Remote access for streaming cctv

[troysie]

I have 3 Raspberry pi Zero's connected to cameras which I use as cctv. This works perfectly well and can remote access them from anywhere on my phone or another computer. I use my hub's ip address and port forwarding. The problem I have is that my hub changes its Ip address now and then so I have to change the addresses. I cannot get a static ip address for my hub unless I upgrade to business account. Is there an alternative method of remote access I could use which is unaffected by my hub changing its address
Regards Troysie

[troysie]

Sorry forgot to put that I am using Vlc media player

[chubinou]

Hi,

I don't really get if you're trying to access your cameras from a local network or from internet.

If you're on the internet, you can try to use a dynamic DNS [1]
If you're on a local network, you can try to install a zeroconf server on your raspberry (avahi), devices should be listed in the local network section of the playlist view within VLC

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS

[troysie]

I am on the internet so my cameras can be viewed from virtually anywhere in the world and as I say it works perfectly well apart from the fact my hub changes its ip address now and then, so I have to use a different address to contact them. I also use vnc viewer on another project which connects through the cloud so my hub address doesn't matter, but I am not sure how this works. I was wondering if vlc viewer had a similar option

[1MAXT3HKphYo]

I am on the internet so my cameras can be viewed from virtually anywhere in the world and as I say it works perfectly well apart from the fact my hub changes its ip address now and then, so I have to use a different address to contact them. I also use vnc viewer on another project which connects through the cloud so my hub address doesn't matter, but I am not sure how this works. I was wondering if vlc viewer had a similar option

Like the above poster said. Use dynamic DNS. I do for exactly your purpose. How exactly you set that up is up to you. Some routers will let you do it. Otherwise you'll have to run a daemon on a server inside your network. It could even be one of the Pis. Afaik vlc has no capability you want directly.