Question / Help Black screen from IP camera - only on VLC

[TrialsmanDMTB]

I have the current OBS Studio installed on two Windows 10 computers, a laptop and a desktop. Both exhibit exactly the same symptoms.

I understand program bitness. I have tested with both 32bit VLC / OBS and 64bit VLC / OBS, it makes no difference. I can select VLC Video Source in Add Source menu. I have tested with the current version of VLC and also v2.2.4 (because someone said that was the last version that worked with OBS).

I can always view my IP camera in VLC. When I launch OBS and add the VLC Video Source the screen is black, even though VLC shows my camera feed. If I open a Browser Source in OBS, that works as expected.

Removing the VLC Video Source and closing VLC, I add the IP camera via Media Source and the screen is black.

It is exactly the same on my laptop.

My laptop is HP and my desktop is Lenovo. The thing they have in common is Radeon graphics chips. I see many 'black screen fixes' relating to Radeon, but all describe something about Switching Graphics that is application-based. Neither of my computers have that option in Radeon > Settings > System or anywhere else. My Radeon drivers are up to date.

Here is the latest log readout, where I see a lot of errors:
14:39:56.422: CPU Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1225 v3 @ 3.20GHz
14:39:56.423: CPU Speed: 3193MHz
14:39:56.423: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 4
14:39:56.423: Physical Memory: 16307MB Total, 10473MB Free (NOTE: 32bit programs cannot use more than 3gb)
14:39:56.423: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 165; 64-bit)
14:39:56.423: Running as administrator: false
14:39:56.423: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
14:39:56.423: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
14:39:56.423: Game Bar: Off
14:39:56.423: Game DVR: Off
14:39:56.423: Game DVR Background Recording: Off
14:39:56.428: Sec. Software Status:
14:39:56.430: Windows Defender Antivirus: enabled (AV)
14:39:56.430: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
14:39:56.430: Windows Defender Antivirus: enabled (ASW)
14:39:56.431: Portable mode: false
14:39:56.538: OBS 21.1.2 (windows)
14:39:56.538: ---------------------------------
14:39:56.573: ---------------------------------
14:39:56.573: audio settings reset:
14:39:56.573: samples per sec: 44100
14:39:56.573: speakers: 2
14:39:56.586: ---------------------------------
14:39:56.586: Initializing D3D11...
14:39:56.586: Available Video Adapters:
14:39:56.589: Adapter 1: AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
14:39:56.589: Dedicated VRAM: 2127069184
14:39:56.589: Shared VRAM: 2167832576
14:39:56.589: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
14:39:56.589: output 2: pos={1920, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
14:39:56.592: Loading up D3D11 on adapter AMD Radeon R7 200 Series (0)
14:39:56.717: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
14:39:57.547: ---------------------------------
14:39:57.547: video settings reset:
14:39:57.547: base resolution: 1280x720
14:39:57.547: output resolution: 1280x720
14:39:57.547: downscale filter: Bicubic
14:39:57.547: fps: 30/1
14:39:57.547: format: NV12
14:39:57.547: YUV mode: 601/Partial
14:39:57.549: Audio monitoring device:
14:39:57.549: name: Default
14:39:57.549: id: default
14:39:57.549: ---------------------------------
14:39:57.565: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:39:57.789: [CoreAudio encoder]: Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder
14:39:58.508: [AMF] Version 2.3.3 loaded (Compiled: 1.4.7.0, Runtime: 1.4.6.0, Library: 1;4;6;0;17.50.33.05;201803221825;CL#1530970).
14:39:58.705: [AMF] <Id: 1> Unable to create H264/AVC encoder, error AMF_NOT_SUPPORTED (code 10)
14:39:58.755: [AMF] <Id: 2> Unable to create H265/HEVC encoder, error AMF_NOT_SUPPORTED (code 10)
14:39:58.814: [AMF] <Id: 3> Unable to create H264/AVC encoder, error AMF_NOT_SUPPORTED (code 10)
14:39:58.869: [AMF] <Id: 4> Unable to create H265/HEVC encoder, error AMF_NOT_SUPPORTED (code 10)
14:39:58.869: [AMF] [H264/AVC] Not supported by any GPU, disabling...
14:39:58.869: [AMF] [H265/HEVC] Not supported by any GPU, disabling...
14:39:58.948: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:39:58.960: LoadLibrary failed for '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libEGL.dll': The specified procedure could not be found.
14:39:58.960: (127)
14:39:58.960: Module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
14:39:58.982: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:39:59.001: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.31.0']
14:39:59.049: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI.dll': The specified module could not be found.
14:39:59.049: (126)
14:39:59.732: VLC found, VLC video source enabled
14:39:59.761: No blackmagic support
14:39:59.806: ---------------------------------
14:39:59.806: Loaded Modules:
14:39:59.806: win-wasapi.dll
14:39:59.806: win-mf.dll
14:39:59.806: win-dshow.dll
14:39:59.806: win-decklink.dll
14:39:59.806: win-capture.dll
14:39:59.806: vlc-video.dll
14:39:59.806: text-freetype2.dll
14:39:59.807: rtmp-services.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-x264.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-vst.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-transitions.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-text.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-qsv11.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-outputs.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-filters.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-ffmpeg.dll
14:39:59.807: obs-browser.dll
14:39:59.807: image-source.dll
14:39:59.807: frontend-tools.dll
14:39:59.807: enc-amf.dll
14:39:59.807: coreaudio-encoder.dll
14:39:59.807: ---------------------------------
14:39:59.807: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
14:39:59.819: All scene data cleared
14:39:59.819: ------------------------------------------------
14:39:59.848: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Creative SB Audigy)' initialized
14:39:59.916: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (USB PnP Audio Device)' initialized
14:39:59.945: [Media Source 'Media Source']: settings:
14:39:59.945: input: rtsp://admin:@192.168.1.222:554//h264Preview_01_main
14:39:59.945: input_format:
14:39:59.945: speed: 100
14:39:59.945: is_looping: no
14:39:59.945: is_hw_decoding: yes
14:39:59.945: is_clear_on_media_end: yes
14:39:59.945: restart_on_activate: yes
14:39:59.945: close_when_inactive: yes
14:39:59.948: Switched to scene 'Scene'
14:39:59.948: ------------------------------------------------
14:39:59.948: Loaded scenes:
14:39:59.948: - scene 'Scene':
14:39:59.948: - source: 'Media Source' (ffmpeg_source)
14:39:59.948: - source: 'Browser' (browser_source)
14:39:59.948: ------------------------------------------------
14:39:59.961: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds


Any suggestions?

Thank you.

TrialsmanDMTB

 

[TrialsmanDMTB]

More information. I am using reolink RLC-410 cameras.

Using Source > Window Capture and VLC does not work. I say 'does not work'... I can see the VLC menu bar and menu items, but the video feed is black.

Using Source > Window Capture and reolink-supplied viewer works just fine. It is a solution but is a ridiculous waste of processing power...

TrialsmanDMTB

 

[TrialsmanDMTB]

I had my first successful live feed to YouTube using the above method, watching my camera via the reolink viewer and then capturing that window. Crazy! Does no one have an idea what VLC comes through black?

TrialsmanDMTB

 

[TrialsmanDMTB]

SOLVED
The tutorial video I watched was completely wrong. It detailed these steps:
1. Open VLC.
2. Play your IP camera stream via URL.
3. Open OBS.
4. Add VLC Video Source.
5. You are done.

This was not correct. For those that are as completely new to this as I:
1. Open OBS.
2. Select VLC Video Source.
3. In the window, add a playlist, which is the IP camera URL.
4. You are done.

This is video only, I still don't get audio from my IP camera.

TrialsmanDMTB

 

[Maunds_Wood]

Just been through this with a cam broadcaster I help with. The following solution was the only one that worked!

Create a NEW user and password in the RLC-410 and then OBS could see it