Advanced
Video Source
Live View allows for streaming from Surveillance Station or from IP cameras. We recommend using Surveillance Station as the video source as it provides high compatibility.
To configure the video source for live view and mobile streaming:
- In the Video Source section, select either of the following options from the Live view and Mobile drop-down menus:
- From Surveillance Station: Surveillance Station processes video streams and thus provides better compatibility. This option can reduce disconnections from cameras located in different network segments and relieve the loading of cameras.
- From Camera: Set up port forwarding rules for cameras before using this option. Please note that this may increase the number of streaming connections, and that watching live view from multiple devices may cause disconnections or black screens due to insufficient camera capabilities.
- Click Save to apply settings.
Note:
- The video source for Mobile is configurable for iOS devices only. For Android devices, the video source is always Surveillance Station.
- Streaming From Camera is not supported on Surveillance Station 8.2.6 and above.
Buffer Settings
With a video buffer, in order to acquire the complete video stream, Surveillance Station will only play feeds after the buffer time you set. This gives you a smoother video flow and improves live view quality.
Note:
- This function is only available when the stream is in H.264 or H.265 format.
Multicast Settings
With the multicast feature, Surveillance Station can multicast video and audio streaming via a specific IP address and ports to save bandwidth on your server.
Note:
- Multicast is an advanced application, please go to Application Center to enable LiveView Multicast to use this feature.
- The From Surveillance Station option must be selected from the Live view drop-down menu under the Video source section in order to tick the Enable multicast checkbox.
To enable multicast streaming on live view or mobile:
- Tick the Enable multicast checkbox.
- Assign an IP address as the Group address.
Note: Group address is valid within the range between 224.0.1.0 and 239.255.255.255.
- Assign Video port and Audio port.
Note: These two ports must be assigned an even number within the range between 10000 and 65534. The two ports must be of different values.
- Click Save to apply settings.
Note:
- After enabling and configuring Multicast settings, when you right-click on the camera in IP Camera and select Get stream path, you will find an extra row entitled *Multicast. The URL path beneath it is used for RTSP multicast.
- Any two cameras cannot have the same Group address and Audio port/Video port.
- When a port number (n) is assigned to a Video port/Audio port, the system will automatically use the following 5 port numbers (n+1 ~ n+5) as well.