RTSP authentication

[anotheruser]

Hi all!

On the CLI, this works perfectly:

ffplay rtsp://admin:password@192.168.15.100:554/Streaming/channels/101


In the "Source Path" field I have this:

rtsp://admin:password@192.168.15.100:554/Streaming/channels/101

However, the log says this:

Unable to open input rtsp://192.168.15.100/Streaming/channels/101 due to: Permission denied

How can I persuade zoneminder to pass the credentials to the camera?

[iconnor]

ZM does pass them. The logs are automatically sanitised.

Are there weird characters in the password?

[anotheruser]

No.

Does ZM offer any way to debug this, or do I need to fall back to externnal tools like tcpdump?

[iconnor]

You can turn on debug logging and it will be very verbose. I can see that this is a Hikvision/clone.. they have a feature that locks you out after a few bad login attempts.
You can check the logs in the camera itself, it might give a clue.