NVR RTSP video format

[rickwookie]

I'm trying to add a couple of RTSP streams as cameras to our Hikvision NVR, but although I can successfully get the streams to show up as online in the camera management section of the NVR settings, I can't get video to show in the web browser, iVMS-4200 windows client or on the iPhone iVMS-4500 app.

I've tried encoding the RTSP video as h264 and MJPEG, but neither seems to work.

What's the correct stream format for video that Hikvision will recognise?

 

[alastairstevenson]

I'm trying to add a couple of RTSP streams as cameras to our Hikvision NVR

Using the 'Custom protocol' facility?
Configured how?

Have you been able to validate the RTSP URL using a media player such as VLC?

 

[rickwookie]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Yes, using Custom protocol.

Protocol = RTSP (the only choice, if HTTP were supported life would be much simpler!)
Transfer Protocol = Automatic or UDP (RTP over RTSP won't work)
Port = 554
Path = Cam0 (the path I created with my streamer)

VLC plays the RTSP stream with pretty much any encoding settings I try. But nothing I try gives me an image on the NVR.

I'm using VLC command line on a headless server to generate the RTSP streams.

 

[alastairstevenson]

With apologies for the dumb question - did you use a forward slash for the RTSP path in the Custom protocol definition, example here :
Hikvision NVR custom profile for RTSP
And what about authentication?

 

[rickwookie]

Well that's interesting, I did originally, but then removed it since the example I found in a manual (http://www.hikvision.com/UploadFile/image/2015060816102489271.pdf - page 50) shows the path example without the leading slash.

Either way though (with or without the slash) the Status shows as Online and there's no video shown, whereas if I actually change the path to something else, I get a Status of 'Offline (IP camera exception)'.

There's no authentication for the stream since I haven't worked out how to add authentication using vlc (not sure it's possible).

The 'Online' Status would indicate that a successful connection is being made, but that the video format is somehow incompatible.

 

[nayr]

what resolution is the incoming stream? is it higher than your NVR is capable of?

 

[rickwookie]

It's requested from the camera at 1280x720, but it's actually 1280x480 (panoramic) since it's a fisheye camera.
Specifically a VLC client identifies the stream as:
Stream 0
Type: Video
Codec: Motion JPEG Video (MJPG)
Resolution: 1280x480
Display Resolution: 1280x480
Decoded Format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV Full Scale

The NVR is a DS-9632NI-I8. It's happily handling 3 4k Hikvision cams, plus 5 old ACTi cams.

 

[jwp]

It's requested from the camera at 1280x720, but it's actually 1280x480 (panoramic) since it's a fisheye camera.
Specifically a VLC client identifies the stream as:
Stream 0
Type: Video
Codec: Motion JPEG Video (MJPG)
Resolution: 1280x480
Display Resolution: 1280x480
Decoded Format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV Full Scale

The NVR is a DS-9632NI-I8. It's happily handling 3 4k Hikvision cams, plus 5 old ACTi cams.

I know this is old, but I am having the same issue. RTSP cam shows online, but video won't display in live view.

Did you ever figure out a solution?