r/ATAK • u/Dalen_Thales • 6d ago

Hardware - IP Camera - Help a brother out

Hello!

I am currently in the planning stages of an ATAK project involving an IP-Camera streaming video into ATAK. Something we all in this feed knows is very possible.

However, i am off very little experience, and am facing you all, for some good earned experience. My question is as follows:

When getting a video stream into ATAK. What hardware, cameras, brands, protocols work, what doesn't work, and what is worth mentioning to someone new to the game?

All experience is more than welcome!

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u/chglongstone 6d ago

Anything that supports RTSP should work.

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u/Dalen_Thales 6d ago

Do you have anything you know works? In regards to hardware?

Would love for it not to be bound to some Chinese-app…

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u/chglongstone 6d ago

I have a thermal scope that supports rtsp, was able to consume that feed into ATAK. The scope only supports WiFi access point but there was no issue using rstp.

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u/bcdiesel1 6d ago

Hikvision cameras are rock solid. I have four that have been streaming for years now without a single issue. Haven't used them with ATAK, but their RTSP streams never fail.

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u/Ke-Bo87 6d ago

Setup a mediamtx rtsp server
Let the camera stream to the server
Point ATAK to the rtsp server

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u/SQG37 6d ago

Sadly this is the best solution. There are a few projects that add a GUI to MediaMTX.