imread very slow to get image from URL

I am trying to retrieve an image from an external camera connected via ethernet. The image is a bmp at a given URL (<http://xxx.xxx.xx.xx.filename.bmp>)

However, the command

imread('http://xxx.xxx.xx.xx.filename.bmp','bmp');

can take up to 15s to run, which is bizarre as it loads in the browser instantly.

I have traced the delay to the code segment

proxy = com.mathworks.webproxy.WebproxyFactory.findProxyForURL(url);

in the urlreadwrite>getUrlConnection function. Why does this take so long to run, and is there any way to speed it up?

Thanks

[sky nku]

hi~ have you solved the problem? I encountered the same one and I am confused...