IPStreamMedia v0.1-beta

An Unreal Engine 5.3 Media Framework player for live RTSP streams, built on FFmpeg.

Downloads

• IPStreamMediaDemo-v0.1-beta-Win64.zip: packaged demo (Development build). Run IPStreamMediaDemo.exe, enter an RTSP URL and press Open.
• IPStreamMedia-v0.1-beta-UE5.3-Win64.zip: the plugin. Unzip it into your project's Plugins folder.

Features

• Plays RTSP streams through a standard Media Player and Media Texture.
• Decodes on its own thread, so opening a stream doesn't block the game thread.
• Reconnects automatically after a dropped connection, with backoff.

Usage

• Select the IPStreamMedia player, either in a Media Source's player overrides or with Set Desired Player Name (IPStreamMedia) before Open Url. Otherwise the Windows Media Foundation player may take the rtsp:// URL.
• Optional, on a Media Source: limit reconnects with SetMediaOption (integer64), key MaxReconnectAttempts, before opening. The default 0 retries forever.

Option 1

Option 2

Requirements

• Unreal Engine 5.3, Windows 64-bit.

Plugin only works on Windows Platform as of now.

Known limitations

• Video only, no audio.
• Tested with one camera: H.265, 1280×720, 25 fps.
• A URL that never connects keeps retrying and doesn't report failure, and On Media Opened fires before the connection is made.
• No pause.

Licence

• Plugin code: MIT.
• Includes unmodified FFmpeg shared libraries (LGPL v3). Licence texts and source details are in ThirdParty/FFmpeg/.