MJPEG stream not decoded on Ubuntu Bluecherry server (Arecont Vision AV3110)

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Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you very much for the great software and the support you provide! I’d like to ask for some help with a problem I’ve run into.

System setup:

  • Computer: HP ProLiant DL360 G7
  • OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, Linux kernel 6.8.0-79-generic, x86-64
  • Bluecherry: version 3.1.14 (server package installed)
  • Camera: Arecont Vision AV3110 (stream: MJPEG, path: /mjpeg, port: 8080)
  • Client: latest Bluecherry client on Windows 10

Issue:
The Windows 10 client can display the MJPEG stream correctly, but on the Ubuntu server side the stream is not decoded properly. After checking the forum, the Bluecherry database structure, and parts of the source code, I suspect the issue is codec-related.

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I thought about installing ubuntu-restricted-extras or ubuntu-restricted-addons, but I would prefer not to pull in the full meta-packages.

Question:
Could you please advise which specific codec packages would be best to install in order to add MJPEG decoding support on Ubuntu for Bluecherry? And if needed, what configuration changes should be made afterwards (in Bluecherry, Ubuntu, etc.)?

Thank you very much for your help!
Dima