Xvrview Connect Fail
Heike Fallago
I have a H.264 4 channel standalone network DVR. Don't see any brand name on it although when I click on system info it is listed as: AT-DVR-4, VA1.25 When I type in the IP of DVR, I get the web application manager & type in my user & password but get login failed. The user & pw is the same on the DVR itself in which I am able to access with no problems. I had this working a couple of months ago but disconnected the cameras and dvr because of doing home remodeling. I don't know what could be wrong. Has this happened to anyone else? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
The DVR manual states that in the Web Application Manager section that the password is the same as the one set in DVR. I made another username & password but that had login failed also. Also, in the DVR manual it says that "if forget your password, please make the jump J16 on the main board short for about 5 seconds when machine works, user can access system menu to change your password again". The manual isn't written in very good English, but i tried this and it didn't seem to do anything.
The only system setting I see is: "Load Default-Restores all the settings to factory settings." I also tried this but the only setting it changes are the recording & alarm settings. Still had to use the same user & password.
I can connect to the DVR remotely from different location but still unable to connect locally. I can get to the login screen and enter user/password but still says login failed. I'm thinking a setting on my laptop is off somehow. Can the firewall block the connection locally and not remotely? I do have activex installed and the settings on IE enabled or set to prompt.
i can view these cameras on my local network but when i try to view it outside my network i get to the point when i have to put in a password and whatever password i put mostly the default password that comes with the dvr doesn't seem to work. i have done port-forwarding and natting on my router.
but i have stuck on next phase i want to access remotely when i type my ip address of dvr's network with port , i get in dvr application screen but there i cannt see any dvr list available. so i am unable to login as there is no dvr available to login .
what i am thinking..... that might be my ip is different and that network is different so there must be some way when i connect to that ip it give me access with the reference of its own network ip scheme.
Your security cameras (IP cameras or analogue cameras) suddenly stop operating, a video loss message appears on the monitor or TV screen, or your cameras' pictures are completely blacked-out out of nowhere.
In general, issues related to "loss of video" on CCTV cameras or the DVR/NVR are caused by a variety of issues: failed power supply, faults with wiring, network unstable, hardware failures such as cameras, monitors or NVR/DVR, failed camera software and conflicts with the IP.
When your security camera's power supply drops out, it is frequently the reason for video loss on one or more of the cameras, CCTV loss at night, signal loss on the screen, camera blackout, or camcorder fault.
The first thing you should check is if the problem is with a single camera or multiple cameras. If it's a single camera, then most likely, the power supply to that particular camera has failed or there is insufficient power.
To avoid such problems in the first place, it's always a good idea to check your security system on a regular basis and take the appropriate countermeasures to prevent video loss on CCTV cameras and home security cameras.
You should do a complete inspection of all power and network connections, such as the power adapter, power cord, BNC connector, Ethernet cable, BNC cable, and others on a regular basis to ensure that they are firmly connected and working correctly.
I have this 8 channel DVR with the brand "ELEC" that streams video over the network. However, I can only connect to it using iPhone apps called vMyEye, Asee+, and other similar names. I want to use VLC or something else to access the stream on my Mac.
Long story short, there is no way for me to simply look this up online, so my only way to figure out the streaming protocol and URL is through the vMyEye app. I already know that the port is 34599, and I know the local IP address. What do you recommend? Packet sniffers? Examining the binary code of the app for URLs (already tried and failed)?
EDIT: Forgot to say that I already tried going to IP:34599 in my web browser. It gets stuck loading and does nothing. The DVR also requires a username and password to log in, so that data is passed in somehow, hopefully not after the initial request :O
After even deeper Googling and some lucky guesses, I have found that the DVR in question does not use RTSP or HTTP, or any URL for that matter. It connects to IP:port and gets some proprietary video stream from it. Many other cheap DVRs that work with vMEye do this as well, such as Zmodo and Swann.
HOWEVER, someone has managed to reverse-engineer it for an Android app, and someone else asked for permission to make a C program that decodes the video stream and outputs it as a pipe. It's not perfectly reliable, but here it is: =9&t=18137
But the guy made it for Zoneminder machines to connect to. I have yet to figure out how to make VLC or SecuritySpy open the pipe on my Mac or in Debian (just because I'm new to pipes and video streams), but it should be possible.
An easy way to find the URL is to look at the regular web interface's source code, specifically the video element. My Elec web interface uses Quicktime and it passes the RTSP address in the following format:
ONVIF Device Manager is a Network Video Client (NVC) to manage Network Video Transmitters (NVT), Network Video Storage (NVS) and Network Video Analytics (NVA) devices. Implements Discovery, Device, Media, Imaging, Analytics, Events and PTZ services.
I'm also an unlucky owner of a cheap IP-camera (SAF IP-300). It provides absolutely useless and buggy web interface, which "works" in IE only. I was fortunate to find ONVIF Device Manager and it discovered my camera and showed me the URL rtsp://ip-of-my-camera/live0.264 which I was able to open in VLC.
I can't guaranty that your camera is ONVIF compatible, so this method may not work for you. Unfortunately, SAF IP-300 is so unstable piece of hardware that it can't deliver a continuous stream for more than a 3 minutes.
I have always had this issue but now there is a very efficient ONVIF utilty called ONVIF device manager ( -designs) Which is free, open source, and quickly scans your network for rtsp/onvif streams and shows you the exact URL you need to use.
If you go into your router and choose your dhcp client list (computers that are attached) you'll find that the dvr comes up as whatever it's named as in the dvr (mine is coming up as 192.168.2.4 now add the :81 to the end of it to make the url in your browser point to 192.168.2.4:81 (does it work this way?)
It would be extremely frustrating if you cannot play back the important recorded videos, especially when there are incidents like thefts, burglaries or other crimes. So here we provide every possible solution to help you fix CCTV security camera video playback error, so that you can review the saved footage on all of your devices.
If the CCTV video playback on your mobile phones failed, you can try the below top 4 solutions.
Solution 1. Please check whether your iPhone or Android smartphones are connected to the Internet. If you connect your mobile phones to your home WiFi, make sure that your home router is connected to the network.
If you use your mobile phone 3G/4G cellular network to access the recorded footages, please check if your phone is interfered by other devices, or cannot be online due to the carrier.
Solution 2. Please use the customized app of your security cameras instead of the third-party software.
Other third-party viewing software may not be completely compatible with your security cameras, which would not enable you to get access to your saved recordings.
Solution 3. Update your security camera app to the latest version to fix the camera footage video playback issue.
Solution 4. Check whether your security camera SD card or DVR/NVR HDD has recorded the footages.
If the SD card cannot be read by your security camera, your CCTV camera cannot record the motion videos when there are motion events.
There are several quick solutions to fix CCTV camera video playback not working on your computers, laptops or Macs.
Solution 1. Make sure your Mac or Widows computer is connected to the Internet if you access the recorded videos remotely.
Solution 2. You should use the customized client software to review the recorded footage instead of the third-party software.
The customized client software would work seamlessly with your security cameras, so you can play back the recorded videos smoothly without worrying about the compatibility issues between the third-party software & the cameras.
Solution 3. Make sure you've downloaded the latest version of CCTV playback & viewing client software.
Solution 4. If you've downloaded the recorded videos from the SD card of the security camera, or from DVR/NVR, and can't play back with the security camera viewers on your computer, you can try the below tips to solve the video playback error on your PC, Mac.
Here we take VLC media as an example.
Tip 1. Make sure you've downloaded the latest version of VLC media player.
Tip 2. Check whether your security camera video file is compatible with VLC. If not, you'll need to convert the security camera recording format into the specific format, such as ".MP4" supported by VLC.