Recent content by craig.goodspeed

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    Dahua cameras and integration with home automation setup

    If you going to target rtsp on ubuntu please note Ubuntu stopped support for vlc rtsp streams... -- sharing my experience, perhaps you wont slam your head on the desk like i did. You need to install the snap version -- this stack overflow post has more details here are directions for the snap...
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    snapshot.cgi, video.cgi

    OK so it appears as soon as I access the video.cgi snapshot cannot be accessed. Updating everything to work off the rtsp stream instead of the video.cgi worked... In summary if you want both video and still images from the camera. This is what worked for me.... Video: Use rtsp for your video...
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    snapshot.cgi, video.cgi

    Firstly let me start with the version.... Then the process, 1) Open a stream using http://usr:pass@ip/cgi-bin/mjpg/video.cgi?channel=1&subtype=1 2) Attempt to call http://usr:pass@ip/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi 2 fails with a http 500... HTTP request sent, awaiting response... ---response...