Change HTTP and RTSP streaming port values

Applies to: Pearl-2, Pearl Mini, Pearl Nexus, Pearl Nano

You can use the Admin panel to configure a specific streaming port value for the channel. Ensure that each channel has unique streaming port values that are not currently assigned to any other process.

By default, each channel you create is assigned a unique HTTP and RTSP port number.

For RTSP streaming directly to users on your LAN, the only information that's needed to view the broadcast is the URL and the RTSP port number used to stream the broadcast.

HTTP port numbers are used for FLV and MPEG-TS streaming methods.

Set the HTTP and RTSP streaming ports for streaming to viewers on the local network

• Log in to the Admin panel as admin.
• From the Channel(s) menu, select the channel and click Streaming. The Streaming page opens.
• Set the HTTP Streaming port to specify the port used to stream the HTTP broadcast. This value along with the URL is used by viewers to access the FLV and MPEG-TS streams. The port number must be higher than 500 for HTTP. In the case of RTSP streaming this value is ignored.
• Set the RTSP Streaming port to specify which port to use when you are streaming live video via RTSP. This value along with the URL is used by viewers to access the broadcast. The default for channel one is 554.
• Click Apply.

Disable and enable direct channel streaming

The channel streaming URLs are enabled by default. The URLs are listed on the Status page for the channel, which you can share with viewers. You can disable the channel's streaming URLs from the Streaming configuration page using the Admin panel.

Disabling channel streaming for viewers using their web browser or media player does not disable live streaming to a CDN.

Disabling streams for viewers does disable all viewer formats, including: HTTP/HTTPS, RTSP, and HLS.

Disable or enable the channel streaming URLs using the Admin panel

• Log in to the Admin panel as admin.
• From the Channel(s) menu, select a channel and click Streaming. The streaming page opens.
• Beneath Streams for viewers, uncheck Enabled to disable direct streaming of channels to viewers using the channel's streaming URLs. Leave Enable checked to allow direct streaming using the channel's URLs.
• Click Apply.

Device differences

• Pearl Nano: You cannot create additional channels — Pearl Nano has one fixed channel, so per-channel port configuration applies only to that single channel.
• Pearl Nano: Admin panel menu names are singular ("Channel" menu, not "Channel(s)"), and the disable/enable step reads "disable direct streaming of Channel to viewers" (singular).