From 7870198a1eebaaf9a9c19c2bbbcc2e51737a7708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Ermakov <ermakovdmitry8@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:16:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] return raw data if received message is not json

---
 dvrip.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dvrip.py b/dvrip.py
index 3c9283f..0c883e2 100644
--- a/dvrip.py
+++ b/dvrip.py
@@ -198,8 +198,11 @@ class DVRIPCam(object):
 
         self.packet_count += 1
         self.logger.debug("<= %s", data)
-        reply = json.loads(data[:-2])
-        return reply
+        try:
+            reply = json.loads(data[:-2])
+            return reply
+        except:
+            return data
 
     def send_custom(
         self, msg, data={}, wait_response=True, download=False, version=0