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While tinkering with some IP camera's and my QNAP, I found myself testing camera.ui (QNAP Package) - which seems like a very lightweight alternative to QVR, QVR Pro and QVR Elite.
Problem: what is the RTSP link for my older Amcrest IP camera's?
Took me some time to find it, so for my own reference, and maybe for others:
rtsp://username:password@ipaddress:port/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
RTSP URL Breakdown
The bracketed items are variables that you need to input according to your setup.
Explanations of each variable are given below.
username - username of the device
password - password of the device
IPaddress - IP address of the device. If you are not on the same local network, this should be the external IP address of the device's network.
port - RTSP port number (default 554)
channel - channel number of the stream (default "1" - I haven't found any other channels)
subtype - main or sub stream (main = 0, sub = 1)
And then there is the option to take a snapshot picture from your Amcrest IP3M-HX2:
http://username:password@ipaddress/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?1
Alternative:
http://ipadress/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?chn=0&u=username&p=password
Funny how we run into interesting info.
Here is a website that helps you generate the needed URL's as well, also for other IP Camera's.
This is the iSpy page for Amcrest (it seems - be careful with passwords, even though this website seem legit, ya never know).
p.s. these camera's are often also identified as "Dahua" camera's - their RTSP URL matches perfectly.
