VBrick Systems How to Verify MPEG Streaming using VBrick StreamPlayer

Appliance Setup

Verify MPEG 2 Operation

TTo verify MPEG-2 operation using StreamPlayer:

1.Launch the StreamPlayer Plus application from the All Programs folder. Go to Start >

All Programs > VBrick > StreamPlayer Plus.

2.The VBrick appliance will broadcast program information to the StreamPlayer Plus application running on your PC.

3.You should see a stream appear in the Program Info column of the StreamPlayer Plus application. The default stream name from the VBrick is the unit's MAC address.

4.Double-click on this stream to launch Windows Media Player and display the selected video stream on your PC.

5.You are now successfully streaming video to the PC.

Verify MPEG 4 Operation

TTo verify MPEG-4 operation using StreamPlayer:

1.Launch the StreamPlayer Plus application from the All Programs folder. Go to Start >

All Programs > VBrick > StreamPlayer Plus.

2.To request the audio/video stream enter the following command in the IP Address field in StreamPlayer.

RTSP://actual IP address of VBrick appliance/VBrickvideo1

The RTSP command consists of the VBrick's network IP address and a user-supplied program name. The default program name is VBrickvideo1. You should be able to use the same RTSP command with other media players.

3.Click the Play button (lower left icon) to launch Windows Media Player and display the video stream on your PC.

4.You are now successfully streaming audio and video to the PC.

Verify WM Operation

Windows Media Player lets you receive streaming video originating from the VBrick appliance on a PC. As explained below, you can verify a WM appliance is working properly by using either HTTP/Unicast or VBrick's StreamPlayer application.

TTo verify operation via HTTP/Unicast:

1.Login to the VBrick IWS configuration utility (e.g. http://ipaddressofvbrick) using the default user name and password (admin/admin).

2.Go to Configuration: Encoder > Server.

3.Press the Begin Edit button to become the active editor.

4.Press Click here to play HTTP to launch a stream in Windows Media Player (assuming you connected to an Audio/Video Input Source in Step 2 above).

5.If the stream runs in Windows Media Player you are successfully streaming audio and video to the PC.

Note The default Cable/DSL-128K, High Motion template for the WM Appliance transmits at approximately 128 Kbps. If you have a limited bandwidth network connection, or encounter other network-related problems, trying using a template with a lower rate bit rate.

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