Stream any RTSP IP camera to your website and social platforms.

Create a live stream in Castr, switch it from publish to pull mode, and paste the camera's RTSP URL. Once Castr connects, the dashboard generates an embed code and iframe widget for the HTML5 player, and you paste that into your page like any other embed. Visitors watch the live camera feed in their browser with no plugin.

Yes. Castr pulls the camera's RTSP feed and restreams it to YouTube as a normal live broadcast, and the same feed can reach Facebook, Twitch, and custom RTMP or SRT destinations at the same time. YouTube never connects to the camera. It receives a standard stream from Castr. One caveat: most IP cameras send video only, and YouTube and Facebook reject streams without an audio track. Enable audio, even a silent AAC track, in the camera settings or through an on-site encoder before restreaming. Castr's own embedded player plays video-only feeds fine.

You need the camera's full RTSP address, which usually combines the camera's credentials, its address, port 554, and a path, for example rtsp://cams.example.com:554/live. The exact format varies by manufacturer, so check the camera manual or admin interface. Because Castr pulls the feed over the internet, that URL must be reachable from outside your network, which typically means setting up port forwarding on your router. If you cannot open the network, push the feed to Castr from an on-site encoder over RTMP or SRT instead.

Any camera that outputs an RTSP stream can be pulled, regardless of manufacturer, and that includes security cameras and CCTV encoders as long as they expose an RTSP URL Castr can reach. Cameras and gateways that push RTMP or SRT also connect. Confirm your exact device and stream settings during the trial before you commit.

Each camera uses one live stream. Monthly plans include 2 streams on Starter and Standard, 5 on Premium, 10 on Ultra, and 15 on Events. Annual billing raises those counts to 3 on Starter and Standard, 10 on Premium, and 15 on Ultra and Events. For larger multi-camera deployments, talk to the sales team about a custom setup.

Yes. Turn recording on before the stream goes live and cloud recording captures up to 72 hours. On a continuous 24/7 feed the recording covers the most recent 72 hours, with older footage removed as new video comes in. Recordings stay available for three days to download as an MP4 or save to your video library, and longer retention is a custom arrangement with the Castr team.

Playback is delivered over multi-CDN infrastructure (Akamai, Fastly, CloudFront), so capacity does not depend on your camera or your connection. Plans are sized by monthly bandwidth rather than a viewer cap, from 200 GB on Starter to 10 TB on Events with custom volume beyond that, so estimate viewers, watch time, and bitrate to pick a tier. Viewer analytics on every plan report plays, concurrent viewers, watch time, and viewer geography and devices for the last 30 days, so you can check real usage after launch.

Yes. Persistent public webcams are a normal Castr workload, and the feed stays live as long as Castr can reach the camera's RTSP URL. For an always-on camera, plan bandwidth around continuous viewing hours rather than event-length sessions: one viewer watching nonstop at 2 Mbps uses about 21.6 GB per day, so Starter's 200 GB covers roughly nine days of a single constant viewer. Use the bandwidth calculator to size a real audience.

Yes. Castr offers a 7-day Starter trial with no credit card required. Advanced workflows and higher limits may require a paid tier or a technical consultation.