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How to get the RTSP stream of Foscam HD cameras?

Overview: This article will introduce the steps of getting the RTSP stream of Foscam HD cameras.

Three formats of video and audio are currently available for Foscam camera RTSP:
1)videoMain: Main streaming
2)videoSub: Sub streaming
3)audio: Audio streaming only, no video feed
The commands to get the RTSP stream are listed below:
rtsp://username:pwd@IP address: RTSP port/videoMain
rtsp://username:pwd@IP address: RTSP port/videoSub
rtsp://username:pwd@IP address: RTSP port/audio

VLC Media Player or some other players compatible with RTSP setups will be able to view the video stream.

Step1:Find the option "Open Network Stream" on VLC player.

Step2:After the Network Stream option is selected, please enter the RTSP URL of the camera and click Play. Most Foscam cameras' RTSP port is as same as the http port which is 88 as default.

In this example, the username of the camera is testuser / the password is foscam / IP address is 192.168.1.11 and the default port is 88 follow the examples below for the URL format.

rtsp://testuser:foscam@192.168.1.11:88/videoMain
rtsp://testuser:foscam@192.168.1.11:88/videoSub
rtsp://testuser:foscam@192.168.1.11:88/audio

Note:

1.The WAN IP address can also be used for the URL. If DDNS is used instead the Video Player must support using the domain name otherwise the video stream will not be displayed.

2.Some Foscam cameras such as the C1, C1 Lite, FI9816P, FI9800P, FI9803P V2, C1 Lite V3, C1 V3, FI9800E V2, FI9800P V3, FI9803P V4, FI9816P V3, FI9821EP V2, FI9821P V3, FI9826P V3, FI9831P V3, FI9851P V3 and FI9853EP V2 Http and RTSP ports are different. When obtaining the RTSP stream of these cameras, please make sure to use the RTSP port which is 554 as default.