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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?

ZM does pass them. The logs are automatically sanitised.

Are there weird characters in the password?

No.

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

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.