Standalone VGA Grid User Guide
Stream content using UPnP
Stream content using UPnP
Using the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) networking protocol, your Standalone VGA Grid can be discovered
and can stream to software and hardware media players, set-top-boxes and Smart TVs with ease. If UPnP is
enabled, the system automatically establishes communication with media players on the network.
UPnP uses MPEG-TS over HTTP with the H.264 codec and MP3 or AAC audio encoding (or no audio). You can
only access live streams or recordings that meet these requirements.
For security reasons the default behavior prevents UPnP access to live streams and recorded files.
This section covers the following topics:
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Play directly to a media player
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Auto-restart playback to a UPnP device
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Some players will not be able to access the stream or saved recordings if a viewer password is set.
If needed, see
to clear the viewer password.
The topics in this chapter include how to enable and disable UPnP and how to control media players from the
Standalone VGA Grid. To choose recordings or live streams from your media player, see
Enable UPnP
Enable UPnP to allow digital media players on the network to browse for media or live streams from your
system. There are two steps required to enabled UPnP, enabling UPnP for the system (including setting a
share name) and enabling UPnP per channel or recorder. By default, UPnP is disabled at the system level and
for each channel.
Streams and MPEG-TS recorded files must use the supported codecs: H.264 with MP3 or AAC
audio. Having a viewer password could prevent the ability to use UPnP.
To enable UPnP:
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