WAVE: How to pull RTSP streams for multiple decoder integrations

Applies to Models: WAVE, Any make or model Decoder

Summary

If you deploy multiple decoders with a WAVE server, it is advisable to pull RTSP streams from the WAVE server, not the cameras. Pulling RTSP streams from your WAVE server is better than directly from the cameras. WAVE will treat it like any other client connection. If you pull RTSP streams from the cameras, this will overtax the cameras. 

Pulling RTSP Streams

To pull RTSP streams for multiple decoder integrations:

1. Log in to the WAVE Client as admin.
   
   
2. Click Ctrl+Alt+A.
   
   
3. Select the User Management tab and click Add User.
   
   
   
   
4. Select Local from the User Type dropdown and complete the form:
   
   
   • Type - Local
   • Login - Login ID for the user
   • Name - User's name
   • Email - User's email address
   • Access - Regular User with credentials
   • Password and Confirm Password - Enter and confirm password for the user
   • Allow Insecure (Digest) Authentication - Enables the URL to be streamed without requiring certificate-based authentication
   • Permission Group - Select a user authority level from the menu
     
     
     
     
5. Click Add User.
   

   NOTE: Since version 5 of WAVE, all user account information is encrypted
   requiring Digest Authentication. Future distributions may utilize bearer
   token. This is not yet implemented; no release schedule is available at
   this time.

6. In WAVE Client, right-click the camera to pull a stream from and select Camera Settings > General.
   
   
7. Click the down arrow.
   
   
   
   
8. Copy the Camera ID.
   
   
   
   
9. Open any text editor and paste this information into it.
   
   The RTSP URL should look like one of the following:
   
   
   • For pulling the Default Stream use:
     rtsp://<YourServerIP>:7001/1842df21-39a0-d7d9-af13-55f28f76fa92
     
     
   • For forcing the resolution to the Low-Resolution Stream since most decoders will not be able to display a 4 or 5 megapixel stream in a multi-channel view:
     
     Low-Resolution URL (advisable):
     rtsp://<YourServerIP>:7001/1842df21-39a0-d7d9-af13-55f28f76fa92?stream=1
     
     High-Resolution URL (not advisable):
     rtsp://<YourServerIP>:7001/1842df21-39a0-d7d9-af13-55f28f76fa92?stream=0
     

     NOTE: It is also never advisable to transcode in the URL. This will 
     overtax the server very quickly.

10. Manually register the RTSP URL into your decoder.

    NOTE: For registering RTSP URL's into Hanwha NVRs see:
    How to add an RTSP stream to an NVR.