Multicast Streaming using VLC media player

Sunghwan Kim

1. How to play multicast streaming via VLC media player

1-1. Network Protocol
- Option path in VLC: Media >> Open Network Stream >> 'Network' tab
- Input a network URL for multicast
- Stream URI format of Hanwha camera is like below.
```
rtsp://<camera ip>:<rtsp port>/multicast/profile<no>/media.smp
rtsp://192.168.0.191:554/multicast/profile2/media.smp
```
- After entering above stream URI, press 'Play' button.
  
  [Fig 1. 'Open Media' menu in VLC media player
1-2. RTSP authentication
- You should meet a small window for RTSP authentication like below.
- Username and Password are credential information of the camera.
[Fig 2.] window of RTSP authentication