On 20.11.2025 15:34, Chris Green wrote:
I have just acquired a (free) Axiz 207 camera. It appears to work OK
as its web server runs and I can access all the settings etc.
However I have a fundamental problem, I can't view the images it's
sending. I think this may be because it uses RTSP to send images.
I tried one RTSP viewer (Gardinal's) but that failed miserably.
I'm not really very clear how it's all supposed to work, I can't get
any plain RTSP:// URLs from the camera, the only URL I have seen so
far is:-
rtsptextrtsp://dummyurl/mpeg4/media.amp
Can anyone help, with a program that will understand what the camera
is outputting?
Hi Chris,
According to the manual the command is rtsp://<IP address/mpeg4/media.amp
I have found VLC tricky to use under Linux, better try to use something
that is ffmpeg based. For starters, install ffmpeg and then use ffplay
to verify the function.
You should be able to access the camera's web interface through
http://<IP address>. Administrator account (hard coded) is root. If you
do not know the current root password, you need to make a factory reset.
That's probably the best option, which gives you opportunity to setup
the camera to your own preferences. You can also set the IP address with
arp, command syntax:
arp -s <IP Address> <Serial Number> temp
then check with:
ping -s 408 <IP Address>
Factory reset:
1. Disconnect power from the camera.
2. Press and hold the Control button and reconnect power.
3. Keep the Control button pressed until the Status indicator displays
amber (this may take up to 15 seconds), then release the button.
4. When the Status indicator displays green (which can take up to 1
minute) the process is complete and the camera has been reset.
I wish you good luck.
Peter
