I have 8 analogue cameras connected to a Samsung DVR.
Now I would like to do the same with VLC.
I have 8 analogue cameras connected to a Samsung DVR.
I also have viewer software on a computer that connects to the DVR over ethernet and also my mobile phone can do the same. They can both access
live video streams as network streams
Now I would like to do the same with VLC.
According to Samsung, the DVR can present RTSP streams using a
correctedly formatted requesting HTTPS URL that contains the IP address
of the DVR, the stream number from 0 to 7, the username and password in plain text.
Trying this with VLC simply does not work.
I am trying to do this as:
Click on Media menu
Open Network Stream or CTRL N
rtsp://admin:NNNNNNN@192.168.0.234:10010/0
admin is the name of the account holder and NNNNNNN is the password (not literally but replaces the true password for the purposes of this post.
I get the following:
Connection failed:
VLC could not connect to "192.168.0.234:10010".
Your inpConnection failed:
VLC could not connect to "192.168.0.234:10010".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://
admin:NNNNNN@192.168.0.234:10010/0'. Check the log for details.
I can use a web browser or the Samsung Viewing app and I can confirm the
IP address, username and password all work.
I have even tried to view the HTML code for the web viewer to see if the code could give me a clue but no joy there.
On 26/06/2026 09:21, SH wrote:
I have 8 analogue cameras connected to a Samsung DVR.
I also have viewer software on a computer that connects to the DVR
over ethernet and also my mobile phone can do the same. They can both
access live video streams as network streams
Now I would like to do the same with VLC.
According to Samsung, the DVR can present RTSP streams using a
correctedly formatted requesting HTTPS URL that contains the IP
address of the DVR, the stream number from 0 to 7, the username and
password in plain text.
Trying this with VLC simply does not work.
I am trying to do this as:
Click on Media menu
Open Network Stream or CTRL N
rtsp://admin:NNNNNNN@192.168.0.234:10010/0
admin is the name of the account holder and NNNNNNN is the password
(not literally but replaces the true password for the purposes of this
post.
I get the following:
Connection failed:
VLC could not connect to "192.168.0.234:10010".
Your inpConnection failed:
VLC could not connect to "192.168.0.234:10010".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://
admin:NNNNNN@192.168.0.234:10010/0'. Check the log for details.
I can use a web browser or the Samsung Viewing app and I can confirm
the IP address, username and password all work.
I have even tried to view the HTML code for the web viewer to see if
the code could give me a clue but no joy there.
scrap the above query....
the correct format to use is:
rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@192.168.0.234:558/LiveChannel/0/media.smp
Now how do I find out the resolution of the RTSP stream?
Stephen
Now how do I find out the resolution of the RTSP stream?
SH wrote:
Now how do I find out the resolution of the RTSP stream?
Main will likely be 1920x1080 or 1280x720, sub could be 544x576 maybe
lower, if yu get VLC it'll tell you in the tools/media tab.
On 26/06/2026 10:15, Andy Burns wrote:
SH wrote:
Now how do I find out the resolution of the RTSP stream?
Main will likely be 1920x1080 or 1280x720, sub could be 544x576 maybe
lower, if yu get VLC it'll tell you in the tools/media tab.
just found it in VLC
VLC is reporting 640 x 386 awith a frame rate of 29.97 Hz. (!)
Ideally I'd like tyo get this up to 1920 x 1080.
The idea being I could then set up 8 Raspberry Pis all using VLC to view
one camera each via RTSP in full screen and then feed the HDMI output of
the 8 Pis into a bank of 8 DVB-T modulators so I can have 8 in-house DTT channels. So we can go to any TV set in the house (I have 8!) with a
remote control and we can see whats on the cameras without the faff of
going to a PC, starting it up, launching teh viewer software etc or
mobile phone with its small screen
The HDMI output of the DVR is currently feeding a HDMI mod and is the
mosaic of all 8 cams. Currently the resolution on this is 1920 x 1080.
VLC is reporting 640 x 386 awith a frame rate of 29.97 Hz. (!)
Ideally I'd like tyo get this up to 1920 x 1080.
SH wrote:
VLC is reporting 640 x 386 awith a frame rate of 29.97 Hz. (!)
Ideally I'd like tyo get this up to 1920 x 1080.
just experiment with other stream numbers 0,1,2,3 in the URL, tell
google what make model camera you have and Gemini will give you example
URLs too try ... you're not going to break anything trying,
Andy Burns wrote:
yes, but the cameras are analog, so the RTSP stream is actually being generated by the DVR.
I have tried stream0, stream1, stream2 and stream4 and RecordingChannel
but the only one that works so far is LiveChannel at the resolution of
640 x 386
yes, but the cameras are analog
I have tried stream0, stream1, stream2 and stream4 and RecordingChannel
but the only one that works so far is LiveChannel at the resolution of
640 x 386
On 2026-06-26, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
yes, but the cameras are analog
If they are baseband analog (composite video) the actual resolution will
not be anywhere near 1920x1080, even is the sensor is "5MP".
I have tried stream0, stream1, stream2 and stream4 and RecordingChannel
but the only one that works so far is LiveChannel at the resolution of
640 x 386
That might be as good as it gets...
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