working IP cam, not working in WD

Asperitas · 19 November 2017 08:39

Did you use the foscam ip camera tool?

I got my foscam ip camera working (ffmpeg h264) with the following url:

rtsp://username:password@here the whatsmyip adress.88/videoMain
Use this adress in VLC player…
rtsp://admin:[email protected]:88/videoMain
rtsp:// @192.168.1.11:88/videoMain
rtsp://:[email protected]:88/videoMain
rtsp://[email protected]:88/videoMain
Open the VLC, and go to MediaOpen Network Stream option, then enter the URL into VLC.

(From memory, the actual login specs are written on the camera…)

Can

cinnabar · 19 November 2017 18:35

when I type that string in a browser window it launches a search engine.

windy2 · 19 November 2017 18:44

did you replace the whatsmyip etc with your ip address from that web site?
and replace the user/pass with your actual use/pass?

cinnabar · 19 November 2017 18:57

I did. Also changed the period before the port with a colon; figured it was a typo. Used my pc IP, starting with 159, not the camera IP. In Chrome it launched a search engine, in Firefox it generated a message that Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address because the protocol (rtsp) isn’t associated with any program. Maybe there is a browser setting I need to change.

cinnabar · 19 November 2017 19:00

None of those strings worked for me in VLC player, screenshots attached. :?

Asperitas · 19 November 2017 19:19

…try the adress from whatsmyip website…

cinnabar · 19 November 2017 19:51

Same deal it looks like. Screenshot attached.

Asperitas · 19 November 2017 20:20

Try this:
Copy paste this in your webbrowser:

http://159.118.166.31:88/cgi-bin/CGIStream.cgi?cmd=GetMJStream&usr=scatfus&pwd=mesav*8

windy2 · 19 November 2017 21:20

I think you missing the *8 on the end of the password?

Asperitas · 19 November 2017 21:25

Yes, thanks Brian, fixed

cinnabar · 19 November 2017 23:42

Nope.

SSDD. Maybe reboot the router? I’ve been hesitant because then I’m forced to redo the entire setup of the A/V receiver from scratch. But in my experience sometimes the ol’ off and on desperate measure actually works.

Also, not sure if it matters, but my PC is connected to the router wirelessly, not with a LAN cable. Works fine.

Maybe dismount the camera and bring it in and start from scratch there, as someone previously suggested, a factory reset? Also hesitant since it’s sending images to WeatherUnderground without problem every 15 minutes.

I’ve about run out of ideas so I appreciate the ones that keep coming.

cinnabar · 19 November 2017 23:53

I ran windows diagnostics, trying to sleuth the results, attached.

Asperitas · 20 November 2017 07:01

Sorry im out of options at the moment.
You could reset the cam and start from there.
Theres a ip adress etc. written on the cam somewhere i think.

cinnabar · 20 November 2017 15:50

Previous suggestions were to use the PC address, but I’ve been trying both PC and camera IP addresses.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I guess I will dismount the camera next month and start from scratch.

I haven’t been able to figure out the “online but isn’t responding to connection attempts” result. :scratch:

Asperitas · 20 November 2017 15:58

Cant you reset the camera in the foscam webapp?

hcorrin · 20 November 2017 20:09

does the IP camera tool connect to the camera and what does it show

cinnabar · 21 November 2017 04:32

Yes it works fine in the IP camera tool, which is the search tool, and the IPCam Client, but only in an old version of Firefox, not Chrome. Seems the plugins for the tool stopped working in newer Firefox.

It shows live video from the camera, screenshot attached here and in reply #18 of this thread also.

cinnabar · 21 November 2017 04:42

I believe I could, the attached screenshot shows both a factory reset button and a reboot button. Surely nothing could go wrong.

Before I did that I wish I could understand the result of the windows diagnostics showing the “online but isn’t responding to connection attempts” message. That message seems to imply that I have some sort of fundamental network problem, or my wirelessly-connected PC is the issue, and not the camera. Thoughts?

dcrooks · 21 November 2017 14:49

I would try a reboot before factory reset…obviously the cam is working if you see live video.

hcorrin · 21 November 2017 20:24

Hi
I have read through this thread again and downloaded the manual
the ip address 192.168.0.9 in the session status is the ip of the computer accessing the camera not the camera ip
you client software is using 192.168.0.3 and is giving you a picture, I assume you have made that a fixed ip in the camera, and that port forwarding is enabled for port 88 in your router.
I would try 192.168.0.3:88 instead of 192.168.0.9:88