
## Sign-up for a free account on RTSP Stream

- Create an account on [RTSP Stream](https://rtsp.stream/auth/login) using your email address or google account or twitter account
- Once you're in the Dashboard, copy one of the RTSP Stream URLs by clicking on the tile
- The URL should be of the form `rtsp://rtspstream:<password>@<server>.rtsp.stream/movie`

## Opening RTSP URL using VLC Player

- Download Video Lan VLC Player from https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- Click `Media -> Open Network Stream`
- In the URL field enter the RTSP Stream URL you copied in the above step
- Click Play

## Opening RTSP URL using GStreamer

- Install GStreamer for your Operating System using these [Installation Instructions](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/installing/index.html?gi-language=c)
- Use the below pipeline on your command-line

```sh
gst-launch-1.0 rtspsrc location=rtsp://rtspstream:<password>@zephyr.rtsp.stream/movie latency=100 ! queue ! rtph264depay ! h264parse ! avdec_h264 ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=480 ! autovideosink
```

## Opening RTSP URL using FFmpeg

- Install FFmpeg for your OS. For Debian based systems you can use

```sh
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
```
- Then use the bundled ffplay utility to read the RTSP Stream. Use the RTSP Stream URL copied in Step #1 above.

```sh
ffplay "rtsp://rtspstream:<password>@zephyr.rtsp.stream/movie"
```


Describes a few ways to open and read an RTSP audio/video stream using freely available tools like VLC Player, GStreamer and FFmpeg

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