38.9 HA Reolink Argus 2E RTSP

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Start an RTSP stream from the camera for access the video:

./neolink rtsp --config=neolink.toml

It should respond:

[2022-08-26T00:44:09Z INFO  neolink] Neolink cab43d0b0946e3669a49146ee2db96076099e15f release
[2022-08-26T00:44:10Z INFO  neolink::rtsp] aether: Connecting to camera at UID: 95270003X3TCZMT4
[2022-08-26T00:44:10Z INFO  neolink::rtsp] aether: Logging in
[2022-08-26T00:44:11Z INFO  neolink::rtsp] aether: Connected and logged in
[2022-08-26T00:44:11Z INFO  neolink::rtsp] aether: Camera time is already set: 2022-08-26 10:44 +10
[2022-08-26T00:44:11Z INFO  neolink::rtsp] aether: Camera reports firmware version 0616_722_52_478
[2022-08-26T00:44:11Z INFO  neolink::rtsp] aether: Starting video stream Main Stream (Clear)

Whilst this command remains running, use ffprobe (in another terminal) to check that neolink is streaming the camera:

$ ffprobe rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/aether
ffprobe version 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2021 the FFmpeg developers
[...]
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/aether':
  Metadata:
    title           : Session streamed with GStreamer
    comment         : rtsp-server
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1072, 90k tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc
  Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16be, 16000 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 256 kb/s

View the video using ffplay:

ffplay rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frontdoor

To capture 10 seconds of video to a local mp4 file:

ffmpeg -vsync 2 -t 10 -i rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frontdoor frontdoor.mp4

The use of -vsync 2 was suggested so that frames with the same timestamp are dropped. The -t 10 will record 10 seconds of video/audio.

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