1. First, enable streaming on the IR camera
To connect to the thermal camera, first enable streaming in its settings according to the instructions here.
The thermal camera provides two types of streams, but only one of them—the display image stream (live.sdp)—can be read by commonly available applications. It is available at the address rtsp://<camera IP>:5540/live.sdp.
2. Download the application
| reads live.sdp | reads thermal.sdp | note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTSP Player | https://gardinal.net/ | ✔ | ✖ | Reliable. |
| VLC | https://www.videolan.org/vlc | ✔ | ✖ | Attention: causes lags. |
| Media Player Classic | https://mpc-hc.org/ | ✔ | ✖ | Reliable. |
| LabIR RTSP Player instructions | https://edu.labir.cz/software | ✔ | ✔ | The easiest and recommended way. |
3. Enter the stream IP address into the application
In the settings of VLC, Media Player Classic, or RTSP Player, enter the IR camera’s IP address in the format rtsp://<camera IP>:5540/live.sdp.
Example: rtsp://196.18.19.00:5540/live.sdp