[Help] RTSP with Swann DVR8-8075 video not working

[NotShocked]

Looking for any insight from people smarter than me as to what I am missing for why this might not be working. Thanks for any help anyone can provide or point me in the direction of.

Describe the bug

I am attempting to use the proxy with these cameras and I do not get a video feed. I only get still frame updates from time to time.

To Reproduce

I am entering the RTSP stream in and it runs without error on the proxy side. No video on the NVR, just a single still frame and then the 3 dots of loading (tried multiple ways will do more detail at the bottom)

Expected behavior

Expect video to stream to the NVR

Camera (please complete the following information):

Swann DVR8-8075 https://www.swann.com/us/swdvk-880754

Additional context

I have read through other issues here and tried to work with some of those and see if they could help me. So far I have had no luck in getting any video into my NVR. The still frame does update from time to time but it is rare. I do see significant inbound activity to the host with the proxy on it (what I would expect from a video stream). I am also seeing CPU usage so its trying to do something. However I do not see much of anything going outbound. Which I guess makes sense since I am getting basically nothing on the NVR side.

I do currently stream video off this device via RSTP to OMX player on a RPI just fine and have no issues. I can also stream it using the URL to VLC on my windows machine without issue.

The URL I am using is 'rtsp://:@192.168.99.6:554/Streaming/Channels/201' and this works in all other forms.

Output from ffprobe is:

ffprobe version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2020 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1ubuntu0.1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=rle-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --eml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-nvenc --enable-chromaprint --e libavutil 56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100 libavcodec 58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100 libavformat 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100 libavdevice 58. 8.100 / 58. 8.100 libavfilter 7. 57.100 / 7. 57.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 5.100 / 5. 5.100 libswresample 3. 5.100 / 3. 5.100 libpostproc 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100 Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://<user>:<password>@192.168.99.6:554/Streaming/Channels/201': Metadata: title : Media Server V3.3.2 comment : Media Server Session Description : standard Duration: N/A, start: 0.483333, bitrate: N/A Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080, 12 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 24 tbc

I have tried

unifi-cam-proxy --host '192.168.95.10' --mac 'AA:BB:CC:00:11:22' --cert ./client.pem --token 'tPVzjdCG7aMY2KuW3JycZX09UWGIJof4' rtsp -s 'rtsp://:@192.168.99.6:554/Streaming/Channels/201' --ffmpeg-args '-c:v copy -vbsf "h264_metadata=tick_rate=12"'

(with tick rate set to different things, 12/24 being the main ones I tried)

unifi-cam-proxy --host '192.168.95.10' --mac 'AA:BB:CC:00:11:22' --cert ./client.pem --token 'tPVzjdCG7aMY2KuW3JycZX09UWGIJof4' rtsp -s 'rtsp://:@192.168.99.6:554/Streaming/Channels/201'

I have also tried with fixed_frame_rate_flag=1 I saw in a few posts. I have tried changing the camera type as well but I am guessing that it doesn't matter much and is just what is reported in the NVR console.

[keshavdv]

When you get the three dot behavior, does the stream work on a mobile device?

[NotShocked]

No it also did not work on my Android phone.

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