuses to support this product? This would be a really cool camera were it not for the lack of audio on my iPhone and Safari. This is a wireless network camera and can be placed anywhere to remotely monitor my home. it can be remotely tilted, up and down, and left and right and zoomed in and out. But the sound just does not work in OSX! Any suggestions?
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Jan 10, 2008  The Panasonic BL-C131A camera can be placed anywhere inside my condo (not for outdoor use, however, it can be placed to look out a window) and the pictures are transmitted to my wireless router. Then they can be viewed from any Internet connection. In fact, the camera can stream 640x480 at 30 frames per second in MJPEG or MPEG-4 format, plus sound. Image Compression JPEG (Motion JPEG for moving image dsiplay), MPEG-4; Quality Video Resolution 640 x 480, 320 x 240 (default), 192 x 144; Image Quality JPEG (favor clarity, standard, favor motion), MPEG4; Frame Rate Max. 30 frames/sec.(640 x 4802,320 x 240,192 x 144) (AC Power source Frequency is 60 Hz); Authentication User ID/Password / SSL; Supported Network Protocols IPv4 / IPv6 Dual Stack. Download Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Firmware 3.60R00 (Firmware).

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Assuming you have an Airport Extreme base station, then you would use the Applications -> Utilities -> Airport Utility to enable port forwarding.
Via the Airport Utility, select your Airport Extreme base station. The select Advanced -> Port Mapping.
Click on the [+], and enter:
Public TCP port: 5001
Private IP address: 10.0.2.253
Private TCP port: 5001
If your web cam uses UDP insead of TCP, then fill in the UDP fields.
NOTE: I'm also assuming that the Airport Express is the 2nd wireless base station in the home, and you should have configured it for 'Bridge' mode. Airport Utility -> Internet -> Connection Sharing: Off (Bridge Mode)
If I have made some bad assumptions about you network setup, please provide updated information.

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Feb 21, 2009 2:37 PM

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