Hi all.
Is there anyone here who knows how to view a home CCTV system from an external PC.
I can view the CCTV video perfectly from my laptop or iPhone when connected to my network at home, but I can’t view anything from across the internet.
I have an account with dyndns.org and my router is set to DDNS and working. It updates dyndns.org with my IP.
I even have the port forwarding working. Port 80 is set to route to 192.168.0.9:80 and when I run a check on my address using http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
… it sees me and says the ports is open.
Yet I get no video.
Can anyone help ?
Regards
Sharp.
Need HELP...!!!! CCTV
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If the CCTV server supports video, it may use a different port(s) for the streams. Oh, and it really is a good idea to use port other than port 80. That's just too easy for port scanners.
If the CCTV server doesn't support internet video streaming, then you're probably out of luck. You could use a product like SlingBox. Or if you have a computer hooked up to it at all times (with backup power), it could run a video streaming server.
It's generally better to get a CCTV system that has internet streaming as a specific supported feature.
Personally, I use the following Panasonic NetCam. It has remote controlled pan/tilt/zoom. It has its own built-in webserver with streaming. It will automatically send email on motion/heat detection and send buffered images directly to a remote FTP server (sorry criminals - no luck finding a CCTV tape or hard drive to destroy the evidence of a crime). It's constantly buffering video and when an event is triggered, it can actually "go back in time" to capture the images prior to the event. The webserver supports Safari on the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad, so I can watch and listen to everything - yes, it also has a very sensitive mic. The product picture on Amazon isn't entirely accurate, as the camera also has a Privacy button that will cause the sensor to be physically blocked and show an LED indicator.
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-BL-C210 ... _172511_44
If the CCTV server doesn't support internet video streaming, then you're probably out of luck. You could use a product like SlingBox. Or if you have a computer hooked up to it at all times (with backup power), it could run a video streaming server.
It's generally better to get a CCTV system that has internet streaming as a specific supported feature.
Personally, I use the following Panasonic NetCam. It has remote controlled pan/tilt/zoom. It has its own built-in webserver with streaming. It will automatically send email on motion/heat detection and send buffered images directly to a remote FTP server (sorry criminals - no luck finding a CCTV tape or hard drive to destroy the evidence of a crime). It's constantly buffering video and when an event is triggered, it can actually "go back in time" to capture the images prior to the event. The webserver supports Safari on the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad, so I can watch and listen to everything - yes, it also has a very sensitive mic. The product picture on Amazon isn't entirely accurate, as the camera also has a Privacy button that will cause the sensor to be physically blocked and show an LED indicator.
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-BL-C210 ... _172511_44
Thanks for the reply.
The DVR does support streaming across the internet, it even came with an iPhone app. All of which works when I'm connected to my LAN at home, but nothing works when I try to access it across the Net.
I can use services like ….
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
and it is reporting back that my port is open and the service is available. Yet, when I enter the IP into my browser or iPhone app, I get nothing.
I even have the DDNS setup and working so I don't have to use IP's.
Regards
Sharp.
PS: I've changed my port number as advised.
The DVR does support streaming across the internet, it even came with an iPhone app. All of which works when I'm connected to my LAN at home, but nothing works when I try to access it across the Net.
I can use services like ….
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
and it is reporting back that my port is open and the service is available. Yet, when I enter the IP into my browser or iPhone app, I get nothing.
I even have the DDNS setup and working so I don't have to use IP's.
Regards
Sharp.
PS: I've changed my port number as advised.
Check the docs to see if any other ports are required, as they all have to be directed to the CCTV server to make it across the firewall so that all the packets get translated to the private IP. The design of the client software may come into play, particularly if it uses java. Does it use some kind of viewer component for use in a browser? One quick test you can do is to disable the firewall temporarily and direct all incoming TCP/UDP packets to that device. A lot of video is done with UDP instead of TCP, so that packets that are lost just get dumped to lose frames instead of stalling the video waiting for them.