31 August, 2013

Android Rtsp Usage



Loved my Samsung Galaxy but recently replaced it.  Result is that I have a relatively decent smart phone with little, to no, purpose in life.  Repurposing as a RTSP server device seemed like a reasonable task.

Reviewed a series of video server apps in the Google Play Store, but only one that worked well for me with Linux RTSP clients was:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam

After installing the app and short configuration, you start the server by clicking the 'Start server' button in the video preference activity.

Once the phone streaming is running, it displays a live view of the scene and the connection URL.

Open it with VLC and you're cookin' with bacon:


$ cvlc http://192.168.0.157:8080/video






Voilà.

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