Apple TV Viewing of Cam Streams?

[MacFun]

I’m not sure if this is a camera or NVR functionality, I think that either could be the source.

So, how might I get my Dahua cameras to show their stream on my AppleTV?

Thanks,

r

 

[tangent]

You can use Scrypted as a bridge to HomeKit.

Scrypted

 

[TonyR]

You should be able to use RTSP from a Dahua IP camera or NVR to stream video to an Apple TV after installing an app such as

‎Streamie

‎Streamie is CCTV video security, re-imagined. And free! Streamie has been used by hardware engineers testing low-latency video while developing embedded projects, and by enterprises for recording 100s of 4k cameras with minimal hardware. Building on a proven and capable foundation, we...

apps.apple.com

For Dahua IP camera and Dahua NVR the following URL in the app should work. You can try the URL with VLC on a PC to test. If the NVR is a POE NVR then streaming RTSP from the NVR would likely work the best and you would use the NVR's LAN IP in the URL as shown below.

For camera:

rtsp:/username:password@camera-IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

For NVR:

rtsp:/username:password@NVR LAN-IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

For "subtype", use 0 for main stream and 1 for sub stream.

For "channel", use 1 when stream is from camera and camera IP is used in the URL; if stream is from NVR and NVR's LAN IP is used in the URL, use 1 through 8 for a desired camera of an 8 channel NVR, as an example.

NOTE: Place 2 "/" after "rtsp:" as forum won't allow 2 to be displayed consecutively.

 

[MacFun]

My crappy old Macintosh is not new enough to run Streamie.... might there be a Linux solution too....?

 

[elvisimprsntr]

I do not have a single native HomeKit compatible home automation device, so I run an instance of Homebridge on a box running Ubuntu.

Allows me to add my security system, lights, and cameras into HomeKit. Also allows me to get automatic live thumbnails of my doorbell cameras on my Apple TV when someone presses the doorbell.