Qihan Technology Co., Ltd. How to visit IP Camera via RTSP 1. What is RTSP? The Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is a network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers. The protocol is used for establishing and controlling media sessions between end points. Clients of media servers issue VCR-like commands, such as play and pause, to facilitate real-time control of playback of media files from the server. 2. How to visit IP Camera via RTSP 2.1 Use the media player which support playing RTSP stream to visit camera, such as вЂњVLC Media PlayerвЂќ : http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 2.2 QiHan IP Camera RTSP URL rtsp://<ip>:<port>/<protocol>_live/ch<channel>_<type> e.g. rtsp://192.168.1.100:554/tcp_live/ch0_0 <IP> : Cameras IP address(RTSP server address) <port>: Cameras RTSP port (default :554) <protocol>: tcp, udp,muticast <channel>: 0~16 <type>: 0,1,2 (Stream typeпјљ0 is main stream,1 is sub stream,2 is mobile stream ) 2.3 The following is an example of VLC Media Player. 1) Install VLC Media Player. 2) Run VLC and go to вЂњToolвЂ”PreferenceвЂќ. P.S.:If using udp or multicast protocol, donвЂ™t need to setup step 2) and 3),just use the default settings of VLC. Address:20th Floor,Times Technology Building No.7028,Shennan Road,Futian,Shenzhen,China,518040 Tel: +86-755-8982 2999 Fax: +86-755-8982 20000 Qihan Technology Co., Ltd. 3) Go to вЂњInput & CodesвЂќ and select вЂњLive555 stream transport RTP over RTSP(TCP)вЂќ,then save settings. 4) Go to вЂњMedia---Open Network StreamвЂќ Address:20th Floor,Times Technology Building No.7028,Shennan Road,Futian,Shenzhen,China,518040 Tel: +86-755-8982 2999 Fax: +86-755-8982 20000 Qihan Technology Co., Ltd. 5) Enter your IP Camera RTSP address according to вЂњRTSP RulesвЂќ and click вЂњPlayвЂќ. 6) After a few seconds, live video comes out. Working! ! NOTE:If you have any questions about IP Camera setup, please contact us. http://www.qihan.cn Address:20th Floor,Times Technology Building No.7028,Shennan Road,Futian,Shenzhen,China,518040 Tel: +86-755-8982 2999 Fax: +86-755-8982 20000