A simple RTSP server that uses a USB webcam and a Raspberry Pi 4B to stream via RTSP to my NVIDIA Jetson Nano running DeepStream applications.
- Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB with WiFi (unsure how models older than 4 will do)
- MicroSD card (at least 16GB)
- USB-C power supply (2.5A recommended example)
- USB Webcam (mine is the CyberTrack H4)
- (Optional) Ethernet cable for headless setup, GPIO fan for temperature management
- Flash the recommended Raspbian OS using Raspberry Pi Imager and add a blank file (no extensions) to the
/bootfolder before ejecting the MicroSD card.
On Linux-based systems, you can open the /boot folder in your terminal and use:
touch ssh
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Assuming you are using headless mode (if you connect a monitor and mouse/keyboard, the UI is very easy to follow instead), plug in an ethernet cable before connecting the power, wait for the Pi to boot for a minute, and find its IP address using your router admin page or an IP scanner. Then issue the following command:
ssh pi@[IP_ADDRESS] (default password is 'raspberry') -
Update and upgrade packages using
sudo apt update --fix-missing && sudo apt upgrade -yand then reboot.
Assuming you are using a Raspberry Pi with armv7 architecture like I did, you can just clone this repo and modify the config file as needed
git clone https://github.com/chaiai/rtsp-webcam-rpi.git
cd rtsp-webcam-rpi/rtsp
chmod +x rtsp-simple-server
(Optional) nano rtsp-simple-server.yml
./rtsp-webcam-rpi