Apple TV Viewing of Cam Streams?

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I’m not sure if this is a camera or NVR functionality, I think that either could be the source.

So, how might I get my Dahua cameras to show their stream on my AppleTV?

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You should be able to use RTSP from a Dahua IP camera or NVR to stream video to an Apple TV after installing an app such as
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For Dahua IP camera and Dahua NVR the following URL in the app should work. You can try the URL with VLC on a PC to test. If the NVR is a POE NVR then streaming RTSP from the NVR would likely work the best and you would use the NVR's LAN IP in the URL as shown below.

For camera:
Code: 
rtsp:/username:password@camera-IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

For NVR:
Code: 
rtsp:/username:password@NVR LAN-IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

For "subtype", use 0 for main stream and 1 for sub stream.

For "channel", use 1 when stream is from camera and camera IP is used in the URL; if stream is from NVR and NVR's LAN IP is used in the URL, use 1 through 8 for a desired camera of an 8 channel NVR, as an example.

NOTE: Place 2 "/" after "rtsp:" as forum won't allow 2 to be displayed consecutively.
 
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I do not have a single native HomeKit compatible home automation device, so I run an instance of Homebridge on a box running Ubuntu.

Allows me to add my security system, lights, and cameras into HomeKit. Also allows me to get automatic live thumbnails of my doorbell cameras on my Apple TV when someone presses the doorbell.

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Hi. I am using scrypted to get my dahua cameras in a. It’s great. HomeKit has the ability to view / scrub past video, but I’m wondering if the camera streams are all saved to my Mac mini server ? Or is it streaming from the NVR?
 
Why connect through Apple TV ? Can't you just connect your NVR direct to your TV and simply change the source using the remote if you need to view the cams? It seems to me you're over complicating it.
 
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Homekit - i dont really care about apple TV. I like to be able to view from my phone.
But actually the appleTV integration is super nice because when there is motion it pops up. But the main thing is being able to access the camera streams outside of DMSS on apple home.
 
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CCTVCam said:
Why connect through Apple TV ? Can't you just connect your NVR direct to your TV and simply change the source using the remote if you need to view the cams? It seems to me you're over complicating it.
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Yes, that is what I did. Four TV's in the house connected to the NVR's HDMI output by ethernet. Works great.
 
CCTVCam said:
Why connect through Apple TV ? Can't you just connect your NVR direct to your TV and simply change the source using the remote if you need to view the cams? It seems to me you're over complicating it.
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It isn't clear to me that the OP even has a NVR for his cameras. :cool:
 
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