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Any suggestions on how to stream encrypted RTSP content through Kodi? - rayep - 2023-10-01
Hello there,
I've been searching for a way to let Kodi stream the encrypted RTSP from Hikvision DVR. I have the RTSP stream URL which will send encrypted stream.
I can stream the RTSP from VLC only if I turn off the "Stream encryption" else VLC is showing grey video which is expected as it cannot decode the encrypted content.
I'm looking for a way if I can stream it through Kodi using any addon that's available or if I need to create one. If I need to create one, would anyone point me in the right direction.
For the new addon, I've thought of some approach:
# Receive the encrypted content from RTSP server.
# Decrypt the content on-the-fly and place it somewhere in the filesystem.
# Pass the decrypted file path to Kodi as a playable listItem.
However, I can see this approach will fill-up the HDD space as I have to cache the content locally before making Kodi to read it. So, I'm interested to know if there's any way I can directly feed the decrypted content directly to Kodi i.e., RTSP Server > Encrypted Content > Kodi Addon > Decrypted Content > Kodi Demuxer (or something similar).
*If I can directly feed the raw content into Kodi instead of using the playable ListItem approach, then I can work to find a way to decrypt the content on-the-fly approach.
Please advise if you have any insights.
Thank you!
RE: Any suggestions on how to stream encrypted RTSP content through Kodi? - DarrenHill - 2023-10-01
Thread moved to video support, as it's a (slightly) better fit for support than video addons.
RE: Any suggestions on how to stream encrypted RTSP content through Kodi? - izprtxqkft - 2023-10-01
if anything you would be looking at using inputstream adaptive for direct write of encrypted streams into kodi - https://github.com/xbmc/inputstream.adaptive/wiki
with the caveats that i am not sure it supports RTSP or the encryption method used by your server
if nothing else browsing the code with show how to get the binary stream into kodi
RE: Any suggestions on how to stream encrypted RTSP content through Kodi? - rayep - 2023-10-01
Thank you!!! I'll give this a try and review the code.