Streaming problems with AXIS M3204 IP camera

Wowza Streaming Engine
1

Hi There

I have AXIS M3204 IP camera and I am trying to restream from wowza server. I followed https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-re-stream-video-from-an-ip-camera-rtsp-rtp-re-streaming but when I try to play the stream with Wowza server using vlc, it says unable to play.

I can play raw rtsp H.264 stream coming from IP camera on the server using vlc and I double checked the codecs it was coming fine as H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10.

Again I re-encoded the rtsp streaming coming from IP camera using FFMPEG into H.264/MPEG-4 and asked wowza server to stream it worked.

But I can not use this work around because I have to restream almost 120 IP cameras.

I am using windows 2012 server for wowza server hosting.

I have another installation of wowza developer version on my macbook pro, with same configuration I was able to re-stream from my macbook.

Please help!!!

Thanks

Nirbhay K

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I am in little urgency here. Please Help.

Hi There

I have AXIS M3204 IP camera and I am trying to restream from wowza server. I followed https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-re-stream-video-from-an-ip-camera-rtsp-rtp-re-streaming but when I try to play the stream with Wowza server using vlc, it says unable to play.

I can play raw rtsp H.264 stream coming from IP camera on the server using vlc and I double checked the codecs it was coming fine as H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10.

Again I re-encoded the rtsp streaming coming from IP camera using FFMPEG into H.264/MPEG-4 and asked wowza server to stream it worked.

But I can not use this work around because I have to restream almost 120 IP cameras.

I am using windows 2012 server for wowza server hosting.

I have another installation of wowza developer version on my macbook pro, with same configuration I was able to re-stream from my macbook.

Please help!!!

Thanks

Nirbhay K

3

I am prompted for a username and password when I try to stream from that camera in VLC. You can add those inline in the URL like this:

rtsp://richard:myPwd@sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low

You mentioned FFmpeg in the first post, that should not be necessary with this camera, but it doesn’t look like it is involved in the log messages.

Richard

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I am getting camera timeout for no reason. I am able to play camera in vlc.

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.streamTimeout[15993943:live/definst:camer

a.stream]: timeout:12000 diff:12002 reason:101

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.resetConnection[15993943:live/definst:cam

era.stream]:

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.closeRTPSession[15993943:live/definst:cam

era.stream]

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.close clo

seSession

INFO stream unpublish camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.onClose

INFO stream destroy camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.remove[rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com

:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low]: 0:true

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[15993943:live/definst:camera.

stream]: start: 27

INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.add[rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:55

4/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low]: 1

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.buildSDPD

ata: sessionId:882BCCF6 sessionTimeout:60000

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo[live/

definst]: RTSP/RTP re-streaming. Success, received SDP data.

INFO stream create - -

INFO stream publish camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[15993943:live/definst:camera.

stream]: done: 27

INFO server comment - senderReport[RTP-Info]: seq:53465 time:1704685683 url:rtsp

://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp/trackID=1?videocodec=h264

&streamprofile=low

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.streamTimeout[15993943:live/definst:camer

a.stream]: timeout:12000 diff:12001 reason:101

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.resetConnection[15993943:live/definst:cam

era.stream]:

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.closeRTPSession[15993943:live/definst:cam

era.stream]

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.close clo

seSession

INFO stream unpublish camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.onClose

INFO stream destroy camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.remove[rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com

:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low]: 0:true

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[15993943:live/definst:camera.

stream]: start: 28

INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.add[rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:55

4/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low]: 1

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.buildSDPD

ata: sessionId:7C6FB305 sessionTimeout:60000

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo[live/

definst]: RTSP/RTP re-streaming. Success, received SDP data.

INFO stream create - -

INFO stream publish camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[15993943:live/definst:camera.

stream]: done: 28

INFO server comment - senderReport[RTP-Info]: seq:44788 time:1554642784 url:rtsp

://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp/trackID=1?videocodec=h264

&streamprofile=low

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.onClose

INFO server comment - RTPSessionTracker.remove[rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com

:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low]: 0:true

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My Stream url is below and its there in camera.stream file

rtsp://root:pass@sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low

According to debug logs I think its going though auth process as well.

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.buildSDPD

ata: sessionId:A8C94283 sessionTimeout:60000

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasic.getStreamInfo[live/

definst]: RTSP/RTP re-streaming. Success, received SDP data.

INFO stream create - -

INFO stream publish camera.stream -

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.send: com

mand:PLAY

PLAY rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp/ RTSP/1.0

Session: A8C94283

CSeq: 5

Authorization: Digest username=“root”, realm=“AXIS_00408CE9552A”, nonce="0000145

eY1152170cd9f8dd86bd69cd0efaa82ac4d9d6d", uri="/axis-media/media.amp/", response

="416b0853f818bb7275343ec471349fbe"

Range: npt=0.000-

INFO server comment - RTPMediaCaster.Reconnector[2181922:live/definst:camera.s

tream]: done: 54

INFO server comment - *** RTSPMessageReceive ***

RTSP/1.0 200 OK

response: OK

protocol: RTSP/1.0

range: npt=0-

session: A8C94283

cseq: 5

status: 200

date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:24:02 GMT

uri: RTSP/1.0 200 OK

rtp-info: url=rtsp://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp/trackID

=1?videocodec=h264&streamprofile=low;seq=26466;rtptime=1996794073

INFO server comment - RTPSessionDescriptionDataProviderBasicRTSPWorker.processRe

sponse: command:PLAY response:RTSP/1.0 200 OK status:200 handled:false

INFO server comment - senderReport[RTP-Info]: seq:26466 time:1996794073 url:rtsp

://sandeeppatil.dlinkddns.com:554/axis-media/media.amp/trackID=1?videocodec=h264

&streamprofile=low

6

Do you guys need my windows 2012 server creds. I can give you in private message. I really need to sort this problem out ASAP

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I disabled windows firewall and everything started working.

Strange but even on firewall turned on I was able to play stream in vlc but Wowza was not able to restream.

Turning off firewall resolved the issue for me.

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You can use the RTMP client running directly on the Axis camera. See http://camstreamer.com