Onvif or RTSP

[Håkan Persson]

Which way is the best way to connect to a camera that supports both ways, RTSP or ONVIF?

And does the camect support a H.265 or H.265+ stream? 

[CamectArup]

Unless your camera is PTZ, there should be no difference between using Onvif or RTSP. If you have PTZ, Onvif might allow you to control the PTZ whereas RTSP will not. 

Yes, Camect supports H.265 and H.265+ in theory, although we have only tested them with Hikvision cameras. 

[Russell Singleton]

Hi Arup,

Following on from your response, can you tell us if enabling newer compression algorithms on our cameras (I have multiple Hikvison IP cams with resolutions of 3 to 6 MP) such as H.265+ etc. results in less work for the Camect to do and if so, does this mean it can theoretically support greater than the 24MP limit?

Thanks,

Russell

[CamectArup]

No, enabling more compression won't really reduce the amount of work Camect has to do -- if anything it might increase it :-). 

If you want to try to put more than 24 MP on a single device, you could try reducing the frame rate on your cameras and see how it goes. For most security uses, you probably don't really need the 25-30 fps that is the Hikvision default. 

[ZzyzxOh]

After reading this Post, I went back to an Amcrest IP3M that refused to enable PTZ under Camect and I manually added it as type ONVIF. Not only did the manually added unit suddenly support PTZ but the previously existing unit that did not support it suddenly had it enabled. I was able to delete the manually added unit and the other unit seems fine (and over Wi-Fi). The protocol still shows it using RTSP in the URL.