Can I view my camera just from the web browser without extra software?

[survivalbloke]

I just purchased a IP5M-1173EB-28MM after a recommendation from someone online. I run Linux on my computer and so I'm not able to download and run any of the Amcrest softwares. Is there a way I can set up this camera so that I can view it just by using a web browser?

[amcrest168]

welcome to the forum:
you can use a player, https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ and do live view through rtsp.

[survivalbloke]

welcome to the forum:
you can use a player, https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ and do live view through rtsp.

Thanks for the welcome! I'm really excited. We have a family of cardinals(just eggs atm) which is what prompted me to get this camera. I appreciate the help. I can't believe I didn't think to try VLC. thanks!

[survivalbloke]

welcome to the forum:
you can use a player, https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ and do live view through rtsp.

How do I get the rtsp info? That's a new protocol for me.

[amcrest168]

try this with vlc player. go to media, then open network stream.

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rtsp://admin:<password>@<ip>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0 

[survivalbloke]

try this with vlc player. go to media, then open network stream.

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rtsp://admin:<password>@<ip>:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0 

Going to try that now. Also, while I have you here, is there a way to stream this live to youtube? I want to be able to give my friends an address they can browse to and watch the birds too. I found some instructions using a free castr.io account, but it looks like castr.io no longer offers free accounts.

[amcrest168]

sorry it does not stream live to youtube. you can setup a user (non-admin) account on your ip camera for them to view it through the ip cam web ui.

[jack7]

If you have your camera rtsp command working in Linux VLC, you should be able to stream your camera to youtube using OBS in Linux. Lots of videos/tutorials available. Here's one short video. https://youtu.be/wHSgfSMkHgc

[amcrest168]

obs looks cool. thanks for sharing.