RTSP streaming and my test page

Can anyone tell me if full RTSP streaming for Web Cam Capture is in the works for anytime in the future?

Right now I can only do it if I use a third-party streaming utility (I use XSplit) to stream to YouTube, then embed the live image from YouTube on my web page. Check it out.

http://portcoquitlamweather.ca/livecam.php

I’d love to do this on a 24/7 schedule if it was self-contained.

Dan

Pardon my confusion but if your cam already produces an RTSP stream, what exactly do you expect WD to do?

I haven’t been using RTSP streaming, I’ve been using HTTP streaming, but someone suggested I try RTSP to see if that would work for me, as I have been experiencing a lot of issues with my camera quality lately. I need a replacement camera, because I don’t think mine is working right.

When I add the rtsp:// URL into the IP Camera Setup page, it doesn’t work. But, if I use an http:// URL, it works fine. Trust me, I’ve tried multiple combinations to get RTSP working with Web Cam Capture and it simply does not work for me. But if I use XSplit, it works fine. So I know there is something in Web Cam Capture that is preventing my camera from streaming rtsp video.

Dan

So Xsplit is converts your RTSP stream to http? Utube isn’t streaming RTSP AFAIK.

No, XSplit uses the rtsp streaming capability of my camera correctly to stream directly to YouTube.

If I add this to the URL of the IP camera in Web Cam Capture, it works:

http://<username>:<pass>@portcoquitlamweather.ca:37777/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=1

If I enter this into the URL field, it does not work:

rtsp://:@portcoquitlamweather.ca:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

The RTSP streaming URL comes from my camera manufacturer’s website to stream directly from the camera, which doesn’t work (for me, anyway).

XSplit streams directly to YouTube using RTSP.

So why can’t the cam stream RTSP direct to utube?

That option is not built in to WCC.

O.K. understand that part.

What part don’t you understand what I’m trying to do?

Says, This video has content from WBTV, who has blocked it on copyright grounds…

Likewise.

It was his webcam stream when I saw it working yesterday :? WBTV is Charlotte, North Carolina so this DMCA takedown makes sense 8O

Not so sure I understand, if it was his webcam, why would that break

Well, it was definitely his webcam yesterday. Maybe the url’s got scrambled :?

That is definitely strange. I didn’t get any kind of notification that my stream was blocked. Seems to be OK now.

I still don’t have the proper HTML or XML code to stream rtsp. I tried VLC, but it says the plugin isn’t supported. Any ideas?

Does anyone have rtsp streaming successfully embedded in their webpage? Most of the information I’ve seen on the Internet is from 2012-2014, which is waaaay out of date.