Another question about the cisco CIVS-IPC 4500E

[peterlegina1]

hello,

is it for the Cisco civs-ipc 4500e on somehow still possible to get this working with a Windows or Linux surveillance software or maybe an NVR.
perhaps the Linksys LNR 0208C is suitable for civs-ipc 4500e as it is suitable for multi-camera, s lecenties

I do get a good picture if I switch the ip address log-in camera menu

as I have no license for the cameras and these too are no longer available from Cisco.

kind regards

Peter

[Scott Olsen]

Hi Peter,

I don't recall if this model (and it's FW) provides ONVIF compliant access... but I do know that you can directly request and attach to a live stream from the camera via RTSP:

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From the camera user guide (page 4-8):

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/physical_security/video_surveillance/ip_camera/hd_camera/4000_series/ipwiug.pdf

"You can allow users to access video streams from the IP camera through third-party mobile devices, or through the VLC media player or equivalent software. To do so, you must log in to the IP camera from the third-party device or software, then obtain the RTSP stream from the IP camera. For detailed information about these and related functions, see Cisco Media API Reference Guide." That’s it – not a big help eh?

Here is the Cisco Media API Reference Guide

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/physical_security/video_surveillance/ip_camera/hd_camera/4000_series/api.pdf

To stream directly from camera without using VSOM, use this RTSP URL:
rtsp://10.10.50.222:554/StreamingSetting?version=1.0&sessionID=13600649&action=getRTSPStream&ChannelID=1&ChannelName=Channel1&EncoderPort=0
 
Two things to change here:

• Change IP address

• Session ID (for this, bring up the camera via the web interface, login and use the session ID)

Note that if you want to test/view the quality of HD video on this camera you should choose the 1920x1080 resolution, even if the output screen is not capable of supporting that resolution. The output will be far superior to the 1280x720 resolution due to downscaling in the camera vs. the viewing computer.

If you want to use multicast to stream to VLC without VSM, configure multicast on the web interface of the 4500, and use the same unicast RTSP URL above to initiate the stream. Even though you use the unicast address in the URL, the camera will tell VLC to subscribe to the multicast stream. Tested and confirmed working by Matt Gibbs.

If you are using VLC to view the stream and notice a large motion lag, you can modify the default VLC buffer size to compensate by doing the following:

1. Open Tools --> Preferences...
2. Choose to view All settings rather than Simple in the Show settings section
3. Navigate to Input / Codecs --> Demuxers --> RTP/RTSP
4. Modify the Caching value (ms) from the default of 1200ms to something lower. (Experiment with different values to view the tradeoff between responsiveness and video quality. 200ms appeared to be the lowest usable setting.)

The problem here is the 'SessionID' used to authorize access to the camera.  I believe there was an option to 'Disable Session ID' in the camera setup UI, but I'm not sure if it works as expected.

If not... the biggest challenge will be getting repeated authentication to the camera to request the RTSP stream.

I hope this helped in some way.

Cheers!

[peterlegina1]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the detailed explanation to use the camera might again.
I'll definitely seek out and so try if it works.
I leave here on the forum know whether I succeed or not.

regards,

Peter