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The listed codecs are excluded at SDP level, by names.

H264 packetization mode configuration

According to H264 specifications, if H264 packetization mode is not set explicitly in stream SDP, if should be set to 0. However, some RTSP cameras may send a stream encided with packetization mode 1, and may omit this mode setting in SDP. This behaviour may lead to stream transcoding and picture quality dropping while playing the stream in Safari browser.

Since build 5.2.820 it is possible to set default packetization mode to use such cameras with the following parameter

Code Block
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default_packetization_mode=1

Quick manual on testing

Capturing of a video stream from the IP camera and playing it in a browser

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Parameter name

Description

Example

uri

URL of the RTSP stream

rtsp://myserver.com/live/myStream

localStreamNameName to set to the stream capturedmyRTSPstream

status

Current status of the stream

PLAYING

RTSP stream repeatedly capturing with the same URI

/rtsp/startup query returns 409 Conflict while trying to repeatedly capture RTSP stream with the same URI. If the stream from the IP camera is already published on the server, it is necessary to subscribe to it.

Call flow

Below is the call flow when using the Player example

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