Hikvision Camera + encoder

[Wim Grandia]

Hi,

I've bought two Hikvision bullet camera's and they work great! Easy setup, port forward, and boom! Work!
I've also bought a DS-6701HFI hikvision encoder for a analog camera i already have attached to my house

My idea was that this encoder would convert my analog camera to a digital stream and would make it accessible via rtsp.
With the Bullet camera's i could just open up VLC say "open network connection" and type in: "rtsp://externalip:554 and that worked instantly.
But i don't get this to work with the encoder. I thought that this encoder would be the thing that would make the rtsp stream but that doesn't seem to be the case..

Am i making a thinking error here?

Thanks!

 

[Razer]

I don't know the answer offhand as I've not used these, in fact I'm replying just to say thanks for bringing these to my attention. I was unaware Hik made encoders, I have used Axis encoders but Hik might fit the bill better and save me some money. I may well end up with some of the 4 port models. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks, and I hope someone else can help you out on you issue.

 

[Wim Grandia]

Ha! Thanks! Glad i could be of any service
I've already talked to someone from Hikvision support but he insisted on me telling him the brand and type of the analog camera.
Unfortunately the camera was already in place when I got the house and i don't know the brand or type. I do know that i can see the feed in my encoder settings page.
But hikvision couldn't help me..

In the end i finally found someone online that knew how to get the stream opened up in vlc..!!

rtsp://admin:12345@outsideIPaddress/h264/ch1/main/av_stream

Thats all!! I knew it was something simple... thanks Hikvision for the support...! :s​

 

[fenderman]

@Wim Grandia Thanks for updating the thread with the solution.