plugin.video.surveillanceroom

a Kodi add-on by Maikito26

-- Summary --

If motion or sound is detected a small image preview will slide onto the screen. Pressing select will stop any playing media and open the main video feed with basic controls for pan/tilt and mirror/flip. Exit with the back button or click the close control, and the previously playing file will resume. This works for up to 4 cameras simultaneously Also, there is a menu to select these cameras individually or all of them to play at once.

-- Features --

• Connect up to 4 IP/Foscam Cameras
• Supports credentials for Foscam, but you can overwrite the URL manually to support non-Foscam cameras, or the C model which has RTSP port hard coded to 554.
• Watch in multiple streaming formats, with camera controls displayed overtop of a single camera view.
• Preview cameras while watching content, with Motion and Sound Detection, or by calling it manually using RunPlugin()
• Open the camera stream from a preview, and will resume what you were watching when you close the stream.
• Logic to determine when preview is allowed to display. Configure which windows not to display for.
• Set a home location to move PTZ enabled Foscam cameras to when Kodi starts

-- Quick Start Guide --

1. Install the Kodi Add-on
2. Open the add-on settings
3. Configure the camera specific settings (additional configure preview settings if desired)
4. Enable the camera that is configured
5. Access the add-on through the Programs or Video add-on windows and view cameras

-- Calling commands from an External Source -- You can call any action available in default.py and encoding it into the URL with the parameters: action= camera_number=

Some example actions are:

1. Showing a single preview window

   XBMC.RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.surveillanceroom?action=show_preview&camera_number=1)

2. Showing all cameras on fullscreen

   XBMC.RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.surveillanceroom?action=all_cameras)

3. Showing a single camera on fullscreen, with controls

   XBMC.RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.surveillanceroom?action=single_camera&camera_number=1)

4. Showing a single camera on fullscreen, without controls

   XBMC.RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.surveillanceroom?action=single_camera_no_controls&camera_number=1)

Mapping a remote button example:

<blue>XBMC.RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.surveillanceroom?action=show_preview&camera_number=1)</blue>

This add-on was developed in the following environment:

• Windows 10
• Kodi 15.2
• Foscam HD Camers: F19831w & F19804p, with firmware v2.11.1.118
• D-Link DCS-932L generic IP camera

Credit and thanks to the following add-ons/developers for inspiration and a lot of the groundwork:

• https://github.com/LS80/script.foscam (http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=190439)
• https://github.com/RyanMelenaNoesis/Xbmc...ecuritycam (http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=182540)
• https://github.com/Shigoru/script.securitycams (http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=218815)