rtsp:// stream in commandfusion

[Johan Missault]

Hi,

I want to preview the live video of an PTZ-optics camera in Commandfusion.

But it only outputs a rtsp:// stream and hdmi/sdi.

Any idea how to get the signal in commandfusion ?

Gr, Johan

[Terence Lau]

Do you have the brand and model of the camera? iViewer receives MJPEG video url streams – you can check for which URL to use according to the manufacturer at this link https://www.ispyconnect.com/sources.aspx

[Johan Missault]

The brand is PTZ-Optics 20X-SDI-G2

On ispyconnect I can generate this adress: rtsp://admin:ad...@192.168.1.20/stream1

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[Terence]

Unfortunately the ispyconnect link doesn't have a URL for the MJPEG stream, though the camera supports it from the little that I've read. You might have to google around, or write in to the manufacturer for that info.

[Johan Missault]

I was thinking that the problem was that the PTZ camera only supports rtsp:// and not http://

Isn't that correct, Jarrod ?

Op donderdag 2 november 2017 16:16:47 UTC+1 schreef Terence:

[Jarrod Bell]

The URL must be http. We do not support RTSP.

Regards,

Jarrod Bell
CommandFusion
www.commandfusion.com

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[thechad]

I setup a VLC restream. It's alot easier than it sounds and has been very stable and uses very low CPU.

Hi folks, 
    I have a few cameras that only do rtsp and do can not be shown in iViewer. 
So I have setup VLC on a windows (and also tested on a linux server) to re-stream the rtsp as http. Note in my case, these are 5MP and 4 MP cams so  i use one of the secondary streams which are set to a lower resolution.
On Windows I had to use an earlier version of VLC as the current versions gave an error. I am using VLC 2.1.5 on Windows.
The Windows command I am using is as follows.
vlc.exe -I dummy -R rtsp://account:password@192.168.40.13/Streaming/Channels/2 --sout "#transcode{fps=20,acodec=none}:standard{access=http{mime=multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=7b3cc56e5f51db803f790dad720ed50a},mux=mpjpeg,dst=:8883/videostream.cgi}"
This is then accessed in guiDesigner Video Window as Stream URL: http://192.168.0.11:8883/videostream.cgi
(Where 192.168.40.13 is the IP of my rtsp streaming camera and 192.168.0.11 is the IP of the Windows box running vlc to do the restream).
cpu usage is pretty low (5-10% per stream on a 1.6Ghz Celeron ) I hope that helps some others out as VLC's wiki instructions is way above my pay grade!