IP Camera Recording Software?

[getrealbro]

I’m looking for some inexpensive IP Camera Recording Software to display and save RTSP video from two Amcrest IP cameras that I use for wildlife monitoring (IP2M-841 & IP3M-941)

I’ve already tried the Swiss army knife of video - VLC, which works pretty nicely but…
- the displayed/saved video has significant motion artifacts which mess up the most interesting wildlife behavior observations.

Video Motion Artifacts?

I’m new to video and would like help understanding what causes motion artifacts like the ones in the attached video. Details: The video was shot with an Amcrest IP2M-841B security camera that I’m using to monitor wildlife. VLC (running on a 2018 i7 Mini) captured the RTSP...

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I’m currently trialing the DComplex IP Camera Recorder, which displays & saves the RTSP video without the motion artifacts but…
- it’s pricey at $40/camera and
- it stores the video in 1min .MOV files, that require exporting and significant post processing to locate and extract the interesting wildlife behavior.

Suggestions???

Thanks in Advance - GetRealBro

 

[ColdCase]

Some have had luck with security spy, but HD video can be a problem. I could never get 4K to work right with my cameras, but there are a lot of variables. It may work for you.

 

[getrealbro]

@ColdCase After some more experimentation, I’ve decided to stick with VLC to capture and save the Amcrest camera RTSP video. This is largely because I stumbled onto a set of VLC preferences that significantly reduces the motion artifacts, when I opened one of the RTSP video feeds on my 2014 Mini!

I had used the 2014 Mini early on, but switched to the 2018 Mini to try to improve the settings. In the process of trying to improve, I had apparently made things worse - duh. I transferred the VLC prefs from the 2014 Mini to the 2018 Mini and I’m now getting the improved video there too I wish I knew which of the differences between the two were sets of prefs were the key ones. But for now I’m just leaving well enough alone

One fairly big difference is that I switched from saving the RTSP video as .mp4 to .ts format. I had avoided .ts because QuickTime Player would crash every time I tried to back up on a .ts video. So I had to transcode the .ts to .mp4 just to find the interesting bits. But in my searching, I “discovered” the IINA video player that allows scrubbing .ts files Now if IINA would allow Clip Splitting, I’d ditch QuickTime Player all together.

Thanks again for your thoughts & suggestions — GetRealBro