In this quick start quide we will show a few scenarios how to quickly setup and monitor your cameras.

After the purchase you will receive an email with credentials to login to your server where you can create cameras, users, etc.

Login to the platform and select Cameras -> All, at the top left corner.

1. Click Add. Type the name of your camera and select your timezone. Click Save.
2. Now you can Edit your camera. Click Actions -> Edit.
3. Navigate to Video Configurations and select the following: Video Source: RTMPS Stream, Motion Detection Type: FTPS Video, Transcoding: No, Record Stream: Yes, Playback 14 Days (select as many you need). Click Update.
4. In this step, you need to start streaming video from your camera to camlocus. The easiest way to do this is using FFMPEG, you can download it here: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.htmlOn any platform you can use ffmpeg to start uploading the stream. For example, in windows, create .bat file and put it in startup location as a shortcut:C:\Users\MyUser123\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartupExample filename: stream-123.batBelow is the content of the .bat file::loop.\ffmpeg.exe -rtsp_transport tcp -i “rtsp://admin:mycampass@192.168.0.65/Streaming/Channels/102” -pix_fmt yuvj420p -x264-params keyint=48:min-keyint=48:scenecut=-1 -ar 44100 -acodec aac -vcodec libx264 -preset veryfast -crf 31 -threads 4 -f flv rtmps://aa.zz.yy.xx/hls/key
   timeout /t 5goto loopYou need to know your camera’s IP address, password, RTSP url. Example above is for hikvision cameras. RTMPS url is generated in camlocus platform for each camera individually, once you create one. Please check blog article here: https://camlocus.com/rtsp-url-examples-of-ip-cameras/ , on how to find rtsp url for your camera.
5. That’s it. Please go to Camlocus -> Live Stream and you will see your camera’s stream. Also, you can preview recorded video in Playback page.