Overview RTSP is one of the most useful things that an IP camera provides over Analog counterparts. Since the encoding is done at the camera, we can pull the RTSP stream right from the camera. NVR/DVR’s also have an RTSP Stream that can be used for live viewing the streams. This write up will cover both products. An excellent tool for testing and implementing solutions is VLC media player. It is Open Source and free to use.

Arcdyn Cameras & Arcdyn NVR/DVR All Arcdyn IP cameras can have their live view accessed by RTSP. The same applies for NVR’s and DVR’s. Arcdyn cameras and recorders use the following format for accessing the RTSP stream. RTSP://UserName:Password@IPAddress:RtspPort/Streaming/channels/XXYY Let’s touch on each part of the requirements for RTSP. RTSP://: This defines the protocol in use, RTSP UserName: The username for the Camera/DVR/NVR. Password: The password for that user. IP Address: The IP address of the Camera/NVR/DVR. RTSP Port: The RTSP port on the device.(default 554) XX: Channel Number (1, 10, 6, etc.) YY: Stream Type (Main Stream = 01, Sub Stream = 02) Camera Main Stream RTSP://admin:password@192.168.1.174:554/Streaming/channels/101 NVR/DVR Sub-Stream (Channel/Camera 6 ) RTSP://admin:password@192.168.1.174:554/Streaming/channels/602

VLC Media Player If you do not already have VLC Media Player, you should go ahead and download it, and install it on your desired system. You can use the default install settings. VLC supports all platforms which make’s it a great tool for all users.

Configuring VLC Once you have installed VLC go ahead and open the application on your system. Once the application is open, go to Media>Open Network Stream. (See Picture Below) The next step will be adding in the correct information to view the Network Stream. You will need to know a few things for the RTSP to stream the live view of the camera. They are the IP address, Username, Password, RTSP port, Channel, & Stream Type. In this example, we are using the following information. Username: admin Password: changeme123 NVR/DVR/CAMERA IP Address: 192.168.1.174 RTSP Port: 554 Channel: 1 Main Stream: 01 Your RTSP information should look very similar to these Pictures.

You should now be able to hit play and open up the stream.