ONVIF Device Manager is an open-source software application (currently available for Windows only), which scans your network for cameras, DVR's, and NVR's, trying to locatea stream address that can then be used for connecting your device to Angelcam. In my Hikvision NVR it's under ConfigurationNetworkAdvanced SettingsOther 'Enable Virtual Host' Once this is enabled it allows access from your LAN to the internal network on the Hikvision NVR. If you log into the NVR web interface, go to ConfigurationSystemCamera Management on the furthest right column there is a 'connect' section, which will give you the URL of each camera.
In this guide we will show the HTTP commands to get the MJPEG stream from a Hikvision IP camera. Motion JPEG (M-JPEG or MJPEG) is a video compression format in which each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is compressed separately as a JPEG image. Originally developed for multimedia PC applications, M-JPEG is now used by CCTV IP cameras as well and it can be useful in certain situations.
Many network-enabled cameras provide M-JPEG streams that network clients can connect to Mozilla and Webkit-based browsers have native support for viewing these M-JPEG streams. Some network-enabled cameras provide their own M-JPEG interfaces as part of the normal feature set. For cameras that don’t provide this feature natively, a server can be used to transcode the camera pictures into an M-JPEG stream and then provide that stream to other network clients.
Keep in mind that HTTP commands on a Hikvision IP camera are available in these conditions:
- Camera firmware need to be firmware version 4.1 or higher
- Can only stream the Substream via HTTP
- Need to change the Substream video encoding to MJPEG
- Resolution can be changed via web interface
Note: If the HTTP port of the device is still 80 (default), then “:” is not required.
HTTP without Authentication
http://<IP address of IPC>:<HTTP port>/Streaming/channels/102/httpPreview
HTTP with Authentication
http://<username>:<password>@<IP address of IPC>:<HTTP port>/Streaming/channels/102/httpPreview
Snapshot using HTTP URL
http://<IP address of IPC>:<HTTP port>/Streaming/channels/1/picture
Examples
http://192.168.1.64/Streaming/channels/102/httpPreview
http://admin:12345@192.168.1.64/Streaming/channels/102/httpPreview
http://192.168.1.64/Streaming/channels/1/picture
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Hikvision Nvr Stream Url Download
Here is a list of tested URL's for Hikvision IP Camera streaming and snapshots.
Main RTSP Stream:
rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.100:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0?tcp
rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.100:554/h264/ch1/sub/?tcp
Sub RTSP Stream:
rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.100:554/Streaming/Channels/2?tcp
or
rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.100:554/h264/ch1/sub/?tcp
JPEG Snapshot Main Stream:
http://192.168.1.100/Streaming/Channels/1/picture
The RTSP stream works in Zoneminder and VLC for Hikvision IP Cameras. I have not tested the snapshot URL in Zoneminder.
Remember to change the username and password as well as IP address to match your setup. ?tcp is not needed, I use it to reduce corrupted frames.