Opencv VideoCapture not streaming RTSP link and returns "no frame!"

Question

I am trying to stream my HikVision IP camera throough python. I am using cv2.VideoCapture("rtsp_link") which works fine on my Laptop but when I try to run the same python script with same Opencv and FFmpeg version it gives me following error:

Error:

[h264 @ 000002124c7f9a40] missing picture in access unit with size 47
[h264 @ 000002124c7f9a40] no frame!

I have so far tried to run this script on 5 computer devices but it gives the same error. I am using the following python script and my Opencv version is 4.6.0.66 and ffmpeg version 2022-06-20-git-56419428a8-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev:

Python Script:

import cv2

# RTSP stream URL
rtsp_url = "rtsp://username:password@ip_address:port/Streaming/Channels/501"

# Open the RTSP stream
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(rtsp_url)

# Check if the stream was successfully opened
if not cap.isOpened():
    print("Failed to open RTSP stream.")
    exit()

# Read and display frames from the stream
while True:
    # Read a frame from the stream
    ret, frame = cap.read()

    # Check if the frame was successfully read
    if not ret:
        print("Failed to read frame from RTSP stream.")
        break

    # Display the frame
    cv2.imshow("RTSP Stream", frame)

    # Exit if 'q' is pressed
    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
        break

# Release the resources
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Update:

Code runs on a laptop on both wifi and mobile internet (4G) but on other devices rtsp link is accessible only with mobile internet (4G).

Opencv VideoCapture not streaming RTSP link and returns "no frame!"

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