RTSP Settings

Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is a network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers. Turbine stations support RTSP version 1.0 defined in RFC 2326.
All Turbine devices support audio streaming over RTSP. Turbine video stations (TxIV-x) additionally support video streaming over RTSP.

Software requirements

RTSP streaming is supported as from Turbine software version 4.11

Configuration

How to access the RTSP settings depends on the mode of operation:

• ICX-AlphaCom mode:
  • Video intercoms: Advanced ICX-AlphaCom > Advanced Video Settings
  • Non-video intercoms: Advanced ICX-AlphaCom > RTSP and ONVIF
• Edge or SIP mode (Advanced Configuration must be enabled):
  • Video intercoms: Edge/SIP Configuration > Advanced Video
  • Non-video intercoms: Edge/SIP Configuration > RTSP and ONVIF

Audio Streaming

Audio Non-video

RTSP settings - Non-Video Intercom

• Audio source - defines when acoustic echo canceler is applied to mic+speaker voice. With this setting, it is possible to choose whether only the microphone signal is sent to the RTSP stream or both microphone and speaker signals are sent to the RTSP stream. Options are:
  • Mic before AEC - Both microphone and speaker signals are sent out to RTSP stream
  • Mic after AEC - Only microphone signal is sent out to RTSP stream

The username and password of the device must be added to the url. E.g.: rtsp://admin:alphaadmin@10.5.102.106:554/media/.

Audio and Video Streaming

Default RTSP url

Default RTSP url - Video intercom

RTSP url generator

The RTSP url generator allows to configure and use custom RTSP URL. The custom RTSP URL can be used in parallel with the default RTSP url, but will have a different configuration than the default one

• Encoder - which encoder will be used for the video stream, options are H264 and MJPEG
• Resolution - Sets the pixel resolution, options are. Supports 240p, 480p, 720p (H264 only) and 1080p (H264 only).
• Frames per second - sets the framerate per second. Options are 5fps, 10fps, 15fps (H264 only) , 25fps (H264 only) and 30fps (H264 only)
• Bitrate (H264 only) - Sets the bitrate which will be used in video stream. Options are 128, 300, 500, 1000, 1500, 2500, 5000 and 7000kb/s

Click the Copy URI button to copy the generated URI.

RTSP settings - Video intercom

The username and password of the device must be added to the url. E.g.: rtsp://admin:alphaadmin@10.9.5.143:554/media?encoder=H264&resolution=1080P&fps=25&bitrate=2500