Configuring the IP Cameras

We ordered a bunch of these cheap cameras off of AliExpress without really thinking about how they work. Here's some more information, scoured off the internet.

Steps to get shell access:

• Telnet into port 9527
  • The user/password you use is admin/{blank}
  • Enter the command shell
  • Enter the command telnetd -f, thus opening a real telnet port
• Telnet into port 23
  • The user/password is root/xmhdipc
  • Once you've hacked in to the device, you can change the static ip by running the following commands.
    • armbenv
    • netinit eth0 192.168.XX.XX

Steps to stream the video (on ubuntu)

• Download mpv, the video streaming client that we used in 2016
  • sudo apt-get install mpv
• Run run the following command, replacing IP_ADDRESS with the camera's IP address
  • mpv "rtsp://IP_ADDRESS:554/user=admin&password=&channel=0&stream=0.sdp?" --untimed --no-demuxer-thread