# RTSP connection in Ingnition problem

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rtsp-connection-in-ingnition-problem/15825>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, scripting\
**Created:** [October 31, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rtsp-connection-in-ingnition-problem/15825 "2017-10-31T13:38:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rtsp-connection-in-ingnition-problem/15825/2 "2017-10-31T14:31:00Z")

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I’d say someone promised something they can’t deliver. As your screen capture shows, the IP Camera viewer is showing:

```auto
MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: rtsp

```

Ignition’s IP Camera component cannot display RTSP video. It needs JPEG or MJPEG from what I understand.

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