Can Xeoma be used as an RTSP Source?

[hbarker]

We currently have 2 Xeoma Servers and connect to Multiple to have them as Displays. The Cameras feed across multiple Subnets so it puts a significant amount of traffic across our core infrastructure. Our thought was to put a Raspberry PI at each location and then stream back to the main server For viewing and store Archive on a USB Hard Drive locally. Can we feed these 4 camera Pi's back as a single feed to the Main Server?

[Admin_N]

Sure!

First of all, Xeoma can work on ARM devices such as Raspberry Pi and so on. You can download the distro for ARM here.

Secondly, yes, Xeoma has the RTSP Translator destination module which can stream in compressed h264.

So, download Xeoma to your RPI's, let Xeoma find the cameras, add RTSP Translator to each chain and find these RTSP streams from your Main Server.

Please see if it works for you and let us know if you have any questions!

[hbarker]

awesome thanks!

[hbarker]

I see an RTSP rebroadcaster is that what you mean? If so thats Pro only.

Maybe it would be better if I explained what I'm trying to do.

we have about 60 camera's through out the company we were flowing these into 2 different servers plenty of cpu/hd/ram and 8 bound nic cards each.

The challenge we ran into over the last year is the amount of wan traffic used up from users at remote sites wanting to run their cameras on their pc.

We came up with an Idea that we would put smaller machines locally to give them a place to connect to locally to view the cameras. These machines would hold their own archives as well. (4 camera's per station is about normal) What we thought we wanted to do was to us this device like an NVR and rtsp the video back to the main station for monitoring.

Heck even a way to move the data nightly back to the main server wouldn't be a bad idea so we could keep it longer.

[Admin_N]

Hi there!

Yes, RTSP Broadcaster is in PRO edition. If you choose to use it, you'll need PRO license for each server (Raspberry PI). You'll be able to connect your cameras to these PRIs, and then stream through rtsp to your Main Server. That'll reduce the load on the network in connection #2 (see pic below)



But, to also reduce the network load in 3. you'll need to
a) set up "Decode video on client" in layouts menu
b) not use any modifying modules (filters like Image resize, Image rotate, etc.) on your main server
c) make sure that the clients can cope with the load of decoding video

Heck even a way to move the data nightly back to the main server wouldn't be a bad idea so we could keep it longer.

You can of course set your Raspberry's system up to copy videos from Xeoma folder to the appropriate folder on your main server at night time, and then restart Xeoma.

[hbarker]

Copying up to the server seems like a reasonable way of doing it and then setting the local server to only keep one day of archive.

Can you set a fake camera up pointed to an archive directory for camera review?

But, to also reduce the network load in 3. you'll need to
a) set up "Decode video on client" in layouts menu
b) not use any modifying modules (filters like Image resize, Image rotate, etc.) on your main server
c) make sure that the clients can cope with the load of decoding video

Not a problem default has it decode on client and we dont utilize any of the modifying modules.

[Admin_N]

All right. Give it a try please.

Can you set a fake camera up pointed to an archive directory for camera review?

Yes, if you'd like to be able to view camera on your Main Server but not actually get image from camera there, you can for example add a Random camera and turn it off. When you shift archives recording at night, they will get into its archive, and you'll be able to view them in this "camera" archive viewer.