On 01/28/17 23:16, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 01/28/17 09:19, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 01/28/17 19:41, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >>> FWIW, you can confirm that RTSP is disabled by doing >>> >>> telnet cams_ip 554 > + > [bobg@box10 photosnew]$ telnet 192.168.1.53 554 > Trying 192.168.1.53... > telnet: connect to address 192.168.1.53: Connection refused
This tells you that RTSP is not enabled. So, you're out of luck unless you can get to the web page of the camera and enable it. > > [bobg@box10 photosnew]$ telnet 192.168.1.53:554 > telnet: 192.168.1.53:554: Name or service not known > 192.168.1.53:554: Unknown host Not a valid format for the command.... > > Not certain I have the right command string, rarely have used telnet ... The first one is the correct format. Of course you could always use "man telnet" to see what is the correct format. :-) :-) >>> I was out and on my mobile when I wrote the above. So to be more clear.... >>> >>> Take this site/feed. You can enter the following in to vlc or another >>> player >>> supporting RTSP. >>> >>> rtsp://freja.hiof.no:1935/rtplive/_definst_/hessdalen03.stream >>> >>> Note that is it a non-standard port, 1935. If you connect you'll see it is >>> a ski resort >>> in Norway. Better connect before the sun goes down. :-) > + > That produces a picture of the the local terrain when entered in VLC as a > stream. Yep..... >>> Anyway..... To see what happens with telnet.... >>> >>> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ telnet freja.hiof.no 1935 >>> Trying 158.39.165.8... >>> Connected to freja.hiof.no. >>> Escape character is '^]'. >>> ^] >>> telnet> close >>> Connection closed. >>> >>> You should get the same when connecting with your IP camera using port 554. >>> If you get >>> "connection refused" then you know it is currently disabled. >>> > + > I see the same result: > > [bobg@box10 photosnew]$ telnet freja.hiof.no 1935 > Trying 158.39.165.8... > Connected to freja.hiof.no. > Escape character is '^]'. > ^] > telnet> close > Connection closed. > > This would seem to indicate VLC will view the Foscam1 video if I can get it > to run rtsp? > > Yep.... Nothing more to do until you can access the web page of the camera and enable RTSP. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to get others to do the work for you _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
