How to access camera on LAN ?(firmware 01.06+)

Bambu Lab X1 Series Troubleshooting
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I cannot find the instructions for accessing the camera (in a browser or video app) when in LAN only mode. I’m trying to add the printer to VLC on macOS (as an example). I can see that in the MQTT messages there is this information:

    "ipcam": {
      "ipcam_dev": "1",
      "ipcam_record": "enable",
      "mode_bits": 2,
      "resolution": "1080p",
      "rtsp_url": "rtsps://192.168.234.100/streaming/live/1",
      "timelapse": "disable",
      "tutk_server": "enable"
    },

However, that RTSP URL does not work, and the printer is not at that IP address. I can see port 322 (RTSPS) is open on the printer’s IP address, but I do not see how to connect to it.

How is the camera supposed to be accessible in this mode?

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There may be some ideas here for a Mac, this has worked with VLC (Windows) in the past:

I did it once, just to see if it could be done, before going back to the using the Bambu cloud a few months ago.

I’ve not tried this method with the newer firmware. LAN-only video within Studio does work.

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Try a URL of the following form (here shown using ffmpeg):

ffplay -hide_banner  rtsps://bblp:<security code>@<ip_address>/streaming/live/1

For me this is not reliable: it often takes many minutes to start-up. I did some tcpdumps and it hangs in the TLS handshake.

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How does video in lan-only mode work within studio? I don’t get it.

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Using Studio (or OrcaSLicer), the LAN-only video works just the same as it does through the cloud. Still no LAN-only video monitoring with the Handy app, but I think we will get that eventually.

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Interestingly, it is the IP address that the printer has on the network connection via the Micro USB port on the AP board (once you’ve installed the appropriate Rockchip drivers).

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I have a Camera Icon, but in Orca Slicer I get a Black screen with no error messages. Haven’t gotten the Handy App running yet as I work from my PC mostly.

Any help in diagnosing where to look would be appreciated

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If you need a way to stream P1S video feed, see github[.]com[/]slynn1324[/]BambuP1Streamer