====== OpenRTSP, FFMPEG/FFServer and a Fastraxx X18 Network Dome Camera ======

this is actually quite simple and I went with this solution because the documentation for the Camera is total crud. Anyway you have to have OpenRTSP and ffmpeg installed:

<file># apt-get install livemedia-utils ffmpeg</file>

then get ffserver configured:

<file>rm /etc/ffserver.conf
nano ffserver.conf</file>

add the following:

<file># Port on which the server is listening. You must select a different
# port from your standard HTTP web server if it is running on the same
# computer.
Port 8090

# Address on which the server is bound. Only useful if you have
# several network interfaces.
BindAddress 0.0.0.0

# Number of simultaneous requests that can be handled. Since FFServer
# is very fast, it is more likely that you will want to leave this high
# and use MaxBandwidth, below.
MaxClients 1000

# This the maximum amount of kbit/sec that you are prepared to
# consume when streaming to clients.
MaxBandwidth 1000

# Access log file (uses standard Apache log file format)
# '-' is the standard output.
CustomLog /var/log/ffserver.log

# Suppress that if you want to launch ffserver as a daemon.
NoDaemon


##################################################################
# Definition of the live feeds. Each live feed contains one video
# and/or audio sequence coming from an ffmpeg encoder or another
# ffserver. This sequence may be encoded simultaneously with several
# codecs at several resolutions.

<Feed feed1.ffm>

# You must use 'ffmpeg' to send a live feed to ffserver. In this
# example, you can type:
#
# ffmpeg http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm

# ffserver can also do time shifting. It means that it can stream any
# previously recorded live stream. The request should contain:
# "http://xxxx?date=[YYYY-MM-DDT][[HH:]MM:]SS[.m...]".You must specify
# a path where the feed is stored on disk. You also specify the
# maximum size of the feed, where zero means unlimited. Default:
# File=/tmp/feed_name.ffm FileMaxSize=5M
File /tmp/feed1.ffm
FileMaxSize 1024K

# You could specify
# ReadOnlyFile /saved/specialvideo.ffm
# This marks the file as readonly and it will not be deleted or updated.

# Specify launch in order to start ffmpeg automatically.
# First ffmpeg must be defined with an appropriate path if needed,
# after that options can follow, but avoid adding the http:// field
#Launch ffmpeg

# Only allow connections from localhost to the feed.
ACL allow 127.0.0.1

</Feed>


##################################################################
# Now you can define each stream which will be generated from the
# original audio and video stream. Each format has a filename (here
# 'test1.mpg'). FFServer will send this stream when answering a
# request containing this filename.


<Stream test.swf>
	# the source feed
	Feed feed1.ffm
	# the output stream format - SWF = flash
	Format swf
	# this must match the ffmpeg -r argument
	VideoFrameRate 5
	# another quality tweak
	VideoBitRate 320
	# quality ranges - 1-31 (1 = best, 31 = worst)
	VideoQMin 1
	VideoQMax 3
	VideoSize 640x480
	# wecams don't have audio
	NoAudio
</Stream>


# Flash

<Stream test.flv>
	# the source feed
	Feed feed1.ffm
	# the output stream format - FLV = FLash Video
	Format flv
	VideoCodec flv
	# this must match the ffmpeg -r argument
	VideoFrameRate 5
	# another quality tweak
	VideoBitRate 320
	# quality ranges - 1-31 (1 = best, 31 = worst)
	VideoQMin 1
	VideoQMax 3
	VideoSize 640x480
	# wecams don't have audio
	NoAudio
</Stream>


# ASF compatible

#<Stream test.asf>
#Feed feed1.ffm
#Format asf
#VideoFrameRate 15
#VideoSize 352x240
#VideoBitRate 256
#VideoBufferSize 40
#VideoGopSize 30
#AudioBitRate 64
#StartSendOnKey
#</Stream>


##################################################################
# Special streams

# Server status

<Stream stat.html>
Format status

# Only allow local people to get the status
ACL allow localhost
ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255

#FaviconURL http://pond1.gladstonefamily.net:8080/favicon.ico
</Stream>


# Redirect index.html to the appropriate site

<Redirect index.html>
URL http://www.ffmpeg.org/
</Redirect></file>

startup ffserver:

<file>ffserver -f /etc/ffserver.conf &</file>

Once ffserver is running you are ready to pull the stream from the camera and push it through ffserver:

<file>openRTSP -v -d 180 -t rtsp://1.2.3.4:7070/ | ffmpeg -i - -f flv -an http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm</file>
  * 1.2.3.4 is the IP of the camera
 
if you are just wanting to capture to a file for later processing/viewing:

<file>openRTSP -v -d 180 -t rtsp://10.11.80.200:7070/ | ffmpeg -i - -y -f flv -an test.flv</file>