NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) is a depreciated feature in older browsers. Originally developed for Netscape Navigator 2.0 browsers, starting in 1995. Subsequently it was adopted by other browsers such as Chrome. Google Chrome engineers support because the 90’s era architecture is obsolete and had caused massive crashes, hangs and security incidents. Among many manufacturers, Hikvision was especially affected.
Jun 9, 2017 - This is the web plugin for Mac OS. After installation, you will be able to live view most of Uniview IPC/NVR on Safari for Mac. Supports Mac.
Their recorders and web cameras requiring access through Chrome, used the NPAPI plugins. If all you want to see is live view from a camera on Hikvision box on linux, I do this using vlc and rtsp stream. The network stream to open is Substitute your values as appropriate for ‘user’, ‘pass’, ‘ipaddress’, and ‘camera’. Cameras are usually named 101, 201, 301 and 401. So as an example This would open the 4th camera. Apparently earlier versions used a different format to access the stream, so if this doesn’t work, google it. I run ivms 4500 using Windows in virtualbox if I need more functionality.
Hope this helps someone. If I’ve misinterpreted what people are after, then apologies. Excellent – this works for me ( windows 10; chrome version 67.0.3396.99 ). One “would really be helpful answer” Id like is, that you seem to have events displayed on your screen print.
Ie i’m assuming you are on playback and the bottom bar of the screen print shows multiple red markers. Is that correct? If you have found a way to show events when using the web interface, can you enlighten me as to how you got that working please? ( I know not being able to see events from anything other than the NVR video port has been a long standing issue for many people ).
NOTE: This article is no longer accurate. ALL In Learning has released a Google Chrome Extension for using ALL In Learning with Chrome and no longer uses the NPAPI method. We are leaving this article active for a time, to help clear up the confusion for people who may have used it in the past and need to receive this new information.
With a few simple steps users can re-enable NPAPI plugins, until we release our upcoming ALL In Learning Chrome Extension to replace the plugin. How to Re-Enable NPAPI for Google Chrome:. In Chrome's address bar, paste (or type): chrome://flags/#enable-npapi.
Find 'Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows' in the list, and click 'Enable,' (Please note: if you don't see this option, it might be that your Chrome version hasn't automatically updated.). Click 'Relaunch Now' at the bottom of the page. FAQs and More Information: What is NPAPI? In short, it's the architecture that browser plugins like Google Earth, Google Talk, Silverlight, and the ALL In Learning Browser Plugin use to integrate their unique features into browsers. Why is Chrome ending support for NPAPI? NPAPI has been the industry-standard cross-browser plugin technology for 20 years, and better, faster, more tightly-secured technology has been developed in recent years which is replacing it. What's happening to the ALL In Learning Plugin?
In September of 2014, Google Chrome announced they would be ending support for the NPAPI plugin architecture (which ALL In Learning's plugin is based on, as well as many other companies' plugins) in September of 2015. As a precursor, in early April when your version of Chrome updates automatically to version 42, it will have NPAPI plugin support disabled by default, allowing you to take steps to re-enable it until September. ALL In Learning is currently developing an alternative to the NPAPI plugin for Chrome, which will allow users to seamlessly use ALL In Learning features in Google Chrome even after NPAPI support is ended. What about other browsers like FireFox, IE, and Safari?
So far, only Google Chrome has announced a hard date for ending support for NPAPI. However, eventually all browsers will follow suit and alternate technology will be used instead of NPAPI, and ALL In Learning will be on the cutting edge of development to integrate into those browsers. To read more straight from the source: http://blog.chromium.org/2014/11/the-final-countdown-for-npapi.html.