Fooling Around

There has been a need in interactive RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) utility to check RTSP-enabled MPEG-4 cameras - I did not find anything useful, so here goes in-house built one:

Features:

• TCP connections to RTSP servers (UDP is yet to do)
• OPTIONS and DESCRIBE buttons provide templates for RTSP messages to send to RTSP server
• Implements RFC 2617 Basic and Digest authentication (it will automatically provide Authorization header for Basic authentication with first DESCRIBE and after receiving 401 error with nonce value it will start providing Digest authentication with next DESCRIBEs
• Prints traffic data with color highlighting and ability to copy/paste

See Also:

• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) on WikiPedia
• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) RFC 2326

Compiled binary of Alax.Info RTSP Client is here.

RTSP compatible resources on the web:

• http://www.vivotek.com/pages/products/livedemo/livedemo.htm
  • Vivotek IP7131 http://demo:demo@60.248.39.147:1025/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
  • Vivotek IP7135 http://demo:demo@60.248.39.146:1025/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
  • Vivotek IP7138 http://demo:demo@60.248.39.151:1025/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
  • Vivotek VS7100 http://demo:demo@60.248.39.148:1025/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
• http://www.everbesthk.com/7-livedemo/live_demo.htm
  • Vivotek IP7131 http://demo@ebdemo.8800.org:7131/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
  • Vivotek IP7138 http://demo@ebdemo.8800.org:7138/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
  • Vivotek IP7135 http://demo@ebdemo.8800.org:7130/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
  • LevelOne FCS-1030 http://demo@ebdemo.8800.org:1030/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi (Vivotek IP7135, LVLO)
  • LevelOne FCS-1060 http://ebdemo.8800.org:1060/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi (Vivotek PT7135, LVLO)
• http://www.cameraquansat.com/cameraqs/
  • Vivotek IP7131 http://demo:demo@ebdemo.3322.org:7131/cgi-bin/sysinfo.cgi
• http://www.acti.com/software/live_demo.Asp
  • ACTi SED-2140 // TODO