Unable to add rtsp camera even link are fine in VLC

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I have some ezviz in my hometown, which is connected to a different network with my homeassistant server. I created the ddns and forward port, then I can use this link to stream the camera anywhere

rtsp://username:password@domain:port/H.264

I tested the link above in VLC with cellular and also other wifi network, they all fine. However when I use these link for configuring a generic camera within home assistant, it’s not working (connection timeout)

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If I use public ip instead of ddns, it shows a corrupted image.
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I also noticed that if i choose any of radio button in rtsp transport protocol, it will also got time out issue

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Use this to see if your model is listed with the available options. I cannot say why it works in VLC and not otherwise, but additional stream parameters may be needed.

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Yes my model is C6N and C6CN, they are available in this ispy website but non of the link there worked.

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Which brand?

In our screenshot, which protocol are you using?

Are you sure you shouldn’t be basic auth (instead of digest)?

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They’re from EZVIZ, as mentioned. I’ve also tried the basic auth, and all 4 protocol but they all go timeout event with the public ip

As with public ip && digest auth && not select any protocol, I can get a corupted image so I think they’re maybe correct.

I have seen another post that the ffmpeg library on home assistant is different/missing something, but I miss that post’s link. So I tried a same code that grab a frame from rtsp stream using cv2.VideoCaptured(). It worked on my other ubuntu server but not on homeassistant

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I think you’re on the right path here.

Some years ago when still running HA on a Pi, I had to custom compile ffmpeg for it to work.

What happens if you open the stream with ffmpeg on HA from a terminal? It might tell you what stream error it’s getting.

Right, your very first sentence of the first post. :+1:

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