Serving cameras as ip

[Donone]

I find VDV to be superb with a local webcam and is streets ahead in picking up people.
I have previously used iSpy. Being unable to find a server in VDV for a camera on another computer on my wireless network I have used iSpy server and the ip address is http://192.168.1.101:256/?c=0.

[EDIT] please go straight to my reply below; the next line is rubbish!

I am unable to pick this up with VDV on a separate computer on the same network because I get the messahe saying not to include http but should use srtp ? (which doesn't work).

Can anyone please suggest how I can use VDV at both ends of the network, a camera in another building and receive it (and then detect movement) on another computer.
Thank you.

[Donone]

After some experiment I need to modify my request.
I have iSpy Server running on the network on computer A with a webcam.
I have managed to use the browser on computer B to see a still shot.
I have managed to run iSpy (not server) on computer B and get streaming video.
The IP is http://192.168.1.66:256/?c=1 and it is using JPEG.
I do not like iSpy but do like VDV.
I have tried to connect to the camera using VDV on computer B with 'Other' selected and the correct ip and added the stream path /JPEG which produced a full path of http://192.168.1.66:256/jpeg.

VDV will not connect to the camera.
I therefore know that the video from the camera on computer A is entering computer B.

What am I missing please?
[EDIT]It would seem that the query string is required in the browser, i.e. ?c=1 to produce the image but in VDV I put the ip and it would not accept anything additional, so I added the port in the correct box and then in the streaming path I put /?c=1/jpeg and the total string came out correctly ?? as http://192.168.1.66:256/?c=1/jpeg but VDV said connecting... and never completes. If I press next it goes to the main window and says not connected.

[ryan]

Hi Donone,

VDV definitely works with remote video streams, this is how IP cameras function. You might find this post useful, which describes general tips for trying to get unknown IP cameras to work in VDV, some of the information will apply to troubleshooting general streams:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4

I haven't used iSpy server, but you say the ?c=1 page displays a jpeg? VDV needs a video stream, so it will need to be pointed to a MJPEG or MPEG4 stream. A number of users have used a program called WebcamXP to forward usb or built in webcams to VDV, here is one such user reporting their success:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=385

This post from our old forum also has someone reporting success/instructions for using webcamXP, as well as another user suggesting MJPEG-streamer on Linux:
https://vitamind.fogbugz.com/default.asp?video.1.69.7

Hope that helps,
- ryan

[Donone]

Thank you ryan and apologies for the delay.
I will follow up your reading suggestions and come back if not solved. It seems that the iSpy path /?c=1 or whatever number is to jpg but it is the only path provided.

May I assume that VDV does not have a server hidden anywhere within it, to solve these problems?

[ryan]

VDV does not forward USB cameras to other computers. It is designed to monitor and perform analytics on video streams, not create the streams themselves.

[Donone]

Thanks again ryan. I have now, using your suggested reading used WebcamXP and the path suggested, got video, however I am baffled to find that the picture at the source is upright but the picture in VDV at the remote computer is upside down. I guess I might possibly be able to reverse it at the source, but it would be nice to know what the cause is, can you suggest please?

[EDIT] I note that it takes about three minutes to find the camera in the test window and then when clicking finish it starts again and takes another three minutes to find again for the main window.

[ryan]

Upside down video - Vitamin D Video doesn't have support for inverting or mirroring video streams, it uses whatever is received from the source. You might want to check for settings like these in your streaming software.

Connection speed - Are your computers wired or wireless? You might want to try using a wired connection to test if possible. If the connection is slow or unreliable, many things like lost packets can cause VDV to take a while to connect reliably to the stream.

[Donone]

Thank you, because it is a tenuous wireless connection I will experiment.