Clone Cameras Don't Work

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MyCameras
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Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 7:08 am

Clone Cameras Don't Work

Post by MyCameras »

Hi All,

Firstly environment:
  • CentOS 8
    ZoneMinder - v1.34.14
    Running on SuperMicro server 2 cpu 128gig memory, 10tb disks
    Installed VLC: VLC media player 3.0.10 Vetinari (revision 3.0.10-0-g7f145afa84)
    ffmpeg version 4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
The issue:
I have three exact same Hikvision cameras. They have the same firmware and I use the same configs on all three. ZoneMinder is up and running and I was able to add the first camera perfectly. Ffmpeg does not work as the cameras have authentication. So using libvlc via UDP. With libvlc using:
--rtsp-user=admin, --rtsp-pwd=xxxxxxx
To pass the credentials as options. I am using normal monitoring and getting 25fps (camera max supported). --- this works well.

This camera works. The other two the only difference is the IP address. I cloned the first camera and changed the IP address. They wont work. Says capturing but nothing.

The errors I see in the log are:

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2020-05-27 09:19:45	zmc_m3		21321	INF	Priming capture from rtsp://x.x.x.x:554/Streaming/Channels/101?transportmode=mcast&profile=Profile_1	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	160
2020-05-27 09:19:45	zmc_m3		21321	INF	Starting Capture version 1.34.14
2020-05-27 09:19:40	zmc_m3		21168	WAR	VLC could not connect to "x.x.x.x:554".	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:19:40	zmc_m3		21168	WAR	Connection failed	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:19:40	zmc_m3		21168	WAR	cannot connect to x.x.x.x:554	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:19:40	zmc_m3		21168	WAR	Failed to connect to RTSP server x.x.x.x:554	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:19:40	zmc_m3		21168	WAR	Failed to connect with rtsp://x.x.x.x:554/Streaming/Channels/101?transportmode=mcast&profile=Profile_1




2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	WAR	VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://x.x.x.x:554/Streaming/Channels/101?transportmode=mcast&profile=Profile_1'. Check the log for details.	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	WAR	Your input can't be opened	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	INF	only real/helix rtsp servers supported for now	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	INF	Cseq mismatch, got 1, assumed 0	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	WAR	Failed to setup RTSP session	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	WAR	Failed to connect with rtsp://x.x.x.x:554/Streaming/Channels/101?transportmode=mcast&profile=Profile_1	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	WAR	Access to the stream is denied by the server configuration.	zm_libvlc_camera.cpp	271
2020-05-27 09:20:11	zmc_m4		21345	WAR	RTSP connection failed

What I don't understand is these cameras are running same firmware same config they the same model and I used a clone of the working camera with only a IP address change to them yet it wont work.

I can connect to these with Blueiris, web interface or even my IP CAM View on mobile all at the same time.

Would really appreciate the help.
gruiarew
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Joined: Tue May 05, 2020 7:10 am

Re: Clone Cameras Don't Work

Post by gruiarew »

Enable onvif and do a discovery. For me worked like a charm.

Maybe you don't really have them configured the same. I see in the link mcast for transport but you might have unicast TCP on some. If you performed firmware upgrade I'm pretty sure not all of them came with same settings. In my case every camera have different software so I had to perform the upgrade.

HTH
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