Playing A Pull Stream Using Vlc Media Player - Extron electronics SMP 351 User Manual

Playing a Pull Stream Using VLC Media Player

Use the following procedure to play and view an SMP 351 stream using the VLC media
player.
1. If you know the stream URL, go to step 5. Otherwise, to obtain the
stream URL, access the Web-based user interface of the SMP 351 (see
Accessing the Web-Based User Interface
NOTE: If no password is set, anyone can view the stream URL. If a password is set,
you must be logged in to view the URL.
2. The Recording Controls page opens. In the Stream URL panel, if the archive and
confidence streams are set to Pull (see
page 186), the box displays the URL necessary to request a stream from the
SMP 351.
Figure 78.
3. Run VLC media player.
4. The media player opens. Select Media>Open Network Stream (see figure 79).
Figure 79.
Stream URL
Archive: rtsp://10.13.168.131/extron1:
Confidence: rtsp://10.13.168.131/extron3:
Recording Controls Page
VLC Media Player — Open a Network Stream
on page 48).
Push and Pull Stream Playback URLs
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