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Description

Web server that displays an RTSP video stream.

It is not a very efficient solution in terms of video transmission, but you will be able to see the video stream from all devices (Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone, Android).

Audio is not supported.

Use case

You have a security camera that streams in RTSP (e.g. Foscam) and want to make the video accessible via web.

Install with pip

$ pip install rtspwebviewer --user

Install from source

$ git clone https://github.com/luiscarlosgph/rtspwebviewer.git
$ cd rtspwebviewer
$ python3 setup.py install

Run

  • Syntax:

    $ python -m rtspwebviewer.run -a <listening_ip_address> -p <port> -t <web_title> -w <password> -u <rtsp_address>
    

    You can specify up to four RTSP addresses, e.g. -u <rtsp_address> <rtsp_address> <rtsp_address> <rtsp_address>

  • Example:

    $ python -m rtspwebviewer.run -a 0.0.0.0 -p 7654 -t 'RTSP Web Viewer' -w fancypassword -u 'rtsp://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8669/unicast'
    

    In this case, you should access http://127.0.0.1:7654/fancypassword to see the website displaying the video stream.

    The IP address 0.0.0.0 means that the web server will listen in all your network interfaces.

    The password parameter is optional, if you do not specify one, you should access http://127.0.0.1:7654 to see the video.

Run Docker container

If you do not have Docker installed, you have an install guide here.

  1. Build Docker image:

    $ git clone https://github.com/luiscarlosgph/rtspwebviewer.git
    $ cd rtspwebviewer
    $ docker build -t rtspwebviewer docker
    
  2. Deploy container:

    $ docker run -it --name rtspwebviewer --net=host --restart=always rtspwebviewer:latest python -m rtspwebviewer.run -a <listening_address> -p <listening_port> -t <web_title> -w <web_password> -u <rtsp_address> &
    

    Access the camera view in http://<ip>:<port>/<web_password>

    If you do not know what to put on <listening_address>, use 0.0.0.0 (i.e. listen in all network interfaces).

    A password is not necessary.

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