Local viewer is an application (available in the EdgeVis Client Suite installer) that allows you to connect to the encoder if you are on the same physical network and:
View any of the original high-quality video stream from any camera attached to the encoder – the encoder will reflect the original RTSP feed for IP camera or generate an RTSP stream for physically connected cameras.
PTZ control
Review and download recordings
Monitor when on-board alarm triggers
Please review the local viewer documentation for full details of the capabilities available.
For security reasons this feature is disabled by default. To enable the local viewer service, use the Local viewer and RTSP setting menu button. As part of enabling the service you must enter a password – this is used to protect access to the encoder and must be entered when connecting to the encoder with Local Viewer.
The encoder can also provide the same RTSP feed of any connected camera for users who have their own local software – this feature is available when the local viewer service is enabled but does not require Local Viewer to function.
To access the RTSP stream use the Get RTSP URLs menu button and select:
Which camera you wish to view
Whether to use unicast or multicast (unicast is recommended for most customers, as multicast delivers the video stream to every device on the network).
This will then present the RTSP URL you can use in the third-party application. Note that the username for the RTSP stream is always user but the password will be the same password you set when enabling the service.
For advanced users, it is possible to configure the networking settings (including the encoder network connection to transmit the multicast stream on) – use the RTSP multicast settings menu button to access these settings.