You can also encode credentials into the URL by entering it prior to the IP address - for example.Įxample URL: will bring up mainstream for channel 1, where admin is the username and 12345 is the password. This RTSP stream would mainstream channel 1 on an NVR at 192.168.1.210. 201 would produce the channel #2 of the NVR and mainstream and 202 would produce channel #2 and substream.Įxample: rtsp://192.168.1.210:554/Streaming/Channels/101 Changing the to 102 would create channel 1 and stream #2. streaming channel - for example “101” would be channel 1 and stream #1 (mainstream). The of main stream is 0, extra stream 1 is 1, extra stream 2 is 2.Įxample URL: will bring up substream for channel 1 Some Common RTSP URLS: Dahua RTSP stream (Cameras & - the IP address of the IP Camera. This will indicate if the camera is having a bandwidth issue and is dropping packets. When we are testing for packet loss you will select 'Tools' and then 'Codec Information'. If all is successful it will display the RTSP stream. Enter the Camera specific RTSP stream.Īfter entering in the URL and pressing Play you should be prompted to put in the cameras Username and Password. You must test it with VLC because the way the software pulls the stream in is through RTSP on port 554.ģ. Navigating to the cameras web interface does not mean that the camera will work. If a camera cannot connect using VLC it will give us a better idea of what is going on with the camera. This is to test the RTSP stream and make sure it is connecting.

You will have to test the camera using VLC media player.

You may run into issues with a camera connecting or after setting up a camera you may see a red X.

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