Reolink RLC1212A Setup / Streams

[efranzwa]

I was able to get RLC1212A working in ZoneMinder 1.36.33. Some basic information is given below. RLC1212A is a bullet style camera with 12MP resolution, power over ethernet, f=4mm lens, infrared and color night vision, two way audio. Prior to adding camera in ZoneMinder, enable the RTSP stream in the camera's web interface and also set the desired resolution. I have been using 3840x2160 for the main stream.

Detailed manufacturer information: https://reolink.com/product/rlc-1212a/
Firmware: v3.1.0.2174_23050815
Server: RTSP (need to enable in web interface)
Main Stream: rtsp://username:password@ipaddress/h264Preview_01_main
Sub Stream: rtsp://username:password@ipaddress/h264Preview_01_sub

Resolutions Available
Main: 4512x2512, 3840x2160, 2560x1440, 2304x1296
Sub: 896x512

[efranzwa]

Update on RLC-1212A. It turns out that the higher resolution main stream are h.265 encoded and not all browsers can support decoding. Firefox is not able to display the h.265 streams. I have set the main stream back to 2650x1440 which is h.264 encoded. This is used with camera passthrough so that ZM does not need to save images to JPEG.

Summary of encoding
4512x2512 (h.265) <= may not work in all browsers
3840x2160 (h.265) <= may not work in all browsers
2560x1440 (h.264)
2304x1296 (h.264)
896 x 512 (h.264)

[Bedlore]

Does the two way audio work with Zoneminder, or one way even?

[dougmccrary]

I'm able to listen when one camera is selected.

[efranzwa]

The RLC-1212A has capability to support two-way audio as it has a microphone and speaker. Most likely you would need to use Reolink proprietary app or its NVR. I am not aware of how you could use the two way audio in ZoneMinder. You can configure the events to save both video and audio much like other cameras however.

[rik]

hi @efranzwa i just posted a query here viewtopic.php?t=33146 asking about another reolink camera, but perhaps you'll be able to answer my question:

When you say:

> You can configure the events to save both video and audio much like other cameras however.

Are you referring to CAMERA-identified events, or ZM-identfied events?

I see you are using ZoneMinder v1.36.33, and not the 1.37 dev version that I gather has different ways via ONVIF to do this?