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StreamSponsor mobile app — network camera guide

Direct link: https://streamsponsor.app/help/network-cameras

Any camera on your Wi-Fi network can feed your stream — with your sponsor overlay mixed in by the phone. Network cameras work in one of two modes, depending on which device makes the connection.

For a console HDMI feed, use a compatible HDMI network encoder rather than assuming a USB capture card sends RTMP. Console gameplay setup and troubleshooting explains the iPhone/iPad routes and audio requirements.

Pull vs. Receive

PullReceive
Who connectsYour phone connects to the camera's addressThe camera pushes video to your phone's address
Typical camerasPTZ cameras, security cameras, hardware encodersGoPro, DJI, Insta360, drones
What you enterThe camera's rtmp:// addressNothing — the app shows the address the camera should push to

While pairing, the app shows a step timeline — listening → camera connected → receiving video — so you always know how far along the connection is. Listening means the phone is waiting and the camera hasn't dialed in; connected means the camera reached the phone but no video has arrived yet; receiving means everything is working.

The URL format

The app expects RTMP addresses in this shape:

rtmp://<address>/<application>/<stream>

  • rtmp://192.168.1.50/live/stream — a camera or encoder on your home network
  • rtmp://192.168.1.72/live/drone1 — a drone's controller re-publishing on Wi-Fi

RTSP-only cameras

Cameras that only offer RTSP (many security cameras) aren't supported directly. The workaround: run a free relay such as MediaMTX on a computer on the same network — it pulls the camera's RTSP feed and re-publishes it as RTMP, which the app can then pull.

Picture-in-Picture

A Wi-Fi camera can also be the Picture-in-Picture inset over your main camera — for example, a drone view inset over your handheld shot. See the Go Live guide for PiP controls.

FAQ & troubleshooting

  • "Waiting for video from camera…" never changes: confirm both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network, and that the camera is pushing to (or serving at) exactly the address shown in the app.
  • Stuck at "connected" with no video: the camera reached the phone but isn't sending frames — restart the camera's stream output.
  • The feed drops mid-stream: the app auto-reconnects, and falls back to the last working device camera if retries run out.

If this didn't fix it, send us your diagnostic log: open the Go Live page or the app's help sheet, tap "share diagnostic logs", and attach the exported file (named like StreamSponsor-logs-2026-08-07_08-06.txt) to your report.

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