Cisco Cisco VC220 Dome Network Camera Release Notes

Release Notes for the Cisco VC220 Network Camera

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You can use third-party video players, such as Apple QuickTime Player or VideoLAN 
VLC Player to stream real-time video and playback recorded video. In most 
applications, simply enter the URL of your camera into the video player application in 
the following format:

rtsp://<IP Address of camera>/<live_video.sdp> 

<live_video.sdp> is example of an access name for Video Stream 1. For information on 

access stream configurations, see the 

VC220 Administration Guide

. 

In some cases when using Apple QuickTime Player some additional configuration is 
required. In that case, use the following instructions to play video on a UDP media 
stream.

Apple QuickTime Player does not support HTTPs media streams. 

1. Open QuickTime and in the main menu choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime 

Preferences.

2. In the Advanced tab, under Streaming, choose Custom... from Transport Setup. The 

Streaming Transport pop-up appears.

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Enter UDP as the Transport Protocol.

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Enter 554 as the Port ID.

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Click OK to close the popup window.

3. Click Apply in the Advanced tab.

4. In the Advanced tab, under Video, choose the button for DirectX.

5. Check Enable DirectDraw acceleration. (Do not check the other two items.)

6. Click OK.

1. In QuickTime, choose File > Open URL.

2. Enter the URL for the video using this format: rtsp://<IP Address of camera>/

<live_video.sdp>

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3. Click OK.