Lightweight, zero-dependency proxy and storage RTSP server

python-rtsp-server

Python-rtsp-server is a lightweight, zero-dependency proxy and storage server for several IP-cameras and multiple clients.

Features:

• Reliable connection of clients in the local network. One connection to each camera, regardless of the number of clients.
• Minimum client connection latency.
• Low CPU load.
• Proxying streams from IP cameras to an unlimited number of clients in the local network, the ability to limit the number of web clients.
• Ability to save to hard disk, with fragmentation and daily rotation.
• Restoring of connection with cameras and recording to disk after a possible disconnection of cameras.

Requirements:

Python 3.7+ is required. Optionally uses system-wide utilities for saving streams to file storage, such as ffmpeg, OpenRTSP or mencoder.

Compatible with Linux. Supports H.264, H.265 and H.265+ codecs.

Tested with Hikvision DS-2CD2023 and Rubetek RV-3414 IP-cameras, using VLC as a client.

Installation:

Copy config-example.py to private configuration file _config.py and edit _config.py.

Start the server:

python3 main.py

Basic usage

UDP mode:

vlc rtsp://localhost:4554/camera-hash

TCP mode:

vlc --rtsp-tcp rtsp://localhost:4554/camera-hash

Start on boot with systemd

Create the service unit /etc/systemd/system/python-rtsp-server.service:

[Unit]
Description="video monitoring"

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path-to-python-rtsp-server/main.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start the service:

sudo systemctl enable python-rtsp-server
sudo systemctl start python-rtsp-server

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