RTSP Cam Works in Other Apps, Not in ZM

[theonlytalkinggoat]

I recently purchased an ELP 720p IP camera and I am trying to set it up to record with ZM, using RTSP. I can use any app to view it, via Android or VLC, in the computer, but ZM won't show the live stream.

I can view the stream, just fine, using VLC and other apps, at the address:

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rtsp://192.168.15.80:554/user=admin&password=&channel=1&stream=0.sdp

When I put that into ZM, I get no display, if I click on Monitor-1. The crazy thing is, if I click on the Zone link, it shows a still-shot of the camera in the background of the zone, like it should.

I am using ZM v1.29.0 on Ubuntu 14.04, built from the ppa ppa:iconnor/zoneminder.

According to VLC's codec info, this is what is coming out...


Here are the camera's settings, in ZM:





Here are a couple screenshots of log files...





Thank you.

[knight-of-ni]

1) See the "?" next to the Alarm FPS fields? You got a big red warning when you clicked inside those fields. You need to do what the help text says and clear those fields out. Once you get things working, it is okay to put a value in there that is *higher* than the real frame rate. Never less than or equal to.
2) use a source type of ffmpeg instead of libvlc
3) use 32bit colorspace for a performance boost
4) don't use a blank password. Set a password or turn off authentication in the camera.
5) Try a remote method of "RTP/Unicast" instead. If that does not work, try them all.

[theonlytalkinggoat]

I figured out I had not enabled the cgi module, in Apache2. Thanks for the input, though. I'll definitely give all those a shot, in the future.