example.py

import time
import sys
import live555
import threading

# Shows how to use live555 module to pull frames from an RTSP/RTP
# source.  Run this (likely first customizing the URL below:

# Example: python3 example.py 10.17.4.118 1 10 out.264 
if len(sys.argv) != 5:
  print()
  print('Usage: python3 example.py cameraIP channel seconds fileOut')
  print()
  sys.exit(1)
  
cameraIP = sys.argv[1]
channel = sys.argv[2]
seconds = float(sys.argv[3])
fileOut = sys.argv[4]

# NOTE: the username & password, and the URL path, will vary from one
# camera to another!  This URL path works with the Lorex LNB2153:
url = 'rtsp://admin:000000@%s/PSIA/Streaming/channels/%s' % (cameraIP, channel)

fOut = open(fileOut, 'wb')

def oneFrame(codecName, bytes, sec, usec, durUSec):
  print('frame for %s: %d bytes' % (codecName, len(bytes)))
  fOut.write(b'\0\0\0\1' + bytes)

# Starts pulling frames from the URL, with the provided callback:
useTCP = False
live555.startRTSP(url, oneFrame, useTCP)

# Run Live555's event loop in a background thread:
t = threading.Thread(target=live555.runEventLoop, args=())
t.setDaemon(True)
t.start()

endTime = time.time() + seconds
while time.time() < endTime:
  time.sleep(0.1)

# Tell Live555's event loop to stop:
live555.stopEventLoop()

# Wait for the background thread to finish:
t.join()