How to find the RTSP URL for a Eufy camera

Eufy files RTSP under NAS storage in its app, which is why plenty of owners never find it. The toggle exists so a NAS can record the stream, but the address it generates is a standard RTSP stream, and anything that can read RTSP can open it, NAS or not.

Which Eufy cameras support RTSP

Eufy's own support pages confirm RTSP on a fairly wide spread of the range, always per camera and always through the app:

• The eufyCam ranges via a HomeBase: eufyCam, eufyCam 2, 2C, 2 Pro and 2C Pro on HomeBase 2, and eufyCam 3, 3C, E330 and S3 Pro on HomeBase 3.
• Indoor cameras: Indoor Cam 2K, Indoor Cam 2K Pan & Tilt, Indoor Cam Mini 2K and Indoor Cam S350.
• Wired outdoor cameras: Outdoor Cam Pro, Floodlight Cam 2 Pro, Floodlight Cam E340 and the Garage-Control Cam.
• Not supported: every doorbell in the range (Eufy's support pages are explicit about the Video Doorbell Dual and Slim), and the battery SoloCams by most accounts.

The reliable test is the toggle itself. Update the camera's firmware, open its settings in the app, and if there's no NAS (RTSP) option under storage, that model doesn't do RTSP and no URL exists to find.

Where the toggle lives and what the URL looks like

In the Eufy Security app, open the camera, then Settings > Storage > NAS (RTSP Stream); on newer models the path is General > Storage > RTSP/NAS. Switch it on and set an RTSP username and password when prompted (some newer models generate them for you). These are separate credentials from your Eufy account, and they're the ones that go in the URL. The app then shows the full stream address for that camera.

The address usually takes the shape rtsp://username:password@<ip>:554/live0, with live1 as a lower-resolution sub stream on some models. Copy it from the app rather than building it from memory: owners disagree about whether a HomeBase camera answers at the camera's IP or the HomeBase's, and it seems to vary by model and firmware, so the app's version is the authority. The address also embeds whatever IP the device holds at the time, so give the camera (or HomeBase) a fixed IP in your router or the URL quietly stops working at the next reassignment.

1. 01

   Check your model has the toggle

   Open the camera in the Eufy Security app and look under Storage in its settings for NAS (RTSP Stream). No toggle after a firmware update means no RTSP on that model.

2. 02

   Switch it on

   Enable the toggle. It's set per camera, not per HomeBase, so repeat for each camera you want a stream from.

3. 03

   Set the credentials

   Create the RTSP username and password when prompted, or note the generated ones. They're separate from your Eufy account login.

4. 04

   Copy the address and pin the IP

   Copy the rtsp:// address the app shows, and give the device a fixed IP in your router, since the address embeds it.

5. 05

   Test it

   Open the address in VLC's network stream option. A battery camera has to be awake, so start a live view in the app if the stream won't open.

Using it with Svid

Once the URL connects, adding it to Svid is the same as for any brand: Svid captures the stream server-side, so there's no new hardware and no separate viewer to run. It becomes a live feed like any other input, described frame by frame, and searchable and checkable the same way footage from a phone or an upload would be. The general RTSP connection guide covers the account setup and what happens once the stream is added. And if your Eufy is a doorbell or a battery SoloCam with no RTSP at all, a spare phone pointed at the same scene does the job instead; the phone camera guide covers that in about ten minutes.

Does any Eufy doorbell support RTSP?

No. Eufy's support pages say the Video Doorbell Dual and the Slim don't support RTSP, and there's no doorbell in the range that does. If you want the doorbell's view analysed, a small wired camera covering the same doorway, or a spare phone, is the practical route.

Do I need a NAS to use the RTSP stream?

No. The toggle sits under NAS storage because that's the feature Eufy built it for, but the address it generates is an ordinary RTSP stream, and anything that can read RTSP can open it.

Why does my Eufy RTSP stream keep cutting out?

Almost always battery sleep. Battery models only stream while awake, so the feed runs during live views and event recordings and stops in standby. Continuous power, and continuous recording where the model offers it, are what keep a stream up.

What username and password go in the URL?

The RTSP credentials set in the camera's NAS (RTSP) screen, not your Eufy account email and password. A 401 unauthorised error usually means they're missing from the address or mistyped.