IP Cameras - Input format

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kquinn

New Member
Hello,

I am trying to use OBS to live stream some security cameras to my website. They are IP cameras from Eagle Eye. I can't seem to get the cameras to connect. I believe the issue is the RTSP input format. I found a video where they mentioned the format being different for different types of cameras but I couldn't find mine. Any suggestions? Or does anyone know where I can find someone to help with this
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
Hopefully someone else will chime in
The issue is that OBS Studio works primarily off the video input feeds visible to the Operating System. Which means, for example, that NDI is not natively supported... you have to add something at Operating System layer to receive signal. again, just an example of one network video protocol

My recollection (I don't have this setup, so only from memory of other forums posts, which I wouldn't have been paying that much attention to)
Is that by using VLC Media Source (or ??) you can get a RTSP feed into OBS Studio... or something like that

But, this is probably NOT user friendly. My first recommendation is to make sure Audio and Video sources are working outside of OBS Studio, at Operating System layer, first. Then, and only then, move onto starting OBS Studio and configuring sources there.
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/stream/network-cameras
or there are many other options (with VLC being amongst the better known)
So make sure camera is configured correctly (settings that work with RTSP receiver, whichever one you choose to use... and different receivers may support different settings)
 
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JohnPee

Member
I have a Reolink camera connected to OBS using RTSP. The camera is connected as a media source using the following string format

rtsp://(Username):(Camera Password)@192.168.xxx.yyy:554/h264Preview_01_sub

I use "554/h264Preview_01_sub" because I only want a low-quality stream, your camera will probably be different.
I can also access the camera directly from an Internet browser using the IP number, user name, and password. Not every IP connected camera will support RTSP.
 
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