Video Source (options for live streaming and 24/7 recording):
RTMPS Stream – stream from your camera via ffmpeg, blueiris or any other 3rd party software
Cloud Device – stream from your local camlocus cloud adapter, which can be installed on your PC, VM, etc. running Linux OS
FTP Image – post jpeg images directly form your camera or blueiris via FTP, you can preview them live and they will be converted to timelapse. Blue iris format (Edit Camera -> Post->Filename): &CAM.%Y%m%d_%H%M%S , select: Post files to an FTP server, Queue an image update each 60 sec. This method is useful to save a lot of bandwidth and still be able to preview camera live
FTP Video – only FTP motion video segments will be accepted
Mjpeg Snapshot – directly retrieve mjpeg from camera or software
RTSP – directly connect via RTSP protocol to camera or software
Motion Detection Type (these videos will be displayed in alerts page)
FTP Video – most commonly used with blueiris or other pc software, it will interpret videos uploaded via FTP as motion videos and will be displayed in camlocus Alerts page
Transcoding – server will transcode uploaded videos if selected yes. By default – h264 codec will be used. For premium users AV1 is available as well
Record Stream – 24/7 recording will be activated and you can preview it in Playback page
Playback – select how many days of footage you want to store
Offset Time – value can be positive or negative in seconds to match multiple cameras time if needed
SD/HD – standard definition (usually sub stream), high definition (usually main stream)
RTSP URL – samples can be found here: https://camlocus.com/rtsp-url-examples-of-ip-cameras/
Recording Type – if selected motion detection, you neede to select how motion is detected: ftp image means that camera or software should upload image via ftp once motion is detected. Web Hook is special url, if activated it will begin recording.
Notification Configurations
Notifications: Off / On
Notification Sources:
- Mobile App
Notification Types
- Motion Detection
- Offline
Actions -> Camera Details
Here you can preview all information about your camera, including FTP credentials, RTMP generated urls, etc.