This makes it super easy to set up an all-in-one device that can host it’s own webpage to view a video at. So now the difference really comes down to how DASH/HLS are HTTP based protocols that can easily be supported in browser. Meaning if you are trying to share these video streams with the public or view on an Apple device, you will get the most compatibility with HLS. So if DASH and RTSP can handle everything, why even bother with HLS? Long story short, Apple, who developed HLS, is a bully, so they don’t support the open MPEG-DASH on their devices. The big gotcha is what type of videos the viewer supports (and in RTSP’s case the middleman server as well.) DASH and RTSP are fully codec agnostic, meaning they are capable of wrapping around any type of video codec. So to clear this up first of all, these are “containers” that wrap around the actual video, which is a particular “codec” (such as h264). This article will walk you through how to either copy or convert video from your webcam or pi camera, set it up as a systemd service, and finally view it on a webpage or access it remotely.

This is an improvement on my previous article, Raspberry Pi Hardware Accelerated RTSP Camera, now with the option of using more modern technology, MPEG-DASH and HLS!įirst off, if you don’t care about the technicalities and just want a script to do everything for you, here you go! If you’re still interested in how it all works or want to tweak the settings, read on.

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