User Guide

Accessing the CB-3102 via a Web Browser
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Ariel CB-3102 User and Installation Guide
January 14, 2019
6.2.3 Viewing Live Video from a Media Player
The Live View main stream and sub-stream can be viewed with a media player, such as VLC (download
from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html). Streams can be viewed for the three channels and two video
encoding formats (H.264 and MJPEG).
The camera supports sending unicast and multicast streams via the RTSP protocol. Unicast streams
include the suffix “stream” followed by the stream number without a space. Multicast streams include the
suffix “streamXm”, where “X” is the stream number (1, 2 or 3).
To view a media stream with VLC
1. Open VLC.
2. From the Media tab, select Open Network Stream. The Open Media screen is displayed.
Figure 29: VLC Open Media Screen
3. In the Network tab, enter the URL for the stream in the address bar:
 The syntax for entering the URL in the media player for the main stream is:
rtsp://(camera IP address)/(Unicast stream 1) or (Multicast stream 1). For example,
rtsp://192.168.0.250/stream1 for a unicast stream.
 The syntax for entering the URL in the media player for the second stream is:
rtsp://(camera IP address)/(Unicast stream 2) or (Multicast stream 2). For example, rtsp://
192.168.0.250/stream2 for a unicast stream.
 The syntax for entering the URL in the media player for the third stream is:
rtsp://(camera IP address)/(Unicast stream 3) or (Multicast stream 3). For example, rtsp://
192.168.0.250/stream3m for a multicast stream.
Note:
1. It is also possible to change the syntax on the RTSP page, although this is not
recommended if the camera is attached to a VMS.
2. Verify that the resolution entered in URL string agree with the resolution set in
the Streaming > Video Settings screen.