Accessing the CM-3102 via a Web Browser
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Ariel CM-3102 User and Installation Guide
December 12, 2018
6.2.3 Viewing Live Video from a Media Player
The Live View main stream and sub-stream can be viewed with a media player, such as VLC (download
from
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
). Streams can be viewed for the three channels and two video
encoding formats (H.264 and MJPEG).
The camera supports sending unicast and multicast streams via the RTSP protocol. Unicast streams
followed by the stream number without a space. Multicast streams include the
To view a media stream with VLC
Open VLC.
From the
Media
tab, select
Open Network Stream
. The
Open Media
screen is displayed.
In the
Network
tab, enter the URL for the stream in the address bar:
The syntax for entering the URL in the media player for the main stream is:
rtsp://(camera IP address)/(Unicast stream 1) or (Multicast stream 1). For example,
rtsp://192.168.0.250/stream1 for a unicast stream.
The syntax for entering the URL in the media player for the second stream is:
rtsp://(camera IP address)/(Unicast stream 2) or (Multicast stream 2). For example, rtsp://
192.168.0.250/stream2 for a unicast stream.
The syntax for entering the URL in the media player for the third stream is:
rtsp://(camera IP address)/(Unicast stream 3) or (Multicast stream 3). For example, rtsp://
192.168.0.250/stream3m for a multicast stream.
Note:
1. It is also possible to change the syntax on the RTSP page, although this is not
recommended if the camera is attached to a VMS.
2. Verify that the resolution entered in URL string agree with the resolution set in
the
Streaming >
Video Settings
screen.
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