ACTI issues

Simon Dog

Simon Dog

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Jul 26, 2020
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I am setting BI up with a mixed camera vendor configuration. I am having some issues witrh the ACTi E816 camera:

  1. I have the latest version of BI that include ACTi.

  2. I can connect to the camera ucint ACTi->Video port 6002, but not using any of the other options including H264

  3. I cannot connect using any generic ONVIF options

  4. The problem: While I see the video, the frame update is MUCH slower (several seconds per frame) than viewing the video using a browser connected directly to the camera or the ACTi NVR software (I need to move to Blue Iris for multi-camera vendor support

  5. Does this sound like something that would work better with an H264 connection (don't see H265 in the acti list). Looking for suggestions as to how to get that to work. Does ACTi use a non-default RTSP port? Other ideas?
 
Simon Dog said:
I am setting BI up with a mixed camera vendor configuration. I am having some issues witrh the ACTi E816 camera:

  1. I have the latest version of BI that include ACTi.

  2. I can connect to the camera ucint ACTi->Video port 6002, but not using any of the other options including H264

  3. I cannot connect using any generic ONVIF options

  4. The problem: While I see the video, the frame update is MUCH slower (several seconds per frame) than viewing the video using a browser connected directly to the camera or the ACTi NVR software (I need to move to Blue Iris for multi-camera vendor support

  5. Does this sound like something that would work better with an H264 connection (don't see H265 in the acti list). Looking for suggestions as to how to get that to work. Does ACTi use a non-default RTSP port? Other ideas?
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Some things to note. That camera doesnt support 265.
What resolution are you running the camera in? Anything over 1080 is limited by the camera to 7fps.
You are experiencing several seconds per frame so there is something else going on.

Ensure you have enabled onfiv on the camera and are using that account in BI for find inspect
 
fenderman said:
Some things to note. That camera doesnt support 265.
What resolution are you running the camera in? Anything over 1080 is limited by the camera to 7fps.
You are experiencing several seconds per frame so there is something else going on.

Ensure you have enabled onfiv on the camera and are using that account in BI for find inspect
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Should I be able to connect from ACTi using H264? I am wondering if Video port 6002 is the issue. I don't see config for those ports in the camera web page - will check again.

Here is what Blue Iris INSPECT of the camera shows:

HTTP Get / request...
OK
ONVIF GetSystemDateAndTime
2006-02-09T08:09:41.000Z
Requesting device information...
GetCapabilities...
Querying services
Has Search services: /onvif/device_service
Has Imaging services: /onvif/device_service
Has media services: /onvif/device_service
Has RTP_RTSP_TCP, requesting profiles
Has Event services: /onvif/device_service
Has WSPullPointSupport
RelayOutputs: 2
InputConnectors: 2
Has Device IO services: /onvif/device_service
AudioOutputs: 1
Checking for common cameras...
Foscam FI86xx/98xx compatible?
Foscam FI89xx compatible?
Foscam FI9821 V2 compatible?
Foscam FI9821 media port compatible?
Cantonk port 34567?
RTSP port open?
RTSP port detected!
Done
 
Simon Dog said:
Should I be able to connect from ACTi using H264? I am wondering if Video port 6002 is the issue. I don't see config for those ports in the camera web page - will check again.

Here is what Blue Iris INSPECT of the camera shows:

HTTP Get / request...
OK
ONVIF GetSystemDateAndTime
2006-02-09T08:09:41.000Z
Requesting device information...
GetCapabilities...
Querying services
Has Search services: /onvif/device_service
Has Imaging services: /onvif/device_service
Has media services: /onvif/device_service
Has RTP_RTSP_TCP, requesting profiles
Has Event services: /onvif/device_service
Has WSPullPointSupport
RelayOutputs: 2
InputConnectors: 2
Has Device IO services: /onvif/device_service
AudioOutputs: 1
Checking for common cameras...
Foscam FI86xx/98xx compatible?
Foscam FI89xx compatible?
Foscam FI9821 V2 compatible?
Foscam FI9821 media port compatible?
Cantonk port 34567?
RTSP port open?
RTSP port detected!
Done
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post the video streaming settings from within the cameras web interface.
 
Simon Dog said:
My problem is the Acti cameras are not recording when set to "record directly to disk", Any idea if I am missing a setting or of there is a problem recording direct to disk with the ACTi cameras. One camera's video setting is:

View attachment 167568
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you have not posted your settings as requested. From the cameras web interface.
 
Bumping an old post, but I just found a solution. I've never gotten ACTi cameras to work reliably with BI until now.

They've either refused to record with these settings:
URL: http://{IP}
Make: ACTi
Model: H.264 Content Type
Main: /cgi-bin/cmd/system?GET_STREAM
Media/video/RTSP Port: 554

Had low resolution:
URL: rtsp:/{IP}:7070/
Make: Generic/ONVIF
Model: RTSP H.265/H.265/MJPEG/MPEG4
Main: / (disabled)
Media/video/RTSP Port: 7070

Or constantly disconnected/had a very low framerate, and even brought my whole network down with enough cameras
(I don't have a config to show for this)


Here are the correct settings, that work on my D55
URL: http://{IP}
Make: Generic/ONVIF
Model: Raw H.264
Main: /cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?CHANNEL=1&GET_STREAM=VIDEO
Media/video/RTSP Port: 554

BTW: There is currently a bug that will cause blue iris to crash if you try to add channel=2 as the substream. These ACTi cameras are really buggy, and these are honestly the least of the issues.
 
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