Cortex and Hikvision IP Cameras

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  • Nad
    Automated Home Guru
    • Jul 2008
    • 145

    Cortex and Hikvision IP Cameras

    Hi all,

    I was wondering if anyone has had any experience on getting the Hikvision IP cameras working in Cortex? I've set the substream to MJPEG and am using the URL given by Hikvision but nothing is coming up on screen.

    I've tried to add the user name and password to the URL and into the Cortex camera object but still no luck.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated as I was planning to add a number of additional cameras.

    Thanks,
    Nad
  • Karam
    Automated Home Legend
    • Mar 2005
    • 863

    #2
    Are you able to view the stream using Firefox and the same URL on that computer?

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    • Nad
      Automated Home Guru
      • Jul 2008
      • 145

      #3
      Hi Karam,

      I don't use firefox but I installed it just to run the test and it worked with no issues. Its the same with Chrome.

      I get the prompt for user name and password when I use http://ip/Streaming/channels/102/httppreview. Same for both firefox and chrome.
      If i use http://username:password@ip/Streamin...02/httppreview I get a pop up window in firefox saying ... You are about to log into the site "ip" with username "Username" and you have to press OK to proceed to view the stream. Where as there is no notification of any sort when using the same url in Chrome.

      Thanks,
      Nad

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      • Karam
        Automated Home Legend
        • Mar 2005
        • 863

        #4
        The test site we usual use seems not to be working so try this one to see if you get anything (in Cortex I mean):

        "http://webcam.st-malo.com/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=352x288"

        .. had to put in quotes since otherwise part of the url seemed to go missing in the post
        Last edited by Karam; 16 October 2016, 12:11 PM.

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        • Nad
          Automated Home Guru
          • Jul 2008
          • 145

          #5
          Hi Karam,

          Test link works just fine so I guess its something to do with the compatibility of the Hikvision camera. Anything else i can try?

          Thanks,
          Nad

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          • Karam
            Automated Home Legend
            • Mar 2005
            • 863

            #6
            In Firefox try this to capture what the camera might be sending in the initial http header and send to me:

            view-source:http://.........

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            • Nad
              Automated Home Guru
              • Jul 2008
              • 145

              #7
              Hi all,

              I just wanted to let anyone who is thinking of using a Hikvision camera know that the following URL in Cortex is working!



              This URL is for getting JPEG snapshots but for some reason it is returning a video feed in Cortex. The same URL in Firefox, IE or Chrome brings up the snapshot so it looks like it may have something to do with the way the Hikvision camera is responding to the request from Cortex (or something else completely!). I've not had a chance to play with it properly yet with regards to motion detection and recordings so will update this thread in due course.

              The camera is a Hikvision DS-2CD2532F-IWS running firmware version 5.3.3 (will be upgrading to 5.4.0 later to see if that makes a difference).

              Thanks,
              Nad

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              • Andrew Millne
                Automated Home Ninja
                • Nov 2007
                • 269

                #8
                I have some of these but I haven't set them up in Cortex. I'm accessing them directly using Blue Iris software but I'm following the thread to see how you get on.
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