#1 Download & Install VLC Player / QuickTime Playerīoth media players are free to download, install and use. Using the Smartphone App, user can watch live video streams easily through smartphone from anywhere, anytime. Users can use VLC player and QuickTime player to watch live video/image, also view the information of codec detail for MJPEG/MPEG4/H.264 which supports RTSP protocol.Īdditionally, user also can find smartphone App which supports RTSP protocol.

VLC player and QuickTime player are free media players that support cross-platforms (Windows OS, Mac OS), these two media players have capability to play most multimedia files and various streaming protocols. The protocol is used for establishing and controlling media sessions between end points. This article describes how to play RTSP video stream of IP cameras on VLC player, QuickTime player, and a mobile phone with popular IP camera viewer App. RTSP is the abbreviation of real time streaming protocol, it's a network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers.

Almost IP surveillance cameras support RTSP video stream, that means user can use media player to watch the live video from anywhere.