Avigilon surveillance cameras support RTSP and so does Streamie, so if you want to set up video walls using Streamie and an Apple TV (along with your Avigilon cameras), you can do that easily. A modern Apple TV with Streamie can simultaneously stream 60+ cameras as long as you choose an appropriately low resolution stream for each camera.
You can find Avigilon documentation related to RTSP both here and here. The gist of it is captured here:
The general form of the Avigilon RTSP URL is:
rtsp://<name:password>@<CameraIP>/defaultPrimary?streamType=u
Depending on your camera model, you can replace Primary with either Secondary or Tertiary. What will Avigilon do if there’s ever a need for a 4th stream quality tier?
If you’re sporting a fancy, multi-sensor camera, the RTSP URL includes a number:
rtsp://<name:password>@<CameraIP>/rtsp/defaultPrimary-0?streamType=u
What’s interesting about this example is that they include /rtsp in the path, where they don’t mention that in the earlier examples. An exercise for the reader….
We want to be overt about the port number (554), so in our setup instructions, you’ll see that in the URL.
Step 1
Navigate in Streamie to Home => Cameras => Options => Add Camera. This is the camera search screen. Your RTSP cameras will not show up here because Streamie cannot automatically discover them, so continue navigating to Options => Add Manually => RTSP.
Step 2
Edit the URL field using the correct username, password and IP address. Remember to include the port number (typically 554). Leave all of the options alone and choose Save & Close at the bottom. Tap on your newly added camera and make sure it works. Repeat this process for the rest of your cameras.
Step 3
As a final step, you need to create a Group that contains all of your cameras. Navigate in Streamie to Home => Groups => Options => Add Group to get started. You can watch a tutorial video on editing groups here.
And that’s it! Once your group of cameras is set up, you can tap on it at any time to stream all of your cameras. Check out the Autostream option in the Settings tab if you want Streamie to automatically stream a particular camera or group when launched. Also, you can remotely manage Streamie from another device on the same account and cause your Apple TV to start and stop streaming (if, for instance, you changed the camera layout in the group). You can get started with remote management by navigating in Streamie to Home => Members.
Created: 1 month ago
Updated: 1 month ago
Author: Curtis Jones
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