Wirelessly Stream GoPro Hero 7/8/9 to OBS Studio, VLC, Computers, etc.

Why use a capture card when you can wirelessly stream your GoPro Hero 7/8 to your computer using an RTMP server. MonaServer is a FREE open source program that creates a RTMP service that your GoPro can connect to and stream the live video. While there is a little delay for the footage to arrive, a lot of possibilities are here.
If you get an error message saying your rtmp address is incorrect, add “/live” to the end of the address. (Without the quotation marks)
You can also try adding just the “/“ to the end of your rtmp address if you get an invalid address error. (Without the quotation marks)
If you have problems connecting to MonaServer, your firewall (Windows Defender or alternative) may be preventing MonaServer from Accessing Port 1935 on your computer. (See Below for more details)
If VLC Video Source isn't available in OBS, you can try adding Media Source. In the Media Source settings, uncheck the "Local File" box and in the Input section, add your RTMP address there. I haven't really used option, so can't speak further on the other settings. I've heard that using the Media Source Option can help if you are having freezing issues using the VLC option.
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If you have problem connecting to your computer & use an iPhone, Go to Settings on your iPhone and look for the GoPro App settings, Make sure "Local Network" is turned ON so your phone can look for your computer
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Another user, shooflypieordie, posted this and you may find it useful. Basically it says your firewall, (Windows Defender, etc) may prevent MonaServer from accessing Port 1935 on your computer.
1) MonaServer likely needs to be given permission to communicate over PUBLIC networks rather than just private. If you don't do this your GoPro will be unable to stream to that port if you're on public wifi.
2) I needed to make sure port 1935 was open and not blocked by windows defender or another antivirus.
3) Although likely not necessary, I ended up specifying my rtmp server as "rtmp://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:1935" which seemed to be more stable than leaving the port off the end.

[@sonofgod33801]

This video has been extremely useful for me. I had the GoPro and tried a zillion ways as a webcam. This was the only way to get a great look with this cam and your video explained it easily. Hats off to you sir!

[@LadyManacos]

I really appreciate how straight forward the tutorial was, no bs. I also really appreciate the tip about making sure the camera doesn't over heat by taking the battery out. I am doing my first cooking stream tomorrow, all my other equipment options have failed me so I picked up a Go Pro upgrade pretty last minute. The over heating thing definitely would've been something I found out the hard way tomorrow if you hadn't told me. Going to set myself up with a cord and my portable power bank instead. 👍🏻

[@LawrenceDotaCoach]

Dude , i cant express how grateful i'm rn , seriously , THANK YOU SIR !

[@Abamacinematic]

thanks you solved my problem. i was searching on youtube everywhere none help me. finally visited your channel and given solution. good luck to you

[@jessegarcia18]

YOU ARE AMAZING! THANK YOU FOR THAT... I've been looking for a solution for more than one year, and you just made it in one short video! Keep that up

[@dryllynch6199]

I have tested this just yet, but i’ll definitely be checking it out later. Much thanks for the tutorial!

[@toothfairy2983]

Oh man... Thank you thank you thank you. I've been trying to set this up for ages and all the tutorials I could find were like 20 min long and required coding... :D you Sir have saved me a lot of time. Subscribed.

[@cherylhudson589]

Well 6 hours later, we totally uninstalled and reinstalled everything as VLC wasn't showing in OBS but at long last it's working, from two very Unitech people thanks you've done what noone else can help us do, windows 11,GoPro hero 11 other!

[@Phuli123]

have to say hats off. worked for me instantly after watching your tutorial and following step by step! you don't usually get that from youtube tutorials :)

[@maxp.3211]

Thanks Steve, I have an Osmo Action and I spent 15 euros on an application that doesn't work. You gave me fantastic advice. So I add one of my add-ons to your work: once VLC is installed and OBS is configured, the following times you can also not start VLC ... OBS Studio still detects the camera since the RTMP link is now created. Thanks again and regards.

[@sly7101]

Thank Steve, your video does help me a lot and after a few weeks that I tryed to connect my gopro hero 8 to OBS, I finally make it :).

[@Tokyo_Views]

Best video on KZbin with no BS and Clickbait. Thanks dude gonna do this this weekend!

[@fiendocular]

Thank you for this tutorial and links! You have made it unbelievably simple to use my go pro as a cam on obs. Now for testing out in the field to see if it works!

[@SUMITMAITRAmusic]

The best video I've seen this far. Thanks a mil.

[@getarthur5972]

Thanks for the tip! I'm going to have the most amazing stream set up cause of this video :) Thanks alot!

[@pablohernandez6477]

Thank you, excelent video, very well explained. Keep the good work!

[@imagineimageorg]

because this guy has said everything a user needed to know immediately with no JUNK or self promotion in his video this guy should get an award from KZbin. IN fact, where are the buttons to vote a video for national awards from youtube? How does one do it? This video just saved me HUNDREDS of useless dollars you know why? Because I KNEW there HAD to be a way of streaming to OBS without a dongle piece of junk because technology is making dongles obsolete. THANK YOU STEVE from all us war gamers who broadcast miniature games on the internet.

[@RichardWentworth1]

Awesome! A great free solution. The lag is a little annoying, but it's no worse than the paid solutions. Thanks so much for this tutorial!

[@BLCStreams]

Awesome job on the video. You covered all the bases.

[@eztwraps]

I think you just answered my questions vs a $50 per month option thanks can’t wait to try

[@sleepyhead1820]

Thanks man. works perfectly, as long as the internet connection is good then its works well.

[@chrislive1586]

I love this man. Thank you for this AMAZING tutorial!

[@dereklammers2977]

well... Glad I found you, but not before I spent money on getting an app that didn't seem to work in OBS. On the other hand, it wasn't that much money, so I might still try to figure that out at some point. This was done in 10 minutes haha. Thanks, man!

[@FreerideSunday]

love you steve. simple. clear. useful. solved my issue This is a good video made by a good person. thank you so much.

[@ActionPoints]

Great video! Thanks Steve! Because of your help I can do some double camera streams at my desk.

[@Titian083]

this was super helpful. worked like an absolute charm

[@jonny2557]

i was searching for weeks thank you so mouch man

[@digitalizatetransformate4889]

Si te doy me gusta, ya que fuiste el único que dio una solución rápida y fácil para resolver el problema de trasmisión directa. Saludos desde La Paz Bolivia.

[@shooflypieordie]

Heads up, 1) MonaServer likely needs to be given permission to communicate over PUBLIC networks rather than just private. If you don't do this your GoPro will be unable to stream to that port if you're on public wifi. 2) I needed to make sure port 1935 was open and not blocked by windows defender or another antivirus. 3) Although likely not necessary, I ended up specifying my rtmp server as "rtmp://YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:1935" which seemed to be more stable than leaving the port off the end. Hope this helps anyone who may have (like me) initially blamed their poor GoPro.

[@jehanvaire973]

A big thank you ! Now the issue is fixed

[@WujaszekDracul]

Dude, you literally saved my ass. I spent 1 week trying to connect with MonaServer and Eset Firewall was blocking my connection. Thank you, you are hero!

[@zZMazeZz]

How do you switch permissions after the pop up already went though from windows?

[@shooflypieordie]

@@zZMazeZz you should be able to change application permissions from Windows Firewall settings. You'll see options for setting permissions as public or private for various apps. If you don't see the Mona application, there should be an option to add an application, which will allow you to add MonaServer with public network privileges

[@NotebookLives]

Thank you! Also, how do you open that port?

[@KnightDriveTV]

You can add offset delay to the microphone input in the mixer settings on OBS, and if you have another camera feed, you can add a filter called video delay(alsync) and add delay to whatever cam is ahead of the GOpro feed. Basically delay all sources to the slowest/laggiest input source you're bringing in. You can't speed things up, but you can slow them down.

[@AdrenalineJackie]

Thank you!

[@paulskitrece4415]

Thank you. Easy to follow instructions and it works great.

[@EvelynHernandez]

Thank you so much man!!! this worked like a charm!! super easy to follow, and we dont have to spend all that cash on that app xD

[@fnmk8864]

This is great! I got it to work for like 15seconds. The gopro "decides" it cant find the server, and then just immediately will "not find the server" on any subsequent attempt. Since it "cant find the server" you are effectively locked out of changing the server and have to factory reset it. Tried for about an hour last night and its been a pain. I might try to remove any other load from my wifi and unplug it from the actual internet and try again. Fairly frustrating. Super clear video though, thank you!

[@KsSyR.]

About to pull a 16 hour stream... I'm horrible about preparing last minute haha thank you so much! Got this set up in five minutes!

[@mcmail99]

how could be any clearer than thus! great vid turorial thank you so much!

[@danieldaly7712]

I love this. well done!

[@cra4xmichaels739]

Your the GOAT! Works perfect. Great for a rear camera to flex the studio.

[@NarWhat]

This is perfect! Thank you so much for this! With this, I can livestream my DJ sets with cameras located far away, without having to run a USB-C cable or anything but a small powerbank to keep it going for hours on end. I'm going to be using my phone's hotspot as the WiFi network, so I just had to get the IP address of my laptop on that network instead of just my regular wifi network.

[@drclipp]

I had some problems getting this working and eventually realized it was because I was using Nord VPN to make my device invisible on my LAN. After disabling the setting in Nord VPN the stream works without a hitch. Thanks for the guide Steve!

[@ramienrosillo]

Thank you man, what a great video, very useful

[@sohebsayedvlogs]

Finally got it... Was searching for how to do live stream through go pro with obs.... Thanks

[@sohebsayedvlogs]

Love from india

[@DJBeneficial]

Thank you! I cant wait to try this! 🔥

[@StillWanderer]

Amazing video, was able to try it quite soon and fast. Excellently explained! One question though... would it be possible to do it also with older GoPro that don't have the "live streaming" option in the App? Like a GoPro Hero 3+? I see in other videos it's still possible to connect to their "RTMP", and connect it to VLC and then OBS... but is it really like that? Thanks!

[@elnoey]

Nice work, I'll be revisiting this video to activate the camera full potential. Tkx

[@vladislavv4977]

Steve great job! Thanks man, because it video starts me to install mona on raspberry pi and try to go online and streaming

[@raulfilea5234]

Thanks man! You just saved me! You are awesome!

[@geekinthegarden3927]

Thanks for this it was very useful. Now to figure out how to stream multiple cameras.

[@RussellModelCars]

Thanks, you made this so easy to do

[@who_is_marcus3517]

Pro tip: if you don't have VLC and want to use it in OBS you can add a Browser Source and add the same rtmp address. Depending on how powerful your computer is, it may help lower resource utilization by not needing to run VLC and OBS at the same time. You can just skip the hand off and go straight into OBS with the browser source. My only issue is trying to figure out the best way to either reduce latency or add an audio render delay so the audio and video match when my band does live streams at shows so I don't have to bring my good camera and worry about someone knocking it over or how long of an HDMI cable I'll need for a certain venue.

[@MattJSowards]

Thank you bro! you are a lifesaver!

[@jorgeespana12]

Funciona perfecto, muchas gracias Steve

[@lorettaelliott5148]

Smh I'm glad I watched this video now I know how he did it. Thank you Steve this was very helpful

[@kevmarcel5953]

Thanks for his video I been trying everything 💀🙌🙌

[@fernandoinchaurreguialvare6300]

Soy de Mexico y me sirvió mucho, Gracias

[@NiranshaDHutch]

awesomeness is here !

[@harryw5622]

It really helped thank you so much!

[@jeffmitchell4072]

Great info! What are steps necessary to stream to zoom, webex, microsoft team chat, google meet, etc ? Still necessary to go through VLC, or can gopro be detected as a camera for use in those applications?

[@SimiTravels]

such a perfect video !!!!!!!!! thank you !!!!!!!!!!

[@mattramen3696]

hot tips, thanks steve!

[@D0SH]

Awesome tutorial

[@LawrenceDotaCoach]

AMAZING , really ty sir!

[@arkaviun]

dude your amazing thx

[@nikolaasduplooy667]

Thank you so much, works very well!

[@evgenyvorobev7722]

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[@pepperjackshack2439]

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[@evgenyvorobev7722]

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[@AlastairWiggins]

You saved me $80 buying a 3rd party app - many thanks! Beer incoming.....

[@spenzo144]

wowowowow amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! you rock dude.

[@JavierMx66]

Thank you for sharing this tips!! I will try them! I have a question. If I would like to stream my Gopro while I'm riding my bike, the go pro will run under my network connection right? If we chose this option my telephone data usage will increase , is not it? Thank you !!

[@Driftinator]

great tutorial! thanks a lot :)

[@johncain1409]

Great video! For live streaming, how long would the battery last? Also when live streaming to my PC when the battery runs out can I simply replace the battery and continue?

[@DJBURNRK]

Very helpful! Thanks

[@KingSolrac]

Thank you for this!

[@BLCStreams]

What mic are you using in your videos? Give me a amazon affiliate link and I will use it.

[@MichaelSchmittBEN]

Great vidoe, thx for the help

[@ashita1130]

So helpful!!!!!! Many thanks :) Would be great if you could do a similar tutorial for GoPro HERO 4 please.

[@electrocrane]

Thank u so much fully worked

[@RomanDragula]

perfect, thank you

[@Che77o]

bigThanks! saved me a lot of money

[@djanishanand]

I have two questions 1) Anything for mac users & 2) I am having continuous connection issues when i press GO LIVE 👉 Gopro just stops and error poos up and says “Something went wrong, check connectivity”....i have been searching for a solution for this for almost a year...let me know if u have a solution 😔

[@lMaffia]

thank you so much for your help! but I have a question: I stream from my gopro with monaserver to obs and twitch but I'm always losing the connection and I have to reconnect everything. Do you think it's a problem of sharing internet from my mobile phone? or could be an issue with monaserver or vlc? hope you can help me!

[@pro.empire]

Amazing dude thank you

[@notvixios]

Anyone know whats the range on this?

[@eaeniko]

the range your gopro can get the wifi router

[@notvixios]

@@eaeniko Idk why i didn’t think of that😭😭 Thank you

[@soroushjebeli7799]

thanks for the video. is there any way I can stream 2 go pros at the same time to my pc using monaserver?

[@heidymatinez7356]

Works the way it is supposed to. Just Good

[@TheHillsAdventures]

works perfect thanks

[@eloyvivanco3498]

Excellent !

[@jameslouviere7094]

Thanks. Questions: at 720p, what distance can the wifi on the hero 7 transmit? 100 ft? and, I use livestream studio. Can I not bring that footage into LS studio as a video source that would show up on my wifi? what lag time do you think that would then be? thanks again

[@rafaelsurfitapema1938]

EXCELENT !!!! THANKS BR!

[@propm]

If I remember correctly, there is a way to delay audio so you can sync it up with the video in OBS, so if you need the audio to be synced that should also be possible with a bit of trickery

[@mannylauresta8657]

Thank you. One question though. Can I use GoPro Hero 3+ in this set up? Thank you and God bless!

[@jamesyuen9390]

Will the Monaserver mess up the computer's wifi connection for a teleconference? In otherwords, can the computer be broadcasting a teleconference while running Monaserver in streaming GoPro as a media source captured within OBS Virtual Cam, which is then imported as camera source into said teleconference?

[@OscarDownard]

That was useful thank you

[@SACHINSTRUCTURE123]

Great i m going to try this now

[@andreyrr6032]

Hi! I have question, I got HERO7. Purchased it just for stream my dj set on facebook, youtube etc. I purchased Pro 3.5mm mic adapter to get sound straight from my DJ mixer. All works perfect, even customer service from GoPro said it will not working. But where the problem, maybe you know, after 1h of streaming on any platform (youtube, facebook, twitch) it disconnect and can't connect back to wi-fi about 10min. As reason of disconnecting is poor wi-fi connection what is bull#it, because wi-fi connection is 100%. It's just not allowing to stream longer then 1.3h. My set is never shorter then 2.5h. I found a lot of topics about that, this issue, is popular when we talking about PRO7. So, can you please tell me, if you stream with PRO8, can you do it longer then 1h, it's allow you to do it? Please don't be confuse about my kind on live streaming, even if I am going live on facebook normally, without dj set, it's disconnecting after 1h. Thanks anyway

[@LuBiBochum]

Great - Thanks !!!

[@msbanda2123]

Really useful 👌

[@Tyr808]

Thanks for the tutorial! Is it possible to use a usb cable to capture video with the go pro, or must a capture card be used if you're not using the wifi method? I've been thinking of getting one myself

[@que.me.container]

i think you can capture video directly from hdmi to usb, using elgato camlink 4k, i think yo can transmit video and recorder at same time. its recomended to use usb 3.0

[@pvsvarahalaraju1548]

Good sharing. Can I use this technique to go live in KZbin , as well as I want to do screen share of my PC through obs?

[@studioameliabg]

Great Job, thank you :))

[@roybouvier5021]

Hi Steve...thanks for the video. Your explanation was spot on and I was able to easily stream my Hero8 to my laptop. Have you been able to stream two or more Hero8s to the same computer? Thanks.

[@roybouvier5021]

Steve Does Stuff! Thanks Steve, I’ll check that out.

[@josephweston1326]

Need Help! Running in to the following issues. GoPro8 is dropping phone Bluetooth connection. When going live after 6 seconds I keep getting "Something went wrong. Make sure your URL is correct and your streaming platform is not down." VLC is connecting to MonaServer.

[@leiann4688]

same, does anyone know how to fix this?