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Multicast port
Multicast Method
Enable
TTL (Time to Live)
To configure your PC to utilise VLC with SAP Multicasting
Version 1.0.5
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Select Media -> Services Discovery -> SAP Announcements
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Select View -> playlist -> SAP Announcements
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All video servers with multicast enabled should then appear in the playlist window. Double click
a server to start streaming data from it.
Version 0.8.6
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In VLC select Playlist -> Manage -> Services Discovery -> SAP Announcements
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Wait for the server to appear under "Session Announcements (SAP)" in the Playlist window.
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Click on one of the items advertised by the server.
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The server broadcasts SAP announcements periodically, the packets contain SDP entries
which describe the stream contents for each multicast enabled camera. VLC listens for SAP
announcements and adds them to the playlist.
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If there are multiple units using multicast, each one must have a
unique IP address. Addresses 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255 are
usually designated as multicast addresses.
Following configuration of the IP address, configure the port address.
The address will default to 1234.
Select from 'SAP', 'HTTP', 'SAP + HTTP' or 'Always On'. SAP is
recommended.
SAP will advertise your stream over the network when using the
UDP streaming method, using the SAP protocol, using the Multicast
Address as the name of the stream.
HTTP will stream by using the HTTP protocol on all the network
interfaces of the server on port 8080.
Tick this option to enable multicast.
This sets the numbers of routers the stream will be allowed to pass
through, for UDP unicast and unicast access methods.. Enter one of
the following numbers:
0 - restricts video to the same host
1 - restricts video to the same subnet
32 - restricts video to the same site
64 - restricts video to the same region
128 - restricts video to the same continent
255 - is unrestricted in scope
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