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Before you begin
Make sure you have the RTSP URL of your IP camera ready. RTSP stands for Real-time Streaming Protocol, a protocol used to stream videos in real-time.
An RTSP URL helps transmit video data from your IP camera to Castr or directly to a media player like VLC or QuickTime.
An RTSP URL example would look like this:
rtsp://cams.example.com:554/cam-q953k7
RTSP URLs for IP cameras are not usually standardized; so it depends on the manufacturer. Most of the time you can find your RTSP URL on the camera’s user manual. Another way to find out your RTSP stream URL is by contacting your provider’s customer support team.
Connect IP camera to Castr
Creating a new live stream project in Castr
Change the stream mode from Push to Pull mode
Paste your RTSP URL to the Pull Source
Save
Preview your stream
Once Castr connects to the RTSP of your camera, your live feed will start playing in the preview player on the left.
Stream IP camera to social media
To stream to any social media, click Add Platform > choose your preferred destinations
Stream IP cameras to your website
Our plans provide an embeddable HTML5 player for your IP camera stream apart from the social media destinations. You can find the embed URL, and Iframe Widget automatically generated after you've successfully set up your IP camera stream.
Get stream recordings and save streams as VOD files
When you end your IP camera stream, a recording of the stream is generated in the Live-to-VOD tab. You can choose to keep the recording as a VOD file hosted on Castr or download it as an mp4 file.
Read more about Castr's Live-to-VOD feature in this article.