# Embedding input from Setup Top Box / Live TV

**URL:** https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/embedding-input-from-setup-top-box-live-tv/2570
**Category:** Xibo Player for Android
**Created:** [June 6, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/embedding-input-from-setup-top-box-live-tv/2570 "2015-06-06T12:37:24Z")
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### Author: ![Peter](https://community.xibo.org.uk/user_avatar/community.xibo.org.uk/peter/32/8154_2.png) [@Peter](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/Peter)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/embedding-input-from-setup-top-box-live-tv/2570/5 "2015-06-17T10:58:33Z")

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It needs to be a unicast RTSP stream with a codec that Android can display - ie webm or H264. Multicast streams are not supported as Android has no support for it.

Beyond that it’s just a case of entering the stream URL in the Local Video module as detailed here:

> [@Stream CCTV IP Camera in to Xibo for Android](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/stream-cctv-ip-camera-in-to-xibo-for-android/80):
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> Xibo for Android has the ability to show some video streams assuming that they’re formatted appropriately for the Android system. In this example, I’m using an SinoCam SN-IPC-7004A-POE-UK camera. It provides an H264 encoded video stream via RTSP which is suitable for an Android device. First you need to know the IP address of your camera. This will vary depending on the network the device is connected to. The default is 192.168.1.100 or whatever DHCP address your router has assigned. Once you…

As for the Windows player  
You could try with VLC rtsp link maybe or have a look here:

> [@Unable to stream a rtsp feed to a Windows Xibo Client](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/unable-to-stream-a-rtsp-feed-to-a-windows-xibo-client/282/7):
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> For WIndows: We’ve successfully run an RTMP (via Open Broadcaster Software to an niginx server that accepts RTMP) feed that goes through a video.js player embedded in a simple HTML file on the nginx server. Because we only have a few displays, I configure the Xibo box to pull double duty (e.g. running CMS and streaming). We then embedded HTML in a Xibo content region & iframe’d the video player page in. Took a little tweaking on content region size, etc. but so far everything works like a charm…

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