How to access the A129 over Wi-Fi without the Viofo App

I think you always get what is shown on the LCD screen (if there was an LCD on the A139), so you have a choice of either or both/all, and that choice can be changed over http, that is how the app displays the live view.


Look at that thread, using http:// and mjpeg player I only was able to see front view on 8192.

What do you use to play the http:// url? VLC?
 
This would let you create a 'hotspot' that could be remotely accessed over a VPN on a VPS, and work with the VIOFO, but it would be very involved to set up:

 
@mentadent Oooh, very nice! I wasn't aware that MikroTik made this badboy and it's not even that expensive either. Only the (up to) 9W consumption could be a slight issue.
 
I think you always get what is shown on the LCD screen (if there was an LCD on the A139), so you have a choice of either or both/all, and that choice can be changed over http, that is how the app displays the live view.

So I have made some progress. Internally I forwarded port 8192 and could view BOTH front and rear video via vlc. I still cannot get RTSP to work, even though I forwarded port 554.
 
This would let you create a 'hotspot' that could be remotely accessed over a VPN on a VPS, and work with the VIOFO, but it would be very involved to set up:


Success via HTTP - No Luck on RTSP

Note: http://192.XXX.XXX.XXX:8192 does work internally now for my front + rear camera via VLC. Internally anyhow. So figured that out after connecting it to my home router and port forwarding 8192.

QUESTION:

Per outside access vai the Mikrotik. You'd have to setup a VPN Server on the Mikrotik?


SECOND THOUGHT:

Couldn't you setup a An Android Phone to run as a Hotspot and VPN server, too? Though I guess the phone may risk overheating running 24 hours a day or long term?

Then I guess could use OPENVPN on your phone to connect to the MikroTik VPN?

Not founding any guides though on making Phone work as an Android VPN Server.
 
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So I've definitely narrowed down the problem and 100% @mentadent

1. Phone Hotspot to Camera - 192.168.XX.XX:8192 via VLC Works
2. Viofo A129 connected to Home Wifi - I can access via my phone with my networks real IP.

So the issue is exactly as Mentadent Described. Turning on my cell phone and enabling hotspot, all ports are filtered - What A-Holes. Meaning on my cell phone's network, even if I connect my PC to the hotspot and get an internal ip, I still cannot connect to the camera. My Phone's hotspot doesnt permit inbound traffic. All ports appear filtered.

So I guess the MikroTik would be the solution.....
 
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Nearly all network mobile providers, as previously mentioned here, don't give you a public IP address. So my solution is to use that Mikrotik router or something similar to do a kind of reverse VPN, where it connects to your own server (VPS, maybe to your house), and you connect to that.

Another idea is to get a Raspberry Pi or similar, and make something that downloads and uploads things.
 
Seems another solution at hand: Servers Ultimate + Rooted Cell Phone + Hotspot. My phone isn't rooted to try, but servers ultimate lets you run a vpn server on your phone.

Anyone with a rooted phone want to test this out?
 
Hi,

I just got an A129 Plus Duo IR specifically because I want to use the RTSP stream to do continuous analysis.

As mentioned in this thread by others, I was seeing the behavior that the only video I could get out of the RTSP stream is the same video shown in the live / PIP view. I was concerned that I would not be able to see the entire front and read video streams at the same time via RTSP since the UI shows only 4 PIP options and none of them show the full view of both cameras simultaneously. However, I started trying a bunch of values in order and found that the following allowed me to see both the front and rear cameras in full via the same RTSP stream:


This is surprising, as I expected values beyond 0-3 to simply do nothing, but alas a value of 12 seems to show both the front and rear camera in full, side by side. With a little bit of cropping and stretching, we can thus get access to the full front and rear camera views at the same time. Values from 4-11 also did something different, but usually it was a garbled image. Anyways, figured I'd share here in case it helps someone.
 
All this sounds interesting. I wonder if it would be possible to broadcast the live stream? For example via YouTube or TikTok?
 
All this sounds interesting. I wonder if it would be possible to broadcast the live stream? For example via YouTube or TikTok?
Yes, it is, but not directly from the camera, you need something else to pass the stream on to YouTube.
 
I’m assuming the A229 would also work?
I would assume so too, but I haven't tried it, might have to use HTTP streaming rather than RTSP streaming. They can all stream, that is how the app shows the live stream, but I believe it uses http rather than rtsp.
 
You can use FFMPEG to restream a RTSP stream to YouTube or whatever, but the problem is at least with Android, being connected to the camera's wifi means you can't use your mobile data connection.
 
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