[Live-devel] How do I setup RTSP proxy to advertise to HLS proxy running on another server
--- Begin Message --- Help a newbie? I would like to have an RTSP proxy running on a Raspberry Pi advertising to an HLS proxy running on a server. I noticed the HLS proxy has a -R "REGISTER" flag to listen for an advertised RTSP stream, but how do I configure the RTSP proxy to advertise? Here's why: I'm building a chicken coop monitor product based around a Raspberry Pi called SecureCoop that I'm hoping to sell soon. I would like to include connectivity to IP cameras to monitor the coop, but do so in a way that requires no setup for the customer. They plug in the cameras and it's instantly available on the iOS/Android app. No opening ports in the firewall. Due to privacy concerns, the cameras must be protected by encryption, username, and password. And the solution should be (eventually) scalable to a few thousand simultaneous users. So I'm thinking of this kind of setup: [IP cam RTSP]<--[RPi Live555 RTSP proxy]-->[OpenVPN]--[Home firewall]--[OpenVPN]-->[Live555 HLS proxy]<--[App] The RPi would have a DHCP server for the cameras. Here's an image in case my ASCII art does not come through: https://i.imgur.com/DAmbUX1.png Or is there a better way to handle this? --- End Message --- ___ live-devel mailing list live-devel@lists.live555.com http://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel
Re: [Live-devel] How do I setup RTSP proxy to advertise to HLS proxy running on another server
--- Begin Message --- Okay okay very good. How about this? Since I don’t want to require users to open ports on the firewall, RPi runs HLS proxy and yes still have the OpenVPN or maybe a tunnel firewall to the HTTP server running on my server? I see in the documentation that the HTTP server must be on the same computer, so maybe over a netcat pipe or something. How does the HTTP server pick up the output from the proxy, is it by some RPC? On Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:22:44 -0400 Ross Finlayson wrote > On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:34 AM, Admin via live-devel wrote:> > Help a newbie? I would like to have an RTSP proxy running on a Raspberry Pi advertising to an HLS proxy running on a server. I noticed the HLS proxy has a -R "REGISTER" flag to listen for an advertised RTSP stream, but how do I configure the RTSP proxy to advertise?[…]> > So I'm thinking of this kind of setup:> [IP cam RTSP]<--[RPi Live555 RTSP proxy]-->[OpenVPN]--[Home firewall]--[OpenVPN]-->[Live555 HLS proxy]<--[App]What you’re describing is possible; however, this is something that you would need to program yourself; i.e., it is not available simply via a command-line option. Note that the (custom) RTSP “REGISTER” command was originally intended to be something that would be implemented in network cameras themselves, rather than in the “LIVE555 Proxy Server”. However, you could, in principle, add this functionality to the “LIVE555 Proxy Server” (or any LIVE555-based RTSP server); see http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2020-February/021495.htmlHowever, the system that you describe seems rather complex. You’re also omitting the HTTP server that would use the output from the “LIVE555 HLS Proxy” (or perhaps that is part of your “[App]”??). It would be much simpler to just to do the following (ignoring the ‘OpenVPN’s):[IP cam RTSP]-->[Live555 HLS proxy][HTTP server]—[Home firewall]<-[App]or[IP cam RTSP]-->[Live555 HLS proxy]—[Home firewall]--[HTTP server]<-[App]I.e., Don’t implement any intermediate RTSP server at all; instead, have the “LIVE555 HLS Proxy” read directly from the IP camera. If you do this, then your problem becomes either:1/ Figure out how to access the HTTP server from across your firewall (if you run your HTTP server inside your firewall), or2/ Figure out how to make the HLS segments+“.m3u8” file accessible across your firewall (if you run your HTTP server outside your firewall). I.e., in this case you could either transfer the HLS segments+“.m3u8” file across your firewall dynamically, or somehow make the file system directory (that contains the HLS segments+“.m3u8” file) accessible to the HTTP server outside your firewall, e.g., using some file/directory sharing protocol (like NFS).Either of these solutions seems simpler than messing with an intermediate RTSP server/proxy (that implements “REGISTER”).Ross FinlaysonLive Networks, Inc.http://www.live555.com/___live-devel mailing listlive-devel@lists.live555.comhttp://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel --- End Message --- ___ live-devel mailing list live-devel@lists.live555.com http://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel
Re: [Live-devel] How do I setup RTSP proxy to advertise to HLS proxy running on another server
--- Begin Message --- Never mind, I see your second proposed solution (which I misunderstood at first glance) answers that question. So the files need to be moved over. Let me think on that one. On Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:41:01 -0400 Me wrote Okay okay very good. How about this? Since I don’t want to require users to open ports on the firewall, RPi runs HLS proxy and yes still have the OpenVPN or maybe a tunnel firewall to the HTTP server running on my server? I see in the documentation that the HTTP server must be on the same computer, so maybe over a netcat pipe or something. How does the HTTP server pick up the output from the proxy, is it by some RPC? On Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:22:44 -0400 Ross Finlayson wrote > On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:34 AM, Admin via live-devel wrote:> > Help a newbie? I would like to have an RTSP proxy running on a Raspberry Pi advertising to an HLS proxy running on a server. I noticed the HLS proxy has a -R "REGISTER" flag to listen for an advertised RTSP stream, but how do I configure the RTSP proxy to advertise?[…]> > So I'm thinking of this kind of setup:> [IP cam RTSP]<--[RPi Live555 RTSP proxy]-->[OpenVPN]--[Home firewall]--[OpenVPN]-->[Live555 HLS proxy]<--[App]What you’re describing is possible; however, this is something that you would need to program yourself; i.e., it is not available simply via a command-line option. Note that the (custom) RTSP “REGISTER” command was originally intended to be something that would be implemented in network cameras themselves, rather than in the “LIVE555 Proxy Server”. However, you could, in principle, add this functionality to the “LIVE555 Proxy Server” (or any LIVE555-based RTSP server); see http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2020-February/021495.htmlHowever, the system that you describe seems rather complex. You’re also omitting the HTTP server that would use the output from the “LIVE555 HLS Proxy” (or perhaps that is part of your “[App]”??). It would be much simpler to just to do the following (ignoring the ‘OpenVPN’s):[IP cam RTSP]-->[Live555 HLS proxy][HTTP server]—[Home firewall]<-[App]or[IP cam RTSP]-->[Live555 HLS proxy]—[Home firewall]--[HTTP server]<-[App]I.e., Don’t implement any intermediate RTSP server at all; instead, have the “LIVE555 HLS Proxy” read directly from the IP camera. If you do this, then your problem becomes either:1/ Figure out how to access the HTTP server from across your firewall (if you run your HTTP server inside your firewall), or2/ Figure out how to make the HLS segments+“.m3u8” file accessible across your firewall (if you run your HTTP server outside your firewall). I.e., in this case you could either transfer the HLS segments+“.m3u8” file across your firewall dynamically, or somehow make the file system directory (that contains the HLS segments+“.m3u8” file) accessible to the HTTP server outside your firewall, e.g., using some file/directory sharing protocol (like NFS).Either of these solutions seems simpler than messing with an intermediate RTSP server/proxy (that implements “REGISTER”).Ross FinlaysonLive Networks, Inc.http://www.live555.com/___live-devel mailing listlive-devel@lists.live555.comhttp://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel --- End Message --- ___ live-devel mailing list live-devel@lists.live555.com http://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel
