Panasonic BL-C210A Network Camera and Mac OS X

The Panasonic BL-C210A is nice. However, there are several problems when using the it with an Apple computer running Mac OS X

• The Panasonic firmware updates are packaged in an *.exe file. It has to be run to expand into a *.bin file.
• The audio does not work with Safari. It involves Java which does not work in Safari.
• The downloaded buffered images are in a proprietary Panasonic PNC file. The reader app is Windows only.

Despite the above problems, it is still the best IP network camera for the money. RTSP works to VLC on Mac OS X making video plus audio available.

RTSP streaming information on Mac OS X

Panasonic Technical Notes

VLC
audio and video when MPEG4 enabled
rtsp://ipaddress/nphMpeg4/g726-640x480
rtsp://ipaddress/MediaInput/mpeg4

audio and video when H.264 enabled
rtsp://ipaddress/MediaInput/h264

Quicktime
video only when MPEG4 enabled
rtsp://ipaddress/nphMpeg4/g726-640x480
rtsp://ipaddress/MediaInput/mpeg4

video only when H.264 enabled
rtsp://ipaddress/MediaInput/h264

Got one single image after about a minute with this URL in VLC on the Mac: http://ipaddress/rtpOverHttp?Url=nphMpeg4/nil-320x240