Android video intergration (NX witness)

[Glen]

Hi all

I am using NX witness to serve all my IP cams, as they are only rtsp protocol. This works fine on my ipads using the URL http://glenandrobyn.dyndns-ip.com:7001/media/00-00-1B-55-05-BE.mpjpeg?resolution=640x480 and type mpjpg, but i cant get the android to work.

I wrote to the NX witness people they suggested and android compatible URL of http://glenandrobyn.dyndns-ip.com:7001/media/00-00-1B-55-05-CF.webm but i have tried this with all different types selected. Does anyone have a solution or has used nx witness before.

for testing user admin pass:admin

Any suggestions appreciated

Thanks

Glen

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[Glen]

Can someone help me?

The above link works fine on ipad but not on android. 

My cams only support rstp: how can i get them ontoCF for android??

I currently am using NX whitness as a server for all my cams so i can view them using CF, is there other recommended software compatible with CF IOS and Android.

Here is information from NX witness, can some one help me get this working on my android device. I have tried lots of combinations but no joy.

Direct download

Url format for downloading fragment of archive by specifying fragment start time and duration. Fragment can be downloaded in mpeg-2/ts (.ts) format or matroska (.mkv). No transcoding is done. Stream format can be one of following: ts, mkv Example: http://glenandrobyn.dyndns-ip.com:7001/hls/00-00-1B-55-05-CF.mkv?startDatetime=2015-02-05T19:00&duration=10

Parameters

Name	Description	Optional
pos	Fragment start time. Can be: date/time in ISO format, server time zone (example: 2015-02-20T19:00), milliseconds since epoch (1970-01-01 00:00, UTC) or microseconds since epoch	true
duration	Fragment length in seconds	false
hi	Return high quality stream	true
lo	Return low quality stream	true

Result

Video stream in requested format

 

RTSP Streaming

PLAY/<physicalId>

Open RTSP video from a camera. It is not an exact method name. It means that RTSP url may contain any camera unique ID. For instance: rtsp://<server_ip>:<port>/12AB42FD5912?pos=1235631&resolution=240p

Parameters

Name	Description	Optional	Values
pos	By default server opens camera from live position. This parameter defines position in an archive in milliseconds since epoch, microseconds since epoch or text date in ISO fomat (e.g., 2015-07-30T12:00:00). Position can be passed via standard RTSP attribute as well as via URL parameter	true
resolution	Turn on video transcoding to the specified resolution. Resolution string either may contain width and height (for instance 320x240) or height only (for instance 240p)	true
rotation	Rotate item. Can be 0, 90, 180 or 270 degree. If parameter is absent, video will be rotated to default value defined in a camera settings dialog. Parameter take place if video transcoding is activated (parameter codec and/or parameter resolution are presents.)	true
codec	Defines video codec used for transcoding. Default value H263.	true	H263 (?) H263p (?) mpeg2video (?) mjpeg (?) mpeg4 (?) libvpx (?)
stream	Open high quality stream if parameter is 0 or low quality stream if parameter is 1. By default server auto detect preferred stream index based on destination resolution.	true
speed	Playback speed. Only values in range [1..32] are supported. Default value is 1.	true

Result

Return RTSP video stream

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HTTP Streaming

Url format for opening camera stream using HTTP protocol. Codec and stream format can be specified in url parameters. Live stream and archive can be downloaded. If required and possible, media stream transcoding is performed on-the-fly. Stream format can be one of following: webm, mpegts, mpjpeg (motion jpeg) Example: http://<server_ip>:<port>/media/12AB42FD5912.webm

Parameters

Name	Description	Optional
resolution	Video stream resolution. Example: 720x576, 1920x1080, 720p, 1080p. By default, 640x480 is used	true
pos	If present and not equal to <now>, specifies archive stream start positions milliseconds since epoch (1970-01-01 00:00, UTC), microseconds since epoch or text date in ISO fomat (e.g., 2015-07-30T12:00:00). Otherwise, LIVE stream is provided	true
endPos	If present then specifies archive stream end positions. It used only if 'pos' parameter is present. Milliseconds since epoch (1970-01-01 00:00, UTC), microseconds since epoch or text date in ISO fomat (e.g., 2015-07-30T12:00:00).	true
rotation	Rotate item. Can be 0, 90, 180 or 270 degree. If parameter is absent, video will be rotated to default value defined in a camera settings dialog	true
Sfd	Stand Frame Duration. If parameter is present, video speed is limited by real time.	true
Rt	Turn on realtime optimization. It will drop some frames if not enough CPU for realtime transcoding.	true

Result

Video stream in requested format

HLS Streaming

GET/hls/<physicalId>.m3u try method

Url format for opening camera stream with Http Live Streaming (HLS). This protocol is supported by iOS-based devices (iPhone, iPad). Example: http://<server_ip>:<port>/hls/12AB42FD5912.m3u

Parameters

Name	Description	Optional
pos	Camera archive position to open. Can be: date/time in ISO format, server time zone (example: 2015-02-20T19:00), milliseconds since epoch (1970-01-01 00:00, UTC) or microseconds since epoch	true
hi	If specified, only hi quality is available on streaming session. If neither <hi> nor <lo> is specified than HLS client is allowed to perform dynamic stream switching (to fit in available bandwidth and compensate for traffic congestion)	true
lo	If specified, only low quality is available on streaming session. If neither <hi> nor <lo> is specified than HLS client is allowed to perform dynamic stream switching (to fit in available bandwidth and compensate for traffic congestion)	true

Result

Video stream in mpeg-2/ts format

[Jarrod Bell]

Use the HTTP streaming option, with MJPEG.

Regards,

Jarrod Bell
CommandFusion
www.commandfusion.com

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[Glen]

For testing purposes. user logon

url: glenandrobyn.dyndns-ip.com

port:7001

User: test

pass: test

Thanks

 

[Glen]

Thanks Jarrod

it says options are

Stream format can be one of following: webm, mpegts, mpjpeg (motion jpeg)

mpjpg works on IOS but not on the android, am i out of luck with this software. if so is there any recommended video server software one can recommend. 

Thanks for your time

[Jarrod Bell]

Can you get static JPEG screenshots? Then you can use the image object in your guiDesigner project, and set the refresh rate of the image object to 250 or something.

Regards,

Jarrod Bell
CommandFusion
www.commandfusion.com

[Glen]

For anyone else using NXwitness as a CCTV server and/or NVR and want to connect iviewer for android to it, here is the URL for an image, none of the video api's work on android. (IOS is fine for video connection with nxwitness).

http://user:pass@yoururl:port/api/image?physicalId=00-00-1B-55-05-BE&time=LATEST&height=160&width=240

My phone can finnally see my new ip cams on iviewer..

Rgds

Glen