RTSP Ingestion & Restreaming Server

RUSEON Core features a dual-role RTSP engine (internal/stream/ and internal/rtsp/): it acts as a resilient client ingesting feeds from remote IP cameras, and as a high-concurrency RTSP Re-Streaming Server providing standardized RTSP access to downstream consumers.

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1. RTSP Ingest Capabilities

• Transport Modes: Auto-negotiates TCP (Interleaved) and UDP. TCP is recommended for lossy networks to guarantee frame completeness.
• Dial Throttling: Implements dialSemaphore (max 10 concurrent in-flight handshakes) to prevent server socket starvation during site-wide camera reboots.
• Dynamic Reconnection: Automatically retries dropped feeds with exponential backoff and jitter.

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2. RTSP Restreaming Server

Downstream video management systems (VMS), external NVRs, or computer vision scripts can consume any active camera stream via standard RTSP:

rtsp://<ruseon-host>:8554/<camera_id>

Example Access via VLC / FFmpeg:

# Stream camera via FFmpeg
ffmpeg -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://localhost:8554/cam_entrance" -c copy output.mp4

# Play stream in VLC
vlc "rtsp://localhost:8554/cam_entrance"

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3. Configuration Reference

rtsp:
  # Enable RTSP restreaming server
  server_enabled: true
  port: 8554
  
  # Global ingest defaults
  default_transport: "tcp" # options: tcp, udp
  reconnect_interval_min: "1s"
  reconnect_interval_max: "30s"

Related Documentation

• Streaming Overview
• Camera Management
• Architecture: Stream Pipeline
• Troubleshooting Camera Ingest