RTSP Protocol Address Standards and Examples for Surveillance Cameras

Overview

Unless otherwise specified, all device RTSP prefix addresses follow this format:

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]

Hikvision

Format 1 (New)

Model Example: Hikvision ColorVu

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

Real-time stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/Streaming/Channels/[streamID](?parm1=value1&parm2=value2…)

Playback stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/Streaming/tracks/[streamID](?parm1=value1&parm2=value2…)

Parameter Description

• streamID: Stream ID, format is “{channel number}0{stream type}”. For example: 001 indicates main stream of channel 0; 101 is main stream of channel 1, 102 is sub-stream of channel 1, 103 is third stream of channel 1; 1701 is main stream of channel 17.
• Optional parameters (omit ? if no parameters):
  • transportmode: Transmission mode, unicast (default) is transportmode=unicast, multicast is transportmode=multicast.
  • starttime, endtime: Playback time range, format is YYYYMMDDTHHmmSSZ, Y is year, M is month, D is day, T is time separator, H is hour, m is minute, S is second, Z is optional, indicating Zulu(GMT) time. The number of digits for each time unit is fixed, pad with 0 on the left if insufficient. Just a start time is enough to play. For example 20241013T093812Z.
  • username, password: Device username and password, only used when streaming server fetches the stream.

Example

A typical RTSP address example:

rtsp://admin:123456@192.168.1.100:554/Streaming/Channels/101

This example corresponds to the following parameters:

• Username: admin
• Password: 123456
• IP Address: 192.168.1.100
• Port: 554 (default)
• Channel Number: 101 (main stream)

Format 2 (Old)

Model Example: Ezviz series

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

Real-time stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/[codec]/[channel]/[subtype]/av_stream

Playback stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/Streaming/tracks/[streamID](?parm1=value1&parm2=value2…)

Parameter Description

• codec: Encoding type. Currently includes h264, h265, MPEG-4, mpeg4.
• channel: Channel number. Starts from 1. For example, for channel 1, it is ch1.
• subtype: Stream type. Main stream is main, sub-stream is sub, third stream is stream3.

Example

A typical RTSP address example:

Main stream
rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/h264/ch1/main/av_stream
Sub-stream
rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/h264/ch1/sub/av_stream

This example corresponds to the following parameters:

• Username: admin
• Password: 123456
• IP Address: 192.168.1.100
• Port: 554 (default)
• Channel Number: ch1
• Stream Type: main main stream

Dahua

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

# Real-time stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/cam/realmonitor?[channel]&[subtype]

# Playback stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/cam/playback?[channel]&[subtype]&[starttime]&[endtime]

Parameter Description

• channel: Channel number, starting from 1, e.g., channel 2 is channel=2.
• subtype: Stream type, 0 for main stream, 1 for sub-stream.
• starttime, endtime: Playback time range, format is YYYY_MM_DD_HH_mm_SS, e.g., 2024_12_18_12_05_00.

Example

Main stream for channel 1:

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

Main stream playback for channel 2 from 2025-10-24 08:00:00 to 09:00:00:

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/cam/playback?channel=2&subtype=0&starttime=2025_10_24_08_00_00&endtime=2025_10_24_09_00_00

Huawei

NVR

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

# Live stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/rtsp/streaming?[channel]&[subtype]

# Playback stream
rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/rtsp/playback?[channel]&[subtype]&[recordtype]&[starttime]&[endtime]

Parameter Description

• channel: Channel number, starting from 1, e.g., channel 2 is channel=2.
• subtype: Stream type, main stream is 0 (i.e., subtype=0), sub-stream is 1 (i.e., subtype=1).
• recordtype: Recording type, enumeration values such as scheduled recording is 1, motion detection recording is 4, etc. (see documentation for details).
• starttime, endtime: Playback time range, format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:SSZ, e.g., 2024-07-31T00:00:00Z.

Example

Main stream for NVR channel 1:

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/rtsp/streaming?channel=1&subtype=0

Main stream playback for NVR channel 2 from 2025-10-24 08:00:00 to 09:00:00:

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/rtsp/playback?channel=2&subtype=0&recordtype=1&starttime=2025-10-24T08:00:00Z&endtime=2025-10-24T09:00:00Z

IPC (Camera)

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/LiveMedia/[channel]/[subtype](/[trackID])

Parameter Description

• channel: Channel number, depends on camera type, e.g., fisheye camera-fixed point is ch1, thermal camera-thermal channel is ch102, etc.
• subtype: Stream type, main stream is Medial, sub-stream is Media2.
• trackID: Stream type, live stream is trackID=1, metadata is trackID=4, omit for live stream + metadata.

Example

Main stream for camera channel 1:

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/LiveMedia/ch1/Medial

Uniview

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/media/[subtype](/multicast)

Parameter Description

• subtype: Stream type, main stream is video1, sub-stream is video2, third stream is video3.
• (/multicast): Optional, multicast transmission. Adding this parameter enables multicast; omitting it defaults to unicast.

Example

Main stream unicast

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/media/video1

Sub-stream multicast

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/media/video2/multicast

CNBHT (Zhongwei Electron)

Consistent with Hikvision, includes two formats.

Axis

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

/axis-media/media.amp?[videocodec]&[resolution]&[fps]

Parameter Description

• videocodec: Video encoding, e.g., h264, can be omitted.
• resolution: Resolution, e.g., resolution=1280x720, can be omitted.
• fps: Frame rate, can be omitted.

Example

Requesting a stream with h264 encoding and 1280x720 resolution from a camera:

/axis-media/media.amp?videocodec=h264&resolution=1280x720&fps=25

Multicast:

/onvif-media/media.amp?profile=profile_1_h264&streamtype=multicast

TP-Link

Model Example: TL-IPC341P-W2.8

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/[subtype]&(channel=)

• subtype: Stream type, stream1 main stream; stream2 sub-stream.
• channel: Channel number, optional; in dual-lens cameras, channel=1 represents channel 1, channel=2 represents channel 2.

Example

Main stream

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/stream1

Channel 2 sub-stream

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/stream2&channel=2

D-Link

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

/[channel].sdp

Parameter Description

• channel: Channel number, starting from 1, e.g., channel 2 is live2.

Example

Requesting the stream for D-Link camera channel 2:

/live2.sdp

Shinuo

Real-time

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/H264?ch=1&subtype=0

Parameter Description

• ch: Channel number, e.g., 1.
• subtype: Stream type, 0 main stream.

Playback

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/playback?seek=20251024080000-20251024090000x1&ch=1

Parameter Description

• seek: Playback start time-playback end time, e.g., 20251024080000-20251024090000.
• x1: Playback speed.
• ch: Playback channel.

YOOSEE

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/onvif1

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/onvif2

Xiongmai / Jufeng

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

rtsp://[ip]:[port]/rtsp/streaming?[channel]&[subtype]/user=admin&password=&channel=1&stream=0.sdp?

Parameter Description

• user: Device login username, e.g., admin.
• password: Password, leave empty.
• channel: Channel number, e.g., 1.
• stream: Stream type, main stream is 0.sdp?, sub-stream is 1.sdp?.

Example

Main stream for channel 1:

rtsp://192.168.1.100:554/stream1/user=admin&password=123456&channel=1&stream=0.sdp?

Jiuan

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

/chN_M.264

Parameter Description

• N: Channel number, IPC is 0, 4-channel NVR is 0~3, 8-channel NVR is 0~7, and so on.
• M: Stream number, main stream is 0, sub-stream is 1.

Example

Channel 0 main stream

rtsp://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:554/ch0_0.264

TST (Tianshitong)

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/mpeg4

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/mpeg4cif

JVS / Sunwin

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/live0.264

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/live1.264

Tiandy

The general format for the RTSP protocol address is as follows:

rtsp://[ip]

Description: Use the device IP address directly, no specific path.

Example

rtsp://192.168.1.100

JVT

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/av0_0

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/av0_1

Infinova

PTZ Camera

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/1/1080p

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/1/D1

Dome & Bullet Camera

Main stream unicast

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/1/h264major

Sub-stream unicast

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/1/h264minor

Main stream multicast

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/1/h264major/multicast

Sub-stream multicast

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/1/h264minor/multicast

Samsung

Unicast main stream (720P)

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/onvif/profile2/media.smp

Unicast sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/onvif/profile3/media.smp

Multicast main stream (720P)

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/onvif/multicast/profile2/media.smp

Multicast sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/onvif/multicast/profile3/media.smp

LG

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/Master-0

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/Slave-0

V380

Main stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/live/ch00_1

Sub-stream

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/live/ch00_0

Other Manufacturers

Default Username and Password Summary