User Manual

Pearl-2 User Guide Enable UPnP
l Play directly to a media player
l Auto-restart playback to a UPnPdevice
l Change UPnPdevice name
To choose recordings or live streams from your media player, see Play directly to a media player.
Enable UPnP
For security reasons, UPnP is disabled for Pearl-2 at the device level and for each channel by default. You can
enable UPnP to allow digital media players on the network to browse for recorded media files or live streams
on your Pearl-2.
There are two steps to enable UPnP on Pearl-2:
l Enable UPnP at the device level (including setting a share name)
l EnableUPnP for channels and recorders
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.
Enable UPnP for the device
To enable UPnP sharing for the device:
1. Login to the Admin panel as admin, see Connect to the Admin panel.
3. From the Configuration menu, click UPnP. The UPnP configuration page opens.
4. Enter a name in the Server name field. If no name is provided the server name will be the serial
number of Pearl-2.
5. Select whether you want to share live video and recorded files and click Apply.
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