Editing Motion JPEG (section)

=== Video streaming ===

HTTP streaming separates each image into individual HTTP replies on a specified marker. HTTP streaming creates packets of a sequence of JPEG images that can be received by clients such as [[QuickTime]] or [[VLC media player|VLC]].

In response to a [[GET request]] for a MJPEG file or stream, the server streams the sequence of JPEG frames over [[HTTP]]. A special mime-type [[MIME type#Content-type|content type]] '''multipart/x-mixed-replace;boundary=<boundary-name>''' informs the client to expect several parts (frames) as an answer delimited by <boundary-name>. This boundary name is expressly disclosed within the MIME-type declaration itself. The TCP connection is not closed as long as the client wants to receive new frames and the server wants to provide new frames. Two basic implementations of a M-JPEG streaming server are ''cambozola'' and ''[[MJPG-Streamer]]''. The more robust ''[[ffmpeg-server]]'' also provides M-JPEG streaming support.

Native web browser support includes: [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]], [[Google Chrome]], [[Microsoft Edge]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/dev-guide/html5/video/|title=Dev guide: Video - Microsoft Edge Development|website=developer.microsoft.com|access-date=2016-08-25}}</ref> and [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]].<ref>M-JPEG streams sent to early versions of Mozilla Firefox had to be enclosed within an HTTP document to avoid flickering. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625012 Bug 625012] (fixed&nbsp;in&nbsp;2014).</ref> Other browsers, such as [[Internet Explorer]] can display M-JPEG streams with the help of external plugins. Cambozola is an applet that can show M-JPEG streams in Java-enabled browsers. M-JPEG is also natively supported by PlayStation and QuickTime. Most commonly, M-JPEG is used in IP based security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martins |first=Claudemir |date=2017-04-25 |title=How CCTV codecs work (CCTV codec easily explained) by Learn CCTV |url=https://learncctv.com/how-cctv-codecs-work/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Learn CCTV.com |language=en-US}}</ref>