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Can't stream to VLC from my Conceptronic IP Camera (RTSP)

I have a Conceptronic CIPCAM720OD, which works and records just fine. I use its own software to see the picture on my computer, and the App to see the video stream on my smartphone.

I tried streaming its output to VLC Media Player through two devices (my Windows laptop, and my Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu MATE) in the same local network, but I always get the same error in the error log:

live555 error: Failed to connect with rtsp://192.168.1.250:554/11
access_realrtsp error: cannot connect to 192.168.1.250:554
core error: open of `rtsp://192.168.1.250:554/11' failed

At first glance I thought I got the IP or the Port wrong, but then I checked in the settings of my camera's software: This is the correct IP Address (192.168.1.250) and Port number (554), and RTSP is enabled.

It still seemed like a network problem, so then I tried disabled all the routers' firewalls on my local network just to test and I get the same error.

I confirmed that the camera does offer RTSP streaming to a specific URL after reading the user manual, and even tried changing the URL to couple different ones after consulting this website, but I keep getting this in my error log.

What could I be forgetting, or what be the issue?

EDIT: I corrected the right IP address (it was .158 for the longest time, but very recently I updated it to .250 due to DHCP issues).

Now, I'm getting a login/password prompt window from VLC, that returns 401 Unauthorized when I put the correct username / password.

I made sure I inserted the correct username / password (I use the same in the camera's software, and in the camera's mobile App - I tested in both iOS and Android).

Here's what Wireshark is telling me (Note: .104 is my PC):

Wireshark's log

Here's an inspection of the 401 error:

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Solution

  • So, I followed Rudolfs's suggestion and traced the correct URL from the Wireshark logs.

    As it turns out, the correct IP address is NOT the one given in the manual, or in this website, but instead was this one:

    rtsp://192.168.1.250:554/live/ch0

    Now everything is up and running correctly.

    Thanks to Rudolfs for the help and time spent!