How to Live Stream Your IP camera on YouTube via OBS Studio Software?

Applies to:

I81FB/I81HC/I91BK/I81HB/I51DE/I51DF/I51DK/I51DB/I51DD/I51DJ/I51DL/I51DN/I51DM/I51DP/I91BF/I91BE/I91BG/I91BM/I91BN/I91BL/I41BK/B1200/NC400/CZ400/C500/C800

Steps:

1. Get the RTSP URL of your IP camera.

1) Please download the SADP Tool to find the camera’s IP address on the PC. The camera and the PC must be connected to the same router or the POE switch.

For Windows system:

https://download.annke.com/CMS/SADP_v3.0.2.4.zip

For Mac OS:

https://download.annke.com/document/Computer_Software/SADPTool.pkg.zip

2)The IP camera supports RTSP protocol. The correct description of RSTP is as follows:

The correct description of RSTP is as below:

RTSP without Authentication (NVR/DVR/IPC/Encoder)

rtsp://<IP address of device>:<RTSP port>/Streaming/channels/<channel number><stream number>

RTSP with Authentication

rtsp://<username>:<password>@<IP address of device>:<RTSP port>/Streaming/channels/<channel number><stream number>

Example:

rtsp://173.200.91.70:10554/Streaming/channels/101 – get the main stream of the 1st channel

rtsp://173.200.91.70:10554/Streaming/channels/102 – get the sub stream of the 1st channel

User name: admin (default)
Password: The password is the login password used to activate your device.
IP: You can get the camera's IP address on the SADP software.
Port: 554

<stream number> represents main stream (01), or the sub stream (02)

2. Download and install OBS Studio software

This software supports Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, it is a cross-platform software, here is the download link:

Download | OBS (obsproject.com)

3. Open OBS studio and add RTSP media sources to your IP camera.

1) Please click [+] in the [Source] module, and select [Media Source] in the Source menu. Here are the images for your reference.

2) Please customize the media source name, click "OK" to enter the properties window, and deselect "Local File", the software will display the [Input] and [Input Format] input boxes, in the [input] box, fill in your camera's RTSP URL.

3) After clicking OK, the OBS software will play the RTSP video stream.

4) Please click [File] in the menu, select [Settings], the software pop-up settings window, and in the tab we select [Video]. Then input a suitable base resolution and output resolution. The base resolution is preferably the same as the mainstream resolution of the IP camera.

4. Add your YouTube account.

1) Please click [File] in the menu, select [Settings], the software pop-up settings window, in the tab we select [Stream]. Here we choose YouTube - RTMPS streaming service.

2) Please click “Connect Account (recommended)”, enter your YouTube account username and password on the pop-up page, and then click “Continue” to allow OBS Studio access to manage your YouTube account.