# Restream a Single Camera from a Multi Channe Network DVRl

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-a-single-camera-from-a-multi-channe-network-dvrl/43721>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 21, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-a-single-camera-from-a-multi-channe-network-dvrl/43721 "2014-08-21T15:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Schneider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Paul\_Schneider](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Schneider)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-a-single-camera-from-a-multi-channe-network-dvrl/43721/1 "2014-08-21T15:33:34Z")

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Hi Everyone - I’m hoping someone out there can help me out with this issue…

I’m trying to re-stream a single camera from a dual stream Network Dvr.

I Have 16 channel network dvr that is plugged in to my router & holds an ip.

I can set up an account where just one camera is viewable, but I am wondering if there would be a way

to use wowza to re-stream 1 camera view without having to give out dvr log in info to several people.

My hardware is a Q-See h.264 Dual Stream Network Dvr - plugged in to an Actiontec router.

I hope this makes sense & I hope someone out there can help me out!

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-a-single-camera-from-a-multi-channe-network-dvrl/43721/2 "2014-08-21T22:51:16Z")

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Hi,

The dvr needs to provide rtsp access so that Wowza can pull a stream and resend that to your intended players / destinations.

If not rtsp, then there should be some other protocol I would think, most likely http.

If the dvr doesn’t use the rtsp protocol you’ll have to bridge that functionality some how. One way is to use a tool in the middle such as [FFMPEG](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-ffmpeg-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts%28MPEG-TS%29)

or [VLC](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-vlc-as-a-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts)

Daren

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**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-a-single-camera-from-a-multi-channe-network-dvrl/43721/3 "2014-08-31T23:48:00Z")

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Hi,

Figuring out how to connect to a particular stream provided by your DVR system would be the key here. Once you have the RTSP URL to connect to it, you can use the instructions from the “[How to re-stream video from an IP camera (RTSP/RTP re-streaming)](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-re-stream-video-from-an-ip-camera-rtsp-rtp-re-streaming%28RTSP-RTP-re-streaming%29)” forum article to have Wowza connect to it.

Zoran

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Schneider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Paul\_Schneider](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Schneider)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/restream-a-single-camera-from-a-multi-channe-network-dvrl/43721/4 "2014-08-22T06:23:09Z")

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Hi Daren

Thanks for your reply! Http works fine, but that takes a second/third etc… Login creation to the dvr which I’m trying to avoid. Is there a way to make rtsp work? My dvr documentation is terrible and I’m figuring this out as I go. I also couldn’t get vlc to work, but I’ll read up on and try ffmpeg.

Thanks again!

Paul