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ONVIF pan/tilt/zoom, focus, and iris

Cameras discovered or added with their ONVIF identity intact get on-video pan/tilt/zoom control directly in the live view, along with focus and iris control where the camera exposes it over ONVIF's imaging service.

Where it shows up​

  • Live view: a PTZ overlay appears on a camera tile when the camera supports it, letting you pan, tilt, and zoom directly on the video.
  • Wall builder: PTZ controls can be placed as their own tile or overlay in a custom live-wall layout, alongside carousels and other tiles.
  • Custom on-video panels: buttons can be arranged directly on top of the video image itself, in an editable panel mode, rather than only in a fixed side control strip.

Requirements​

The camera needs to support ONVIF's PTZ (and, for focus/iris, imaging) service, and Crumb needs its ONVIF credentials, normally captured automatically during discovery. A camera added purely by RTSP URL without going through ONVIF discovery won't have PTZ available; re-detecting it against its ONVIF identity (if it has one) fills this in without needing to re-add the camera from scratch.