On 1/14/19 3:16 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > On 01/14/19 17:33, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> . >>> Does anyone have experience with software for use with Amcrest cameras. >>> I am able to view the rtsp video with vlc and Fedora 29 but that does >>> not provide control for the other functions such as pan and tilt. >>> >>> We can control them with an iPhone or iPad but I would like to do it >>> from my Linux desktop. >> I've got similar devices (the Foscam 9831W versions). I use ZoneMinder >> (ZM) and I can get them to pan and tilt using ZM. >> >> I haven't tried to do it outside ZM, but ZM uses Perl scripts to do the >> control ops. My guess is you could borg those scripts to do what you >> wish. ZoneMinder is available from the repos. > . > I will try zoneminder. I have some Foscams [not PTZ] too but I have > never been able to view them with VLC. They seem primarily interested in > selling their server service and their support was hard to deal with. I > had to find an Apple app, as a result have to keep an iPad running on my > desk just for them. Not the ideal solution. For the 9831Ws, I used ffmpeg, not VLC. The access string was: rtsp://user:password@ip-address:554/videoMain The control interface (pan/tilt) was: usr=username&pwd=password ip-address:88 Good luck. The Foscam/Amcrest site offers no help other than their apps from what I can see. It's rather annoying that there's no API documents for these things. Well, digging around, I DID find an API document: https://s3.amazonaws.com/amcrest-files/Amcrest+HTTP+API+3.2017.pdf Don't know if it's applicable to what you want to do, but... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Warning: You are logged into reality as the root user... - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
