Brilliant project and tutorial - enabled me to get my first successful video stream to Blynk widget. My test set up was al old cheap Android as the camer with RTSP Camera Server running (as recommended by you!), connected to a Windows phone internet hotspot, the viewing on iPhone via Blynk Video Streaming widget! Thnx!
Do you have any info on converting IP Cam streams to RTSP in a similar mammer? I can view a number of my IP Cams on other apps, but need to convert them to RTSP format - any ideas?
thnz
billd
First, the camera pretty much needs to support that output… I suppose a separate VLC setup might convert and retransmit… but oh the hassle and lag
Besides… ‘only RTSP’ support is sooo 2017 (as is this topic ) the Widget now supports more formats, like good old HTTP/S progressive streaming, HTTP/S live streaming
I’ve read that doc, many times, doesnt really tell me much. I can view my cameras via HTTP in Safari on my iPhone, but I need to enter userID /PW - when I enter the same URL in Blynk widget - Error . . .
I’m still searching, experimenting - I know my stream out is good , I know the widget can work with stream in , I just need to get my into Blynk.
That is becasue the issue isn’t Blynk related… every camera has specific layouts of allowed secure direct connection (NOTE: different from browser connection)… for example one of mine needs this
http://user:pass@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:pppp/mjpeg.cgi <— this last part is also completely dependent on the cameras internal server
Basicly trial, google, error, repeat again, not a Blynk specific issue, so not much more the docs can help except to show that is is no longer limited to RTSP
Yes, I understand its not Blynk related. It’s a highly variable and customisable configuration. I was just asking the OP if he had any experience/luck with an IP Cam, given his tutorial was excellent, I thought it worth asking.
I’ll continue on my journey, thnx for the userID/PW tips.
cul
billd
Well, he used an old cell phone with the IP Cam App (I also use it) and it usually requires the format I showed above… but a dedicated IP cam may be completely different, even amongst models. Googling the make/model number for URL format might help.
Do you enter the user and pwd as part of the url in Safari or as a separate popup request?
Popup request.
Well, he used an old cell phone with the IP Cam App
Yes, I got that working too.
My IPCams are cheap eBay generic/unknown brand, uses generic drivers (IPCAM1, IPCAM2). I have a couple of Sricam HD cams also that I might play around with, I’m not at home at the moment so limited with changes I can make.
cul
billd
Success, generic, unknown brand, unknown driver, unknown video format, cheap eBay IP Cam . . . now streaming to Blynk Video Widget on iPhone.
How I did it.
Discussion and learning from posts in this topic.
I needed to determine what how to enter UserID and PW in video widget URL box?
I needed to determine what video format/syntax to enter into URL?
ISPYCONNECT have an excellent resource (https://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Generic ), however with that huge number of possibilities and variables it could have taken days and I may still not hit the correct combination of variables for my specific camera, so I deciced to start with what I knew.
I knew the correct IP address and port because I could successfully view the camera on another iPhone APP. I could also view the camera on a PC browser (Chrome) using the URL.
After inspecting html source and image in the browser I was able to determine that the URL for the Blynk Video widget is:
Hi Bill. Glad you found my project useful.
I am not much of an expert on this subject but as I had so many problems getting the video feed to work I documented it in my project.
Looks like form the comments below there are more formats supported now and you have expert help on hand.
Brett.
What is the brand and model of your ip camera?
For example one of my generic chinese no name camera has: rtsp:// yourcameraip/11 for main stream and …/22 for secondary stream.