IP cameras in RTSP mode, ONVIF cameras and other streaming protocols

IP cameras in RTSP mode

The Datastead RTSP filter is able to decode the RTSP stream, and also to save the native H264/AAC frames received to .MP4, .FLV, .AVI, .MKV or .MOV containers without transcoding.
If a new file name is specified during the recording, it closes the previous file and opens the new file without losing frames.

To open an RTSP URL as video source:

• set VideoSource = vs_IPCamera
• set IPCameraURL = the RTSP URL of the IP camera (the URL to use depends on the manufacturer; contact us if you do not know which URL to use)
• invoke SetAuthentication (at_IPCamera, ".username..", "..password...") if needed
• set the RecordingMethod property
• then invoke StartPreview () or StartRecording ()

E.g.:

VideoGrabber.VideoSource = vs_IPCamera
 VideoGrabber.IPCameraURL = " rtsp://192.168.0.25/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&audio=1"
 VideoGrabber.SetAuthentication (at_IPCamera, "root", "admin");
 VideoGrabber.RecordingInNativeFormat = true
 VideoGrabber.RecordingMethod = rm_MP4
 VideoGrabber.AudioRecording = true
 VideoGrabber.StartRecording ()

To close the current file and start recording to a new file while the recording is running, invoke VideoGrabber.RecordToNewFileNow (); this will generate a new file on the fly without losing frames.

Alternatively it is possible to enable the RecordingTimer to periodically close the current file and generate a new file.
In this case the file name is generated automatically; however, the files can be renamed on the fly from the OnRecordingCompleted event.