Re: How to view output of Axis 207 Network Camera?
Peter Milesson <miles@atmos.eu> wrote:
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> On 20.11.2025 15:34, Chris Green wrote:
> > I have just acquired a (free) Axiz 207 camera. It appears to work OK
> > as its web server runs and I can access all the settings etc.
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> > However I have a fundamental problem, I can't view the images it's
> > sending. I think this may be because it uses RTSP to send images.
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> > I tried one RTSP viewer (Gardinal's) but that failed miserably.
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> > I'm not really very clear how it's all supposed to work, I can't get
> > any plain RTSP:// URLs from the camera, the only URL I have seen so
> > far is:-
> > rtsptextrtsp://dummyurl/mpeg4/media.amp
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> > Can anyone help, with a program that will understand what the camera
> > is outputting?
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> Hi Chris,
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> According to the manual the command is rtsp://<IP address/mpeg4/media.amp
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> I have found VLC tricky to use under Linux, better try to use something
> that is ffmpeg based. For starters, install ffmpeg and then use ffplay
> to verify the function.
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I tried ffplay and got:-
chris$ ffplay rtsp://192.168.1.254/mpeg4/media.amp
...
...
[rtsp @ 0x7f1c4c000c80] Could not find codec parameters for stream
0 (Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile), none, 640x480 [SAR 1:1
DAR 4:3]): unspecified pixel format
Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' (0) and
'probesize' (5000000) options
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://192.168.1.254/mpeg4/media.amp':
Metadata:
title : Media Presentation
Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile), none, 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 1k tbr, 90k tbn
nan M-V: nan fd= 0 aq= 0KB vq= 0KB sq= 0B
> You should be able to access the camera's web interface through
> http://<IP address>. Administrator account (hard coded) is root. If you
> do not know the current root password, you need to make a factory reset.
> That's probably the best option, which gives you opportunity to setup
> the camera to your own preferences. You can also set the IP address with
> arp, command syntax:
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I have access to the web interface after a reset to factory defaults.
The camera gets its IP address from my DHCP server so is easy enough
to find.
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Chris Green
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