DOC-USR-0070-08
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Z3 Technology, LLC
♦
100 N 8
th
ST, STE 250
♦
Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA
♦
+1.402.323.0702
18
(22)
Open VLC. Select “Media – Open Network Stream”.
(23)
In the “Open Media” box, enter “rtsp://{IP Address}/z3-{ch #}{m}.mp4” for the network URL.
a.
{IP Address} will be the IP address of your encoder. If your encoder is set to DHCP (This is
the default setting when you first receive your encoder.), you can find this in ZFinder or the
web browser with your user interface open. If you have set your encoder to a static IP
address, this should match the Local IP Address field in the System Setup tab. In the example
pictured, the encoder was assigned 192.168.1.3 at start up.
b.
{ch #} corresponds to the number of the channel tab of the user interface. For example if
the CH1 tab is used, “1” is entered.
c.
{m} is added if a multicast address is being used. (For example, rtsp://IP_Address/z3-
1m.mp4) If you are using a unicast address, as we are in the example pictured, omit the
letter m after “z3-1” in the address.
d.
In this example, the full network URL would be “rtsp://192.168.81.3/z3-1.mp4”.
*Note:
VLC version 2.1.5 or later is needed for RTSP support.
(24)
You will then see RTSP video streaming on VLC.
Figure 12 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTSP
Figure 13 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (RTSP)