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Overview

A stream published on the WCS server can be played via RTSP in a third-party player. In this case, WCS itself serves as an RTSP-source.

RTSP-codecs

  • Video: H.264, VP8
  • Audio: AAC, G.711, Speex

Operation flowchart

  1. The browser establishes a connection to the server via Websocket
  2. The browser captures the camera and the microphone and sends the WebRTC stream to the server
  3. VLC Player establishes a connection to the server via RTSP
  4. VLC Player receives the stream from the server and plays it

Quick manual on testing

Publishing a video stream on the server and playing it via RTSP in a software player

1. For the test we use:

  • the demo server at demo.flashphoner.com;
  • the Two Way Streaming web application to publish the stream;
  • VLC Player to play the stream.

2. Open the Two Way Streaming application. Click Connect, then Publish. Copy the identifier of the stream:

3. Run VLC, select the "Media - Open network stream" menu. Enter the URL of the WCS server and enter the identifier of the stream, in this exampe:
rtsp://demo.flashphoner.com/fc6a:

4. Click the "Play" button. The player starts playing the stream:

Call flow

Below is the call flow when playing a stream via RTSP in a software player.

  1. The software player establishes a connection to the WCS server via RTSP.
  2. The software player receives the media stream from WCS.
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