ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum)

The variety of producers and brands in the market of IP video surveillance resulted in difficulties of integration of these devices. Today ONVIF develops, develops and implements the international standard regulating interaction of different devices in the systems of IP video surveillance. At the moment ONVIF totals about 350 participants – manufacturing companies and developers from the different countries of the world.

In July, 2012 the Synology company, producer of a professional equipment for the systems of IP video surveillance in which the functionality of network video recorders (NVR) and network drives (NAS) is combined, announced receiving full membership in the Open forum of interfaces of network video surveillance (ONVIF). This event confirms commitment of the company to development of the opened devices and applications for network video surveillance.

2013: New candidate release of the specification of the standard

On August 14, 2013 the forum ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) announced release candidate release of the new specification of standards for storage systems of video data - Profile G Release Candidate.

The Profile S specification provided in 2012 describes interaction of IP devices by transfer of a streaming video. The Profile G specification, in turn, focuses attention on reproduction and storage of video data. It covers the following devices: cameras and encoders, network NVR video recorders and also management systems of video and system of physical security (PSIM system). The specification promotes further quality improvement and the interoperability layer of the devices supporting the ONVIF standard.

The provided specification will have the status candidate release within six months. Then the final version will be published and the possibility of testing of products for compliance of the specification will appear. The release of the final version is planned for the beginning of 2014.

Profile G and Profile S are connected among themselves, nevertheless, they are independent specifications and cover different functionality of network system of video surveillance. Some devices and most of clients will be able to support both specifications, for example, a digital video recorder (DVR).