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Appendix C: Recording on a Mac using VLC Media Player
You can record video in QuickTime format on a MAC. After downloading the Macintosh version of VLC (1.01) from
VideoLAN.org, follow these steps:
-From the main menu in VLC, select “Streaming/ Exporting Wizard”
-Select Transcode/Save to file
-NEXT
-Select a stream….type the full info in the box as for example:
Rtsp://demo:[email protected]:8150/live_mpeg4.sdp
Note: substitute your camera’s IP address here as well as your own username: password instead of demo: demo.
Also make sure you did not select “ Digest Authentication” in the camera’s TCP/IP menu since that would require
encrypted passwords. If the camera is on your local network you would have something similar to:
rtsp://admin:[email protected]:80/live_mpeg4.sdp
-Next(ignore the “transcode video” and transcode audio” check boxes.
Do not check them. Make sure these are unchecked before proceeding
-NEXT
-Select MOV format
-NEXT
-Select a file to save to …..for example type Monday.mov
If you want to see the video that is being recorded, check the “Local playback” checkbox, otherwise leave it blank,
Please note that for local playback you may get an error about the “S AMR audio codec” if your version of VLC did
not include this. Don’t worry, the recorded MOV file can be played by Quicktime which does include the required
AMR audio codec on both Mac and Windows.
-NEXT
-FINISH
If you selected “Local Playback”, you may need to be patient while it starts to record, as it takes about 30 seconds
for the Local Playback window to pop up.
Record for as long as you want….. Then use the stop button on the main interface to stop recording when you’re
done. You should now have a file with the name you provided….for example Monday.mov, If you don’t know
where the file is you can use Finder and use the “Search for all Movies” feature.
