Question / Help OBS hangs when RTSP source is used

[Phl]

Hello there,

I have a very strange problem. I have a few IP cameras (exactly the same make, same model, same config). Some of them work with OBS as an RTSP source, but while I connect the others, the application hangs.

I managed to track this hang to these RTSP sources by adding scenes with these RTSP sources and some without them. When I connect a "faulty" camera and switch between the scenes, when I select one that has an RTSP source in it, the application hangs. As soon as I disconnect the camera from the network, OBS starts working normally again.

I'd like to mention here that I tried opening the RTSP stream from all these cameras using VLC player, and all of them work flawlessly.

I checked the logs, but there's nothing there that could help me troubleshoot the issue.

Please help!

 

[Harold]

Have you tried adding them as VLC source instead of media source?

 

[Phl]

Thanks a lot for your reply!

It looks like it might actually work. Does it change anything in terms of quality/stability of the source and final stream?

 

[Harold]

No.

 

[Phl]

Thanks a lot, man!