Find/inspect auto switches to http!

[acoolov]

Hello,

When I try to add my cameras, no matter what brand I add in BI, I select rtsp, then enter the camera IP, then username and password. Then I click find and inspect, and the thing always auto switches to http protocol.
When I try to switch it back to rtsp, I lose the ability to select the main stream and the sub stream. I can only select the main and sub streams when the http is selected.
This is so annoying.
How do I add the camera properly with rtsp so it auto detects the rtsp main and sub streams for me?

 

[acoolov]

Or since both video and sound work as they should, do I just leave it on http?

 

[Flintstone61]

wow. I've never noticed that menu had a drop down!? I just checked.
I've been using the default http for all my stuff.
all my audio comes thru if they have it.
Although with a goofy Nightowl DVR , on one system it makes me wonder if that would work any different with an Analog DVR.

 

[wittaj]

RTSP is coded for just one stream, that is probably why.

Why is RTSP so important to you? If it works with http then what is the issue?

Most here just use the find/inspect and let BI chose the best option. RTSP is usually only used on cameras that cannot be seen any other way.

 

[acoolov]

Yeah I guess I'm just going to leave it on http since everything works. For some reason I thought the sound would not work with http, but it works.
And also, I just checked that if you change the rtsp port from 554 to anything else, it stops working. That might mean that even though it is showing http selected, it is still pilling rtsp streams from the camera.

 

[Mike A.]

Or since both video and sound work as they should, do I just leave it on http?

Yes. The RTSP port is designated below to the right. The main/substream strings are entered directly below. It very often won't automatically find the correct strings when you do the find/inspect.

The Find/Inspect button doesn't depend on what you set as the http/rtsp selection to the left. When you click the button, it just uses the IP to find the cam and then does what it does to try to detect whatever it can find for the cam. It doesn't limit that to what you set as the specific protocol prefix to the IP.

 

[acoolov]

Thanks everyone!