{"id":2733,"date":"2016-12-23T00:29:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2016-12-23T00:41:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:41:58","slug":"connecting-my-amcrest-ip2m-841-webcam-and-ispy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=2733","title":{"rendered":"Connecting iSpy to an Amcrest IP2M-841 webcam"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was more annoying than it should have been. When setting up my Amcrest IP2M-841B camera, I was able to use the Amcrest IP Config tool to log in and watch my camera without issue.<\/p>\n

When using iSpy 64, however, the darn thing couldn’t figure out how to connect to it. Here’s how I did it. I left the camera on channel 1, set the encoding to plain H.264, and then did the following.<\/p>\n

Test your camera using Amcrest IP config.<\/h3>\n

The first thing is to make sure your camera is working at all:<\/p>\n

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  1. Be sure you can open the IP config tool and see your cameras.<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure passwords are correct, you can get a live view, and that it’s set to H.264 encoding and the channels are correct.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Test your rtsp\u00a0line using VLC:<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Open VLC (install it if you need)<\/li>\n
    2. Media->Open Network Stream<\/li>\n
    3. Copy in your rtsp: address\n
        \n
      1. example without the username\/password:\n
          \n
        1. \n
          rtsp:\/\/192.168.1.99:554\/cam\/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
        2. VLC will ask for your username\/password and you can enter it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        3. example with the username\/password:\n
            \n
          1. \n
            rtsp:\/\/<username>:<password>@<ipaddress>:554\/cam\/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
          2. I left the arguments as\u00a0–rtsp-caching=100 (the default)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          3. You should see your stream come up in VLC<\/li>\n
          4. NOTE:\u00a0When setting your password, if you have any special characters like %!&#$ – or the like – be sure to convert them to their equivalent hex ASCII codes. See this chart here<\/a>.\n
              \n
            1. Example: if your password is ‘cat&dog’, you should use the password: ‘cat%26dog’<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              Connecting to iSpy<\/h3>\n
              If connecting via VLC worked, your 75% of the way there.<\/p>\n
                \n
              1. Start iSpy<\/li>\n
              2. Add->IP Camera<\/li>\n
              3. Select the VLC Plugin tab (I have VLC installed, not sure if that’s 100% necessary)<\/li>\n
              4. Set the VLC URL to what you had above (with the username+password):\n
                rtsp:\/\/<username>:<password>@<ipaddress>:554\/cam\/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
              5. When setting the password, if you have any special characters like %!&%#$ – or the like – be sure to convert them to their equivalent hex ascii codes. See this chart here<\/a>.\n
                  \n
                1. Example: if your password is ‘cat&dog’, you should use the password: ‘cat%26dog’<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                2. I left the arguments as\u00a0–rtsp-caching=100 (the default)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                  Once you have iSpy connected, you can set up events and connect to the cloud for full web monitoring.<\/p>\n
                   <\/p>\n
                  Resources:<\/h3>\n
                  So, where did I get that rtsp line? Directly from the Amcrest HTTP API SDK Protocol Specification<\/a>. Section 4.1.1, p14 – Get real-time stream. It’s also a handy guide on all the other parameters you can send the camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
                  This was more annoying than it should have been. When setting up my Amcrest IP2M-841B camera, I was able to use the Amcrest IP Config tool to log in and watch my camera without issue. When using iSpy 64, however, the darn thing couldn’t figure out how to connect to it. Here’s how I did it. I left the camera on channel 1, set the encoding to plain H.264, and then did the following. Test your camera using Amcrest IP…<\/p>\n
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