Stream to MP4

[WeirdlyChosen]

Since Sighthound able to transcode RTSP stream from camera to mp4 stream for web app, can I get the mp4 stream for my home automation setup?

[ryan]

Assuming that your software can deal with the self-signed certificate and HLS stream it may be possible. If you look in the Sighthound Video data directory the "/remote/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.m3u8local" files are the HLS streams for your cameras. This is the path that you would append to "https://server:port". Thanks for letting us know about your interest in such a feature, we may look into officially supporting stream access in the future.

Do note that if you have multiple sources requesting different bitrate/size streams from a camera your CPU use will increase substantially.

[WeirdlyChosen]

I still use sighthound 4 since I use 32bit windows OS and unable to locate the m3u8local file. I look in directory where video data stored in

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<drive>:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Sighthound Video\videos\remote

and find nothing inside that folder

[ryan]

Sighthound Video 4 and earlier only creates streams on demand for the remote web or mobile apps. To see streams available at all times you'd need SV 5.0 or higher and to have the "Enable live stream fast start" option on. SV 4 uses similar HLS streams so you could attempt the connection when available to see if the general setup is at all possible for you but as they are dynamic it wouldn't be a stable solution.

[WeirdlyChosen]

I tried to move lisence to 64bit OS, and use SH5. Enable stream fast start is ticked, and no m3u8local file. Only found some jpg files after I open via web browser for a while.

Is there something wrong or I have looked to the wrong place?

[ryan]

Sorry for the mixup. Connect to your camera from remote access, either web or mobile, and view the live stream. This will trigger the creation of that ".m3u8local" file. You can then note the filename before the extension and construct the path "/live/encodedcameraname.m3u8" which is what may work in your other software to view the stream.

[WeirdlyChosen]

After a broken PC, I finally have another PC for NVR.
typing localhost:8848/live/filename.m3u8local
result in 404 not found

I believe the file is generated in C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Sighthound Video/remote/filename.m3u8local

Is there something I did wrong?

[kgonzalez]

Hello WeirdlyChosen,

Can you try the following to see if these steps work for you?

1. Open a specific camera in the remote access web interface or the mobile application. A "encodedcameraname".m3u8local file should be generated.

2. When you get this file, you should be able to view the cameras stream by typing the following URL: "https://localhost:<port>/live/encodedcameraname.m3u8"

This should work. I was able to open the camera stream successfully.

[jamesmartin]

Thanks a lot for his information