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Making a third-party camera stream available to IQAN
Hello, I just wanted to know if it would be possible for IQAN to accept a stream from an external camera (network connected) and, if so, what sorts of stream parameters / codecs would be required in doing so? Is this even
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Yes, this is the generic camera in the IQANdesign system layout.
The camera must support rtsp and mjpeg.
What additional path information is required in the generic camera set-up to view the video stream that is shared by multiple displays over the ethernet? The other display(s) are 3rd party, not IQAN modules.
The RTSP path differ between manufacturers, you should be able to find this in the camera manual or config tool if it is not fixed.
The path property you set in IQANdesign is amended to the IP address to give a full RTSP path.
If you for example have IP address 192.168.128.1, and set the Path to "stream", the resulting path will be this:
RTSP://192.168.128.1:554/stream
A common pitfall to forget to check is the port number, we use 554 which is RTSP standard, but I've come across camera models that are configured differently.