Troubleshooting

Fix camera and live feed problems

Check stream addresses, credentials, RTSP transport, ONVIF controls, and guide preview behavior.

7 minAppleAndroid

Reviewed by the Multiview team on against current app flows for the listed platforms.

Platform notes

Apple
Follow these steps with touch controls on iPhone or iPad, or use focus and select controls with the Apple TV remote.
Android
Follow these steps with touch controls on a phone or tablet, or use the directional pad and select button on Google TV.
1

Validate the stream address

  1. 1Open Settings, Manage Sources, then edit the camera or live feed.
  2. 2Confirm that the complete RTSP, RTSPS, HLS, or HTTP video URL is entered.
  3. 3Reenter the username and password if the feed is protected.
  4. 4Use Validate and wait for a successful connection message before saving.
2

Change RTSP transport

Use Automatic or TCP when reliability matters. Try UDP only when lower latency is required and the camera, router, and network support it.

3

Fix pan, tilt, or zoom

  1. 1Confirm that the camera supports ONVIF controls and that they are enabled on the camera.
  2. 2Check the ONVIF port. Leave it blank to use the default port 80.
  3. 3Use the same credentials required by the camera control service.
  4. 4Enable Invert Pan Direction if horizontal movement is reversed.
4

Fix guide previews

  1. 1Turn on Show in Guide for the feed.
  2. 2Choose Snapshot when live preview uses too much processing or network capacity.
  3. 3Choose Live only when the feed remains reliable while visible in the guide.
Good to know: Live guide previews are muted and play only while visible or focused.