Re: [gentoo-user] mpeg4ip - replacement

[Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>]

On 10/25/14 13:51, Walter Dnes wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 09:41:20AM -0600, Joseph wrote
>
>> Well, the remote camera is Axis 207 so it has its own server. There
>> is no mplayer on it.  When I access camera from the network computer
>> the same as camera is on both vlc and mplayer work.  But when I try
>> to stream over the internet (from different) it doesn't work.
>>
>> Can mpalyer stream the mpeg 4 video file over rtsp; I think only
>> vlc can do it.
>
>  You mentioned in a previous message that mplayer and vlc work on one
>computer, but not on the other.  So we know they both work.  I think the
>problem is somewhere in the remote access.  How are you accessing the
>rtsp stream?  Is it like so (example name and numbers)...
>
>mplayer rtsp://10.1.2.3/stream_name
>
>  Things to check...
>
>* if you're using a domain name rather than an IP address, is it defined
>  in the remote machine's /etc/hosts ?
>
>* is the remote machine's firewall blocking the camera's IP address ?
>
>* is the camera set to only stream to a specific IP address (range) ?
>
>-- 
>Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
>I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

I can login and access the camera setting over the Internet, the only part that is not working is streaming over rtsp.
MotionJPEG works but that takes a lot of bandwidth. 

I think you are correct it might have something to do with firewall.

I've open port range: 50000 to 50999 and forward it to 10.10.0.127 (this is camera IP address on the other network).

When I try vlc:
Connection failed:
VLC could not connect to "66.18.xxx.xxx:554".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://66.18.xxx.xxx:554/mpeg4/media.amp'. Check the log for details.

I open port 9090 (tcp/udp) on the remote firewall and forward it to 10.10.0.127:80  
But I'm puzzled why is it trying to connect to: 66.18.xxx.xxx:554 
Maybe this is the problem. 

rtsp port 554 is enabled on the camera.

-- 
Joseph