How to find the RTSP URL for a Ubiquiti UniFi Protect camera

This applies to UniFi Protect's own camera range, the G-series and similar, managed by a Protect console. Third-party cameras added to Protect are integrated over ONVIF instead and don't get this RTSP toggle, so if your camera isn't a genuine UniFi Protect model, this page isn't the one you need; check its own manufacturer instead.

Finding it

Open the UniFi Protect app on your console, or the mobile app, select the camera, open its settings, and go to Advanced > RTSP. Toggle on the stream quality you want, High, Medium and Low are separate switches, and Protect displays the generated link right there to copy. The link points at your Protect console rather than the camera itself: rtsp://<console-ip>:7447/<token> for a plain stream, or rtsps://<console-ip>:7441/<token> for the encrypted version. Port 554 doesn't come into it here. The token is generated by the console and changes if you disable and re-enable the stream, so copy it fresh each time rather than saving it from memory.

1. 01

   Open Protect on your console

   Use the Protect web app on your Cloud Key, UNVR or gateway, or the mobile app.

2. 02

   Select the camera

   Open its settings from the camera's detail view.

3. 03

   Go to Advanced > RTSP

   Toggle on the stream quality you want to expose.

4. 04

   Copy the generated link

   Protect shows the finished rtsp:// or rtsps:// URL once a quality toggle is on; copy it directly.

5. 05

   Test it

   Open the link in VLC to confirm it connects before using it elsewhere.

Using it with Svid

Even though the link comes from the Protect console rather than the camera, it's still a standard RTSP URL once it's generated, and Svid treats it like any other RTSP source: captured server-side, with 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. The general RTSP connection guide covers the account setup and what happens once the link is added.

Does my UniFi Protect console need to be reachable from outside my network?

It needs a reachable route to wherever Svid runs, the open internet for cloud, the default, or the same local network for the on-prem appliance. Because the URL points at the console rather than the camera, that's the device that needs the route, not each individual camera.

What port does UniFi Protect use for RTSP?

Not 554. Protect serves the plain stream on port 7447 and the encrypted rtsps version on 7441, both from the console rather than the camera itself.

Do I need a UniFi subscription to get an RTSP link?

No. RTSP works from a local, self-hosted Protect console without any UniFi cloud subscription. It's a feature of the console software itself, not a paid add-on.