Reolink E1 Pro - should it still be recommended?

[Dinth]

Hi. Recently ive been looking for a PTZ camera for Frigate and found those recommendations in the Frigate docs:
https://deploy-preview-6262--frigate-docs.netlify.app/configuration/cameras/#onvif-ptz-camera-recommendations

Unfortunately, after receiving the camera and installing it on the ceiling, i have failed to add it to Frigate using the recommended configuration (with HTTP and RTMP enabled in the app). It didnt work and after some further investigation i noticed that HTTP doesnt work at all, i cannot even enter the camera's Web UI configuration because the camera responds with 403 error.

Looking at reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/reolinkcam/comments/1kkvcf0/firmware_update_to_e1_pro_ipc_nt1na45mp_removes_a/ it looks like the recent firmware release have completely removed, not only HTTP, but also RTSP and user accounts (sic!). Apparently the older firmwares should work, but cant do that either as the web ui doesnt work.

[banthungprong]

You can simply use the rtsp-Stream (I have 2 E1 Pro without any problems).
rtsp://{FRIGATE_CAM_USER}:{FRIGATE_CAM_PASS}@ip:8554/h264Preview_01_main
(replace the user:password and IP)

add Onvif with port 8000 and even that is working without problems

[Dinth]

Hmm maybe i gave up to soon after reading that reddit thread which states that RTSP is also blocked. But ffprobe says that RTSP stream is working on port 554 for me. Many thanks.
Does RTSP protocol need any extra config for audio or onvif?

[banthungprong]

onvif has nothing to do with rtsp. If you want audio please follow the instructions in the frigate documentation. But I didn't do anything. Audio is simply working for me.