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The RTSP Server object is used for transmitting video from Server server to remote workplaces workstations using the RTSP protocol. Use The use of the RTSP protocol allows viewing you to view video from IP cameras and video archive on remote clients by means of the Axxon PSIM software or using use video players that support this protocol.  Transmitting Video gate archive Transmission of the archive of the Videogate and Backup archive is also supported.

If there is sound with a live video with audio or the archive is recorded with soundaudio, then video broadcast transmission with sound audio through RTSP Server is supported – for supported—for this specify the ID of microphone from which the archive is recorded when requesting video (see the table with requests examples). For proper operation of this feature set the VLC media Examples of addresses to view video from RTSP Server). For the audio to play correctly in VLC Media Player, set the VLC player compatibility mode checkbox checked in VLC Media Player (see item 14below).

Note that when configuring, each RTSP Server It is to be taken into account that while configuring each rtsp Server loads only one CPU core. To increase the number of rtsp streams several rtsp Server objects are to be created and configured , you must create several RTSP Server objects and configure them on several cameras. Each RTSP Server entity runs in a separate system process (StreamingServer.run).

Creating the RTSP Server

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object

Create To create the RTSP Server object as follows, do the following:

1. In the context menu of the Computer object, select Create object
=>
2. → RTSP Server.
3. Specify the name and ID of the object in the
opened
4. settings panel that opens.
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5. Click the Apply button to create the object.

Configuring the Unicast

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Open
1. Go to the settings panel
for
2. of the RTSP Server object.
For this select the created object in the Axxon PSIM objects tree.
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4. In the Cameras table, set the checkboxes next to

video

5. cameras, video from which

is to be displayed (1)

6. you want to display. If a camera has several streams, the default stream is

broadcasted

7. transmitted.

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8. If the default stream is changed on the settings panel of the

corresponding

9. corresponding Camera object

settings panel

10. after

applying

11. you apply RTSP Server settings,

it is mandatory to click Apply on the

12. you must click the Apply button on the settings panel of the RTSP Server object

settings panel

13. to apply changes to it as well. See

also Configuration of

14. also Configuring the multistream video.

If video from the camera is to be received through the video gate, then select the Video gate object in
15. If video from the camera must be received through the videogate, then select the Videogate object from the Gate drop-down list
(2)
16. .
17. If archive
from the camera is to be received
18. from the camera must be received from the backup archive,
then select the
19. then select the Backup archive object
in
20. from the Backup
arch.
21. archive drop-down list
(3)
22. .
23. Set the Unicast checkbox
checked
24. if signals from all cameras
are to
25. must be broadcast through one port
(4)
26. .
    

27. In the RTSP port field, specify the port via which the video is transmitted

(5)

28. .

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29. The "Windows Media Player Network Sharing"

 service

30. service can use the default port 554.

Change

31. To enable broadcasting, you must change the port

number

32. or disable this service

for broadcast

33. . To disable the service, go to the Control panel

-

34. → Administrative Tools

-

35. → Services and double-click the service name and click the Stop button in the

opened

36. window that opens.

37. In the HTTP port field, specify the port
that is to be used for transmitting video via http-protocol (6).

Configuring Multicast translation

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1. for transmitting video via HTTP protocol.

Configuring the Multicast mode

Features of the Multicast mode:

1. To get a multicast video in Axxon PSIM (see Receive multimedia stream via RTSP protocol), set the multicast value to the RTSP parameter in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\AxxonSoft\PSIM\Video\TransportProtocols registry section (for 64-bit system the path is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AxxonSoft\PSIM\Video\TransportProtocols) on computer where the Camera object is created. For detailed information on this parameter, see Change the transport protocol used by IP device.
2. RTSP Server can broadcast simultaneously in Multicast and Unicast modes. Receiving both such streams on the Axxon PSIM client is impossible due to RTSP key, which determines the connection mode (see above). However, the VLC player allows receiving streams in both modes at the same time.
3. The ports that are assigned to each camera in this mode will not be displayed in the Windows OS Resource Monitor and other similar operating system resource monitors.

Using the Multicast mode allows you to reduce the load on the server by reducing the amount of transmitted data. To distribute the transmitted signal among different RTSP

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ports, do the following:

1. Go to the settings panel of the RTSP Server object
settings panel
2. .

3. Set the Multicast checkbox

(1)

4. . The Port column is displayed in the Cameras table.

5. Specify a data transmission port for each

video

6. camera in the Port field

(2). Bear in mind the following when specifying ports

7. . When you specify ports, note the following:

   1. The following ports are
in use
8. 1. used for each camera in the Multicast mode: nPort, nPort + 18000 (rtp), nPort + 19000 (rtcp), where
nPort –
9. 1. nPort is a port number specified for camera in
the
10. 1. the Port column.
       For
proper
11. 1. the correct operation of RTSP server in the Multicast mode, these ports
are to
12. 1. must be
vacant
13. 1. free.
    2. Specified ports are not addressed directly. Use RTSP port to get video from all cameras in the Multicast mode (see
item 12
14. 1. step 5).
In spite of specifying

15. 1. Even if you specify video data port

it is required to

16. 1. , you still must specify camera number in the data source address (see

the table below).
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Use of the Multicast mode allows decreasing Server load due to reduction of transmitted data

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To get such video in Axxon PSIM (see Configuring multimedia receipt using RTSP protocol) set the multicast value to the RTSP parameter in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\AxxonSoft\Axxon PSIM\Video\TransportProtocols registry section (for 64-bit system the path is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AxxonSoft\Axxon PSIM\Video\TransportProtocols) on computer where the Camera object is created. Detailed information on this parameter see in   Changing the transport protocol used by IP-device section.

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RTSP Server can translate both in Multicast and Unicast modes simultaneously. Receiving both these streams on the Axxon PSIM client is impossible due to RTSP key defining the mode (see the note above). However, the VLC player allows receiving streams in both modes in the same time.

17. 1. Examples of addresses to view video from RTSP Server).
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18. In the Receiver IP address field

(3)

19. , specify the address from which the broadcast in the Multicast mode will be performed. Address

is to

20. must be in the range from 224.0.1.0 to 239.255.255.255. By default, the receiver IP is 224.0.1.150.

Bear in mind the following when specifying

21. When you specify Receiver IP address, note the following:

    1. 224.0.0.0-224.0.0.255 address range is reserved for routing protocols and other service protocols.

Destination IP address

22. 1. You cannot

be

23. 1. set Receiver IP address from the specified range.

    2. RTSP

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24. 1. server can broadcast only to one network simultaneously. The network with minimal metric is selected by default. To change the broadcast network, go to

the

25. 1. the Advanced settings tab (see below).

Set different
26. 1. When you configure several RTSP Servers in the Multicast mode, you must specify different values for them in the Receiver IP address and RTSP
port if several RTSP Servers are in Multicast mode
27. 1. port fields.
28. In the RTSP port field
(4)
29. , specify the number of port through which video signal will be sent in the Multicast mode. When requesting video data from the camera using the RTSP protocol, it is necessary to specify this port. The system
itself
30. forwards the request to the port of the requested camera.

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Advanced settings

Perform To specify the additional settings as followsadvanced settings of RTSP Server, do the following:

1. Go to the Advanced settings tab.
   
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3. If the current time

is to

4. must be sent to VLC Media Player instead of the frame time, then set the VLC player compatibility mode checkbox

checked (1). This option is to be used in case of problems when

5. . You can use this option when there are problems with playing back the archive received over RTSP in VLC Media Player.

6. If RTSP Server is used to broadcast video data to the ECHD system, then for the correct operation of navigation through the archive, set the ECHD compatibility mode checkbox.

7. If there are captions on the video (see Configuring captions display on a video image), set the Use captions track

checkbox checked to

8. checkbox to send them

along

9. together with video via RTSP Server and to display them in the receiving

app – VLC player (2)

10. app—VLC player.
    Also, when this checkbox is set, time captions are added to the video image in the format

YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ

11. YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ.If the video is

archive

12. archived (see

request examples below

13. Examples of addresses to view video from RTSP Server), then the captions show the archive time.However, if the VLC player compatibility mode checkbox is set

along

14. together with the Use captions track

check box

15. checkbox, the time in the captions is current.

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Important

16. Attention!

    Correct video playback and captions operation are

enabled only

17. guaranteed in VLC Media Player version 2.0.0.

These

18. These features are not guaranteed to work in other versions of VLC Media Player or other programs.

19. If you want to eliminate a delay of several seconds when requesting a video via RTSP, set the Hot connection mode checkbox.
    

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20. Note

    The delay when requesting a video via RTSP can also depend on the camera key frame rate (FPS) settings or the frame buffer size settings in the player.

21. From the Source IP interface drop-down list, select the name of the network interface that

should

22. must be used to broadcast the RTSP server

(3)

23. .

24. If the RTSP Server is used for broadcasting the video data to the

Single Data Center (

25. ECHD

)

26. system, and the Video

Surveillance Servers

27. surveillance servers are behind NAT, then it is necessary to specify the NAT settings:

    1. In the IP

addr

28. 1. address field,

specify the

29. 1. specify the IP address of the router that performs the NAT

broadcasting (4)

30. 1. broadcasting.

    2. In the Port field, specify the port of the router, which is accessed by the client when executing the

Single Data Center (ECHD) requests (5)

31. 1. ECHD requests.

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       To enable the substitution of the router's specified IP address and port to the

Single Data Center (

32. 1. ECHD

)

33. 1. requests, it is necessary to set the corresponding checkbox

in

34. 1. on the settings panel of the Web

server object

35. 1. -

see

36. 1. Server object—see Enabling the processing of SDC (ECHD

requests and selecting rtsp server.

37. 1. ) requests and selecting the RTSP server.

38. In the Number of threads (min/) field, specify the value that corresponds to the initial number of threads that are created when the RTSP Server is started. The default value is 1.
39. In the Number of connections per thread field, specify the value that corresponds to the maximum number of client connections per thread, with equal distribution. If this parameter is exceeded, a new thread is created. The default value is 20.
40. In the Number of threads (/max) field, specify the value that corresponds to the maximum allowed number of threads that can be created. If there are too many threads, server rejects additional connections. The default value is 100. 
Click the

41. Click the 

42. Apply button to save the

changes

43. settings.

Bulk settings for cameras

In case any changeable setting should must be the same for several cameras, there is a possibility of bulk settingit can be duplicated. This feature is available for editable columns: Added, Gate, Port, Backup Archivearchive.

Perform bulk setting of cameras as follows: To specify the bulk settings, do the following: 

1. Go to the settings panel of the RTSP
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2. Server object.
Set
3. Specify the value of one or more reference parameters Added, Gate, Port, Backup
Archive
4. archive for one of the Camera objects.
   
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While holding down
6. Press the Ctrl key
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7. and select the
(
8. full
)
9. rows in the table, which
should
10. must have the same values ​​in the corresponding columns. 
11. Right-click in the cell of the reference
cell
12. parameter.
13. In the
opened
14. function menu that opens, select Set for selected rows: "Value". As a result, the corresponding column in all selected rows are filled with the value equal to the reference parameter. 
15. Repeat steps 4-5 for all parameters that need to be applied to the selected lines.

Examples of addresses to receive video from RTSP Server

To connect to Server and display video in the video player that supports RTSP protocol, specify the address of data source in the format given in the table:

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Example

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rtsp://127.0.0.1/1

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Viewing default stream from Camera 1 if default port is in use.

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Viewing default stream from Camera 1 when broadcasting in Multicast mode if default port 555 is in use.

Note. Connection to the RTSP stream is performed via the broadcasting adapter IP-address, not by the destination IP which is specified in the settings panel of the RTSP Server and is used internally.

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rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/archive?id=1&time_begin=2011.11.11-11:11:11&&time_end=2011.11.11-11:12:00

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Viewing video archive from Camera 1 for specified time period.

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VLC player compatibility mode must be enabled to view in VLC Media Player.

The figure shows how to view video from the Server.

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