2024-11-15

How to Watch Your Security Cameras Online in Real-Time

In today’s fast-paced world, the need for real-time monitoring has never been greater. Whether it’s for home security, business surveillance, or keeping an eye on remote locations, security cameras have become an indispensable tool. But what if you could access your camera streams online with near-zero latency?

In this blog post, you will learn how to watch security camera streams in real time through web. We will talk about challenges, protocol limitations and how IP Camera Master can help you.

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Why Remote Real-Time Monitoring Matters


The value of live monitoring lies in its immediacy. From detecting unauthorized access to ensuring the safety of loved ones, every second counts. However, traditional methods of viewing camera feeds often introduce delays such as 10-20 seconds that can compromise timely responses. Most security camera systems does not even allow users to watch cameras remotely through web. IP Camera Master eliminates this concern by delivering near zero latency streams directly through your web browser for any security camera.


The Challenge: RTSP to WebRTC


RTSP is the foundational protocol enabling IP security cameras to share their streams over the public internet. Despite its widespread use, RTSP is an older technology that lacks support for real-time viewing in modern browsers or applications. That's where IP Camera Master steps in. Our platform seamlessly converts your camera's RTSP stream into WebRTC, empowering you to watch your streams effortlessly from your dashboard with modern, low-latency performance.


How does it work?


First step is to allow IP Camera Master to access your camera stream. Once the stream is accessable, you can create a new camera through your dashboard. To learn how to make this, check this page

If your camera supports RTMP, you can go ahead and create new camera through your dashboard by choosing RTMP as its type. Then you can place generated RTMP endpoint url to your cameras RTMP field by accesing its panel. Then your camera will push its stream to IP Camera Master and you will be able to watch it with low latency through web.