VLC understands multipart/x-mixed-replace.
Accessing these CGI scripts requires proper authorization. Axis devices typically support three roles: . axis cgi mjpg
Low-power microcontrollers (ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico) often lack the processing power to decode H.264 hardware streams. MJPG, being simple sequential JPEG decoding, runs easily on minimal hardware. An engineer can pull mjpg/video.cgi and display it on a small LCD without a heavy codec stack. VLC understands multipart/x-mixed-replace
