How to use ffmpeg with live streaming from IP camera

Question

My question is very simple because I am new to this technology.

I have an IP camera connected to my internal network.

http://192.168.1.20/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=

... gives a direct view in Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Now I want to record a live stream to video.

The parameters that must be submitted to: begin_time

, end_time

, format

Video, etc.

How to do it?

I appreciate any advice.

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Murali Hariharan Apr 30 10:05 am

1 answer

thomas jensen · Answer 1 · 2011-03-29T21:02:33+0000

what is the format of the streaming protocol do you need a tool to capture the stream on the server or client

client tools to record and save video http: use wget rtmp: use rtmpdump rtsp: use openrtsp http://www.live555.com/openRTSP/

vlc player can also write multiple formats to disk, it just saves the original data to disk, if you need a different format, use ffmpeg to transcode.