Mobile Phone Video Streaming (3GPP)

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Overview

If you have a mobile phone that is compliant to 3GPP standard, then you can now use it to connect to our NVR to see live video streaming.

 

If your system is properly configured to support 3G video streaming, you will firstly use your browser to enter the URL to your NVR in the form:

• http://<ip_to_your_nvr>:8086/ 

 

Note: The "8086" is the default port number of the NVR built-in web server, the one that also serve Internet Explorer. This can be changed from system configuration.

 

Step 1. Entering first page, listing all channels available	Step 2. Viewing video streaming

How-tos

Here's a of list quick questions that might help you to find the information you need:

• Is the 3G video streaming default enabled?
• How to enable 3G video streaming?
• Why can't I see 3G video streaming?
• How to change default web server port number?
• What are the frame-rate or image size of the 3G streaming video? Can they be changed?

Is the 3G video streaming default enabled?

No.

 

3G video streaming involves potential video transcoding. It has to be enabled in the server before you can really use it. Also, be informed that enabling this feature consumes certain resource (though not much) on the server.

How to enable 3G video streaming?

To enable 3G video streaming, open "Video Setup" of a designated channel. On first tab "Record", scroll down the page to look for attribute "3G Streaming".

 

There are three options:

off	3G video streaming is disabled.
on	Turn on the 3G video streaming, using MPEG-4 codec.
h264	Turn on the 3G video streaming, using H.264 codec.

 

 

If the 3G video streaming is successfully enabled, a small "3G" will appear beside the camera icon, indicating 3G transcoding is activated:

Why can't I see 3G video streaming?

There could be a number of reasons. Firstly, your mobile phone must support 3GPP standard for this function to work. Secondly, when the mobile browser tries to reach NVR web server, it will automatically determine the phone type. If this detection is not successful, you may not be redirecting to the correct page. In this case, enter the following URL:

• http://<ip_to_your_nvr>:8086/3gp/v.html

 

If you still can't see video streaming, please contact our technical support, with your mobile phone model number (or device) available to us for testing and diagnosis.

How to change default web server port number?

Invoke "Cfg. System" dialog and change the value as indicated in the following picture:

 

What are the frame-rate or image size of the 3G streaming video? Can they be changed?

The image size and frame-rate is currently fixed at 320x240, 5 frames-per-second.

 

There is currently no GUI offered to change these settings. You can only choose to enable this feature or not.