Camera Browser URL's and their use in Desktop Shortcuts

[snovotill]

I have the DS-2CD2412F-IW version 5.3.0 and needed to create desktop shortcuts which show the snapshot and play the stream without the need to log in. Below is my solution in case anyone finds it useful:

THE NORMAL URL's ARE AS FOLLOWS:

http://UserNameassWord@192.168.1.247/Streaming/channels/1/picture
rtsp://UserNameassWord@192.168.1.247:554//Streaming/Channels/1
rtsp://UserNameassWord@192.168.1.247:554//Streaming/Channels/2

URL's FOR WINDOWS DESKTOP SHORTCUTS:

Calculate the Base64 hash of "UserNameassWord" at https://www.base64encode.org

Put the following URL into a normal IE desktop web page shortcut:
http://192.168.1.247/Streaming/channels/1/picture?auth=VXNlck5hbWU6UGFzc1dvcmQ=

Paste the following line into a TXT document and then rename the extension to VLC,
then install VideoLan Media Player and voilla, when you click the shortcut it plays.
rtsp://192.168.1.247:554//Streaming/Channels/1?auth=VXNlck5hbWU6UGFzc1dvcmQ=
Or for substream:
rtsp://192.168.1.247:554//Streaming/Channels/2?auth=VXNlck5hbWU6UGFzc1dvcmQ=

If anyone figures out how to create an IE shortcut directly into the camera
configuration screens then please reply to this thread ;o)