View Dvr Through Internet

Hi Lads

Anybody ever setup a DVR to be viewed over the internet? I have it networked to my router and I can view it through the pc but can't work out how to view it through the net from another location.

Any Ideas?????

 

This is not easy at all. Think about it as a web cam. Essentially it is a video server that people subscribe to using either proprietary software or in a web browser. Either way the video has an IP and is broadcast UDP. Your router (if you have one) would have to be opened up or triggered to fwd ports to the DVR if it even has some type of server associated with it and it has an IP. Good luck with that.

caveat, I haven't looked into the "slingbox" but I do know you can UDP all kinds of video inputs onto a network.

 

Fairly easy. You can use something like VLC (Video LAN Client) to use a capture device (or files, etc), transcode, and stream.

 

Thanks for the reply lads.

To start off I need to be able to access my network through the net using my IP address and I was told if my router is setup correctly I should be able to access the camera using the ip address assigned to it with the port number on it.

If you could tell me how to connect to my router it would be great... I should really do a networking course!!!

 

First, elbiatcho1 is correct and I have used that program before, It works great.
As far as your camera, what you need is the IP to your internet Modem, the IP that all your traffic is coming in and out of.
Then you need the IP to the Camera on your internal lan and the port it operates on, most times it's 80 or 8080 and is accessible in a browser. Then you have to set up port forwarding or sometimes called virtual server.
Basically you tell the router..
If a request comes to me on port 80, forward it to this internal IP address with this port #. Now, outside traffic has access to your internal LAN. Remember, Routers are set up by default to block any and all traffic that was not requested specifically. When you surf, your router remembers every click and request and will wait until that request is answered (web page pop up). If it wasn't requested then it don't come in. Unless you tell it to........ PORT FORWARD.
You will then give your Internet IP to friends and family and tell them to type it into a browser. If you set it up right all should work.