you could try deleting the camera and starting again, add the ip address and let BI auto-detect it, then add the sub stream (I seem to recall someone else found this to be a solution)
5.2.7.0 - RTSP sub-streams for high-MP cameras
- Thread starter fenderman
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I looked to see if you have an image of your Video tab, but you didn't provide one, so this is a guess. Don't forget to go to the camera's web page and check on sub-stream, if you don't have it checked, it's not going to work...
I'll assume you have a Hik cam based on the stuff you've been posting. I assume you have in your main stream set to /Streaming/Channels/101. Also I assume you have a profile name of Profile_1 (as shown in the lower right corner of the dialog). So based on that, enter /Streaming/Channels/102?transportmode=unicast&profile=Profile_1
If you Dahua/Amcrest, and your main stream is:
/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
Then for the sub-stream, enter:
/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
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Strange, I experimented on my two Dahua cams (1920x1080) and Hik Doorbell (1920x1080), I was able to turn enter the sub streaming string and all three are streaming in 640x480. Plan on getting 4k cams in future, so wanted to see how this would work.
I assumed you checked, but I'll ask anyways. Did you check to ensure the sub-stream is checked on the cams web page? I wasn't using the sub-stream, so I turned it off, until I started playing with the new feature.
Hi, yes, I did mention a couple of times the substream is enabled. Hope someone can help. Thanks, Adam
to exclude BI as the problem, can you try using VLC instead to look at the sub-stream?
RTSP Streaming for VLC (VideoLAN Media Player) Under Media/Open Network Stream (Ctrl+N)... enter your RTSP string
RTSP Streaming for VLC (VideoLAN Media Player) Under Media/Open Network Stream (Ctrl+N)... enter your RTSP string
Hi, thanks, I downloaded the program but I am not too bright, what is an RTSP string? Thanks, Adam
I know I mentioned this before, but i have been down this path before and it was this...so dbl check that you indeed have direct to disk selected.
Hi, thanks, that was asked already and yes, I have all cameras direct to disc from day 1. Thanks, Adam
- run VLC
- then ctrl + N
- then type rtsp:/192.168.1.52/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1&unicast=true&proto=Onvif [or whatever the appropriate stream string is]
that should say double forward slash not single forward slash above, after rtsp [something keeps auto-correcting this from double slash to single slash, for some reason]
Hi, I must be doing something wrong, it says: "VLC is unable to open MRL 'rtsp etc...I checked the string and it should be correct. ??
should look like this: [had to paste it as an image as the double slash kept being replaced with a single slash which doesn't work]
so the problem is probably at the BI end
if you want, I can check it with Teamviewer