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IP Camera

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An IP camera is a type of digital video camera that uses Internet Protocol to connect to a network.

You connect to an IP camera through its IP address (or DNS name if you have assigned a name to the camera’s IP address) to access its video as input to the Stream desktop application Channels.

The IP Camera Channel Input type is used to connect to an IP Camera or an RTSP address.

  1. Back Arrow – Returns to the Input selection screen.

  2. Decoder - Options: Quicksync, CPU or Nvidia*

    • Nvidia option will only appear if the system has Nvidia Video Card installed.

  3. Camera Address - Enter the IP Camera Input address
    Syntax Examples:

    1. rtsp://[ipaddress]:[port]/path Example: rtsp://192.168.2.13:5540/ch0

    2. rtsp://[cameraname]:[port]/path Example: rtsp://Camera1:5540/ch0

    3. If your Camera requires login credentials

      1. rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ipddress]:[port]/path
        Example: rtsp://admin:openit@192.168.2.13:5540/ch0

      2. rtsp://[username]:[password]@[cameraname]:[port]/path
        Example: rtsp://admin:openit@Camera1:5540/ch0

  4. Framerate - Select your framerate preference [Default will used the current framerate setting of the input device or select from range [ 60 | 59.94 | 50 | 30 | 29.97 | 25 ]

  5. Protocol - Drop-down field options: Default, UDP or TCP

  6. Click Connect to connect to the selected RTSP / IP Camera.

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The Parameters field will only appear if you have selected Menu → Settings → Admin Settings → Show RTSP connection parameters

Parameters - Use the default values unless you have a requirement to adjust them.
network.low_delay=true network.min_buffer=0.0 network.max_buffer=0.5 loop=true

Auto Detected Cameras

  1. SubC Rayfin Cameras - If you have Rayfin cameras connected on your Network these will be detected & displayed by the Stream Desktop application.

  2. Other IP Cameras - If you have other ONVIF cameras on your network, a list of each detected camera will also appear. Enter the ONVIF Camera authentication username and password and click Connect.

The video source will appear on both the Small Preview screen (left column) and Main Center (center) screen.

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Click the Start Streaming button.

When Streaming is started, the button includes a red box to indicate streaming is activated. Click this button to stop streaming.

You can also control the Stream Service Desktop Channels via the SubC Streaming Service Web application.

Select the appropriate Desktop (there could be multiple active Stream Desktop application running within your Stream Group) and Channel.

Review / change the values in the Quality, Presentation and Input fields if you wish.

Input → Advanced displays advanced parameters. Keep these default values as displayed in this field unless you have a requirement to adjust them.

Click Start to start Streaming the Channel.

See Streaming section in this document for more information on the Streaming function.

Also, see SubC Streaming Service Web User Manual

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