One-page reference: what ONVIF standardizes, the WS-Discovery handshake (UDP 3702 / 239.255.255.250), the seven active profiles (S, T, G, M, A, C, D) with what each guarantees, the standards-vs-vendor-SDK boundary, and a five-point pre-purchase conformance checklist.
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The handbook · 7 volumes
Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
This ONVIF engineer's quick reference covers what ONVIF standardizes, the WS-Discovery handshake, the seven active profiles and a five-point conformance check before purchase. We wrote seven volumes on the video stack cameras feed into; start with Volume 2 on contribution, ingest and network transport, then Volume 1 on encoding and Volume 6 on computer vision. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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