# Re-streaming an RTSP stream through Wowza Pro (RTSP/RTP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [January 6, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53 "2009-01-06T14:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/101 "2009-08-27T13:22:09Z")
What camera model are you using? Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/102 "2009-08-27T13:39:56Z")
It looks like that camera should work. Be sure you are using h.264 encoding for that stream, “video0”. Not motion JPEG. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/103 "2009-08-28T14:28:01Z")
If you want to get going with this, I would take the well traveled path: Axis IP camera with h.264 and rtsp. These Axis cams are known to work: M1011(-W), M1031-W, P3301(-V), Q1755 I have the M1031-W. It works great. I think there are other models beside these 3. Latency is 2 or 3 seconds with these cameras and h.264, at a minimum. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/104 "2009-09-10T23:22:54Z")
I’m not seeing a problem. Is there a public IP to that oscar I can test from here? Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/105 "2009-09-11T14:45:17Z")
That’s not going to work for me from here because the Oscar is on a router ip (192.168.1.x) If you can pass it thru to a public IP then I can see it from here. In linksys you put the oscar IP on “dmz” or setup pass thru ports, in the App and Gaming tab. You could send the public ip for oscar to richard@wowza.com Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/106 "2009-09-11T20:55:56Z")
I tried it using the Wowza LiveStreaming example player. I get, “connection failed” Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/107 "2009-09-11T21:15:24Z")
I did try “live” also, just for grins. But am using the file and streamer you posted. Now I get nothing, which makes me think the bit rate is too high. See what your logs say. my ip is 68.118.253.167 Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/108 "2009-09-11T22:01:45Z")
Hold on, have you followed this guide?: [https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1354](https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1354) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/109 "2009-09-12T14:47:50Z")
Install MediaCasterStreamManager, which you can use to stop and start the stream: [http://community.wowza.com/t/-/54](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/54) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/110 "2009-10-13T23:26:40Z")
Follow the setup steps in the first post of this thread: [http://community.wowza.com/t/-/53](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/53) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/111 "2009-10-19T11:40:10Z")
Try setting up a lower bit rate profile in Axis named “lowbr” Then use url like this: rtsp://axisCamIP:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=lowbr Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/112 "2009-10-20T22:55:00Z")
You have the interleaved property commented out. Change this: > To this: > > > forceInterleaved > > > > true > > > > Boolean > > Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/113 "2009-10-20T23:43:32Z")
Sure, send link to support@wowza.com Did you restart Wowza after change? (it’s not always necessary with Application.xml change but it can’t hurt) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/114 "2009-11-03T20:00:17Z")
You can setup different profiles with different bit rates and other options. You do that in the camera’s interface, and the url will look like this: rtsp://[axis-cam-ip]:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=profile1 rtsp://[axis-cam-ip]:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=profile2 Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/115 "2009-11-03T20:54:29Z")
You can use StreamNameAlias to hide the URL: [http://community.wowza.com/t/-/47](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/47) For recording, you can use “rtp-live-record” stream type. Or, better, use MediaCasterStreamManager, which is good for stopping and starting streams, and you can start recording this way too, choose “rtp-record” from the drop-down when you start a stream: [http://community.wowza.com/t/-/54](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/54) You can pass username and password to the encoder in the rtsp url, like this: > rtsp://username:password@[axis-cam-ip]:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=profile2 Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/116 "2009-11-06T00:57:16Z")
Try it without .flv extension in Flowplayer. JW player strips that so it is not causing a problem, but Flowplayer might not do that: > url: ‘rtsp://[ip-address]:554/axis-media/media.amp’, Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/117 "2009-12-05T17:41:26Z")
You need Wowza Server 2 Advanced to do it: [http://wowza.com/advanced](http://wowza.com/advanced) And this is the guide: [https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5376](https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5376) Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/118 "2009-12-08T13:06:46Z")
I suggest you start over to make a UDP application instead of re-winding from where you got to. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/119 "2009-12-16T13:14:51Z")
If you turn on DEBUG logging in /conf/log4j.properties, change “INFO” in the first line to “DEBUG”, you will be able to see the full sdp file in the log, to have a closer look. Which camera is it? Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53/120 "2010-02-11T15:37:47Z")
According the q1755 user guide, there is a checkbox to enable audio in the camera web interface: [http://www.axis.com/files/manuals/um\_q1755\_35572\_0905.pdf](http://www.axis.com/files/manuals/um_q1755_35572_0905.pdf) Richard [Previous page](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53.md?page=5) [Next page](https://community.wowza.com/t/re-streaming-an-rtsp-stream-through-wowza-pro-rtsp-rtp/53.md?page=7)