Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
I have been annoyed it takes clicking through about 4 different menus in prusa connect to actually get to the camera livestream, unlike the last cheap amazon webcam I was using on my Mk4s which just displays instantly when you open the app.
Tried "home assistant", "Bridge Control", HOOBS apps that were recommended on reddit. Was not able to get any of them to work. Seemed like a much larger ecosystem of stuff. Started reading about manually editing a configuration.yaml file that I could not figure out how to get to and so on.
Then found app called "IPCams" - very straightforward and worked instantly.
Just "add camera" with the following settings:
Scheme: rtsp
Host/IP - your IP address (numbers only)
Port - 554
Path - live
And it works!
RE: Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
IOS, or Android ? Can't seem to find the app on the Android game store
Now I do have a live view, by using the Prusa app
RE: Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
I found it for iphone, guessing you could find something similar for android, just needs to support rtsp and a "bring your own" camera. Yes, you can get livestream through the prusa app, but I found its not very convenient to get in and out of the livestream.
RE:
Nice find! This means that it will work with any RTSP capable player/app. You could even hook it up to Zoneminder/Frigate/UniFiProtect. 😆
This might be useful as the URL scheme for some people, but make sure to replace 0.0.0.0 with the local network IP address of your BuddyCam (not the printer!)
rtsp://0.0.0.0/live
or if that doesn't work
rtsp://0.0.0.0:554/live
Obviously, this will only work as long as you are on the same network/WiFi.
(People who know how to set up a VPN and route traffic will know the advanced stuff ofc.)
I just tried with VLC and `ffplay` from `ffmpeg` and both work just fine!
Thanks again for the hint! I didn't bother checking as I expected the RTSP stream to require authentication…
edit: Now enjoying printer action on my living room 4K TV 🤣
Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt709, progressive), 1280x720, 25 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn
RE: Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
Also, for any Kodi users you can just put the rtsp url in a file with the extension '.strm' and place the file anywhere where your Kodi instance can find it.
RE: Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
How do you find the IP of the camera? Can you set it to be static?
Also, does it work only from local network or across the internet line Wyze and similar.
RE: Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
How do you find the IP of the camera? Can you set it to be static?
Probably the simplest way is to:
- if you haven't done so yet: Enable "RTSP stream on local network" from the Prusa app on your mobile device(!)
- go to the "Prusa Connect" tab in Prusa Slicer
- Click on the "Camera" tab within that (or the Prusa App)
- scroll down the main view
- Look at the bottom right below the camera picture
- If you can't see the values on the right, click on the circled "i"
- Press the copy button right next to the WiFi IPv4 address
There are many other ways, but they fall into "generic networking", like looking it up via your router webui etc., but this is the simplest.
Also, does it work only from local network or across the internet line Wyze and similar.
As I already pointed out: "Obviously, this will only work as long as you are on the same network/WiFi."
There are ways to achieve this, but they go way beyond the simple scope here, as they involve additional software or hardware. As is there is no such feature and the Prusa app tells you as much too: "Streaming video via RTSP is currently only possible on the same internal network!"
Screenshots:
enable RTSP here 
Prusa Slicer showing the Camera info
RE: Webcam App to instantly view Buddy camera livestream in Core One
Thanks @tbr, this is very useful.