Wirelessly Stream your DJI drone to OBS Studio, VLC, Computers, etc.

Did you ever want to live stream your DJI drone flight in OBS Studio? It's easy to do using an RTMP server. MonaServer is a FREE open source program that creates a RTMP service that your DJI drone 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. You may need to open port 1935 on your firewall.
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.
Download MonaServer HERE:
sourceforge.net/projects/mona...
Do you use a MAC? Check out this video for Mac software:
• Wirelessly Stream GoPr...
Download VLC HERE:
www.videolan.org/vlc/
On The Go (OTG) Cable for Lightning to Micro USB connection:
amzn.to/3cNq4IR
And feel free to buy me a beer!
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Also note:
Changing your drone from Camera mode to Video mode might kill your live stream as switching between to 2 mode will change the live stream's aspect ratio. I suggest keeping the drone in Video mode to keep a 16:9 video ratio.
Remember to fly safe! There will be a little delay between the what the drone sees, and what will show up on your computer screen, so do NOT use this technique in place of flying line of sight or your controller's HUD.

[@phfarias90]

This was perfect, ma friend! Straight to the point! Congrats!

[@SarveshParakh]

Wtf! Why are you not famous? I checked almost 20 videos on this topic and all those big youtubers are doing is telling me how to live stream on youtube or facebook! That is built into the app. This, however, is freaking amazing! Thanks a lot man! Subscribing to you from 8-10 of my accounts just for this video. Thanks a tonne!

[@tasoli]

Really great video, direct and simple to follow. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this.

[@999Matex]

A very much needed tutorial, thanks a lot man! :)

[@JakePitts]

Thank you for this! Do you know if there is an app for iPhone that lets you do the same thing, but live stream from iPhone to RMTP server, then be able to put that into OBS/Slobs?

[@mikkelvangsoe-andersen4487]

I think you can use an app called IvCam, on the computer and iphone, then you can use the iphone in OBS

[@COGSCNY]

I been looking for a simple rtmp server for a long time thanks bro👍

[@PetePeteRepeat]

G’day from Australia! Just so you are aware, all current and future DJI Fly-compatible drones now support RTMP streaming… including Mavic Air 2, or Mavic 3 ;)

[@tiagomeneghini]

Olá, saudações do Brasil. DJI FLY não tem suporte para esse tipo de conexão. Tem a opção rmtp mas não conecta com monaserver

[@scHeerenveenSupport]

Also DJI Air 2S?

[@NucuRadu_MIP]

Congratulations for the tutorial. I tested it and it works perfectly.

[@SashMultimediaProduction]

Hi @Nucu Radu good morning I’m just asking a quick question here I have a dji mini 3 pro will this same procedure for dji mini 3 Pro?

[@Damstraight68]

Amazing content! Have not found this information anywhere else.

[@djirineu78]

i just instaled the 32 version and it works great now thank you Steave!

[@chupitos2269]

thank's You solve my day... I spent weeks searching for a way to create a custom rtmp string to use on my drone...

[@Filmbz]

Blessings Steve and thank you for sharing the great info good sir. It's precisely every answer I wassearching for, in one video. My cousin has a weekly Livestream 7PM est that I love being apart of, he's the best DJ in the world and coincidentally I'm the best Garifuna Drone Pilot in the world. You are more than welcome to join if you're ever free on Friday's and actually I will post this past Friday's live today. Have a great day Steve and Seremein (Thank you in Garifuna)

[@catherineharris4746]

Simply outstanding! Thank you👍👍👍

[@nabeelbela9185]

Excellent informative and simple to understand video...thankyou brother.You are a Great Help

[@AvatarGodOfJustice]

I can confirm it works for dji fly app. Tested on a dji mavic mini without any problems. Thank you for the video!

[@cdespina167]

Buna, Dragos! incerc si eu sa realizez acest lucru cu un dji mavic mini prin aplicatia dji fly. as vrea sa vad streamingul pe un calculator prin vlc. primesc eroarea livestream failed check and try again. Ma poti ajuta cu niste indicatii suplimentare?

[@mjdannystudios]

Thanks a lot for sharing this technique. Super helpful!

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Great tutorial! Thanks, Happy new year and God bless! 😁

[@jinwang4905]

Bravo bro AWESOME VIDEOS!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@enterdabtek]

Broski!! Thank you! This is awesome!

[@StreamDad]

Just a heads up, this MIGHT cause a flyaway problem. It's suggested that your phone's WIFI be turned off while flying the Mavic Mini, The Mini 2 uses a different frequency because it uses the Oculus (sp?) communication system. I almost lost my drone one day and did a lot of looking around as to what might have caused it, and that's the only thing that made sense and haven't had the problem again since turning of my phone/tablet's wifi while using them to fly my Mini.

[@MrWebb1985lx]

Thank you, sir. Maybe consider an update as many features have changed. You now have to put '/live' after the rtmp in the dji app. Regardless, you've saved countless hours and I appreciate the hell out of you.

[@user-zf3mf6fu8s]

/live ?where ?

[@MrWebb1985lx]

@@user-zf3mf6fu8s in the livestream settings inside the dji app. You'll have to type in your rtmp://(your specific IP)/live

[@sergiomontesdeoca5955]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@BLCStreams]

Hi Steve. I did this using latest VLC and OBS (have existing experience with both) but VLC does not show up as a source input option to OBS. Any ideas?

[@BLCStreams]

I figured it out. Both VLC and OBS need to be 64-bit installs.

[@florenthofman]

thanks this is what I was looking for

[@user-xe1qh5or2o]

Thank you very much ! I look for live stream dji mini2 but there is only thiw posibility with dji fly rtmp

[@fredthomasiii4576]

Great video Steve - a couple of qq. I have the Mavic Air 2 and the latest update allows for live streaming. It works but I keep getting a "too low bitrate" I am considering using VLC with OBS. Do I still need to use Mona????

[@alejandrosantiago6939]

saludos desde mexico, y gracias por la explicacion, es algo que llevo buscando desde hace tiempo

[@Querenciatv]

Awesome Work 👍

[@jeffersonsilva2730]

muito obrigado amigo ! me ajudou muito , essas foi a forma mais facil que achei porem ultilizei um outro rtmp pra fazer funcionar !! thanks !!!!!

[@herbertrogerio1978]

Olá qual vc usou como servidor rtmp, por gentileza

[@wikadept2tv]

alhamdulillah, thx a lot, you solve my problem on my DJI P4 Pro V2... it's verry easy to follow ur instruction.. once again.. thankyou very much. ten thumb 4 u.... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DeeloGoodquest]

God bless you. Not even drone plus in dfw could tell me this.

[@JorgeDo]

Thank you. It also works in a DJI Phantom 3 Professional

[@Fine_art_aerial]

Great Video!!

[@tomaslupia]

hi steve excellente material! thanks you very much. the cellphone should be conected to the same wifi as the computer?? the dji go4 can`t conect to the rtpm net. the streaming icon never gets blue. it stay conecting all the way down. Is there anything i can do?

[@JJRUVEED]

thank you my friend you are awesome!

[@mozesdanielrumbino8072]

Thaks Steve.... this video very helep my work... 😊😊

[@a9dproduction64]

Nice I’ve been looking to use my pocket 2 for OBS thanks

[@golivestream8775]

Thank you, This is worthy

[@pliniopires5513]

Ohmygod! Thank you so much! From Brazil. Would u know if the dji fly received the update to work it on?

[@Guitarune]

You don't need VLC. You can just add "Media Source", deselect "local file" and type the rtmp address in the input field.

[@chappz786]

so we wanna paste url to vlc?

[@RubenPics]

@@chappz786 No this is into OBS

[@istyxxxxx849]

woah thanks!!

[@THEALI54522]

That is really cool❤❤❤

[@nabeelabdaalbela2318]

Please guide me how to use broadcast function for Mavic air 2 .This function was present in DJI go app but not present in DJI fly app.(live broadcast option)

[@elcuatrerorestaurant3645]

Amazing, ty very much

[@rightclickweddingcompany]

Yeah. You did a good job.

[@lotmorestuff]

So direct Sir Thanks

[@marionetasmexico]

Hi, thank for your video, is realy hepfull, do you know if I can do the same with Macbook. Thank´s

[@charlemagnelayosa2482]

Would it work on OSMO POCKET? Thanks, Nice video

[@mathewhughes2158]

Thanks I was looking for a method to stream to tiktok live , this looks like a good setup.

[@underconstruction5301]

Amigo quiero trasmitir en tik tok desde una Gopro, me ayudas por favor

[@skyopticsllc8059]

Can I then stream for my laptop through OBS to Facebook live or KZbin live?? My ultimate goal is to alternate 2 drones and switch live feeds of a football game.

[@talldude7608]

The dji fly app now has a rtmp option for live streaming, I’ve tried the same process but with a dji mavic mini and the server wouldn’t allow it, saying no application a available, could do you a video on the dji fly app please if possible, awesome video also

[@itslissymusic]

Hey, thanks for this helpful video! Does Monaserver work with Mac?

[@Protocol-Media-57]

Thanks we really appreciate for that wonderful wonderful teaching but the problem is that the audio is very low

[@FatihVideographer]

Hi ! Is it possible to get NDI output from any DJI drone ? Thank u !

[@jonathan.varghese]

For anyone wondering, the latest DJI Fly update added RTMP support

[@may-ipadilla3823]

Hi Steve! How do you think we can improve the quality of the video stream?

[@educationplus7840]

Awesome ❤️

[@albertjacobvelazquezdiaz4104]

Can we use this way with Gimbals DJI?

[@devteeable]

Awesome thank you.

[@markuyy]

OMG WE HAVE THE SAME WIFI NAME. plus we have the same drone HAHAHA this video is prime info, thank you!!

[@TravelingandVibing]

This needs to be revisited and updated big time. Im running obs studio and I want live drone footage in one of my scenes. This shouldn't be to difficult but it seems to be for me. The information in this video isnt spot on. For the love of god do a video of just having live footage from the drone to obs without any middle software as dji now has rtmp implemented in the app.

[@unknownun1763]

Another question i have in mind is: Can i use my gopro as virtualCam in apps like Discord, Skype,messenger(?) etc? And if so, how?

[@stretch1807]

Yes. There's an update for GoPro called the GoPro Webcam. You have to download it.

[@hunterfiet9858]

Would this work on the dji fly app? Specifically for the mini 2.

[@kapdiv8drones]

Bro, Thank You! ...if you could help me out with port forwarding to cell/mobile hotspot, I'd greatly appreciate it (more beer...). Got it to work after a couple of tries. Thanks again!

[@cmdrefstathiusplacidus9003]

wondering if there is a plug-in source that doesn't require capturing VLC and is a direct rtmp in obs

[@wilfedluiseconsigna3449]

I tried the step but something wrong with the mona server it doesn't connect with my Mavic 2 Pro

[@northernwrx]

i am trying to stream from my DJI drone to a server using UDP. right now i get the capture into the OBS from the capture device of the drone. do i need to be running the mona server for me to share that RTMP feed to other users? what is the best way to share that video without causing major lag and bandwidth issues?

[@PigsTravels]

Can you use betafpv drones

[@BloodshedRomance]

Found this video trying to do this with the Mini 4 Pro and kept getting "Invalid URL Format". You have to put a / at the end of the RTMP address after the port.

[@Cagruntas]

Any updates if the DJI Mavic mini is compatible yet?

[@sabilhaque]

did try with dji osmo and mac! somehow it just stopped in a second !

[@basleroygaming]

I tried to fill in the rtmp on my drone app (DJI Fly) there is an rtmp option on there now. But it's telling me the rtmp is unvalid. But everything is right. Can't fix it

[@chashkovv]

Thank You!!!

[@chivainmanfoumbi9026]

Good good job !!!! how can we stream video to a hardware video mixer ?

[@FreshlandEvents]

Will it work with Osmo Pocket with a dedicated WIFI module?

[@TsOd09]

Hi, I seem to be getting this error : Protocols.h[137] RTMP server, Permission denied (address=0.0.0.0:1935)

[@albertjacobvelazquezdiaz4104]

Can we use it with Gimbals?

[@drocam9490]

pls I want to know how to live stream an Lf 606 mini drone to facebook

[@josipkolanovic1819]

Hey Steve, I am using Mini Mavic and there is slightly different DJI fly app and there is no "Live Broadcast Platfrom select menu" so I am not able to transmit the video to the RTMP server. Any guidelines that can help me, please?

[@MattRandallProductions]

pretty sure he literally said this does not work with the DJI Fly App.

[@verdi6092]

Can gopro 6 do this through the wifi connection?

[@MarkBishopMedia]

Can this Server be used to live stream a Samsung Gear 360?

[@nicolasfedorsulcic9501]

Thank you.

[@simonandrewmoore]

Thanks Steve- I have a Macbook and therefore have tried the same process using local RTMP Server 3.0 instead of Monaserver. I input the laptop IP address into DJI Go 4, go live, then the little camera icon on the laptop uncrosses, turns red which i assume means the signal is being received. However it still says " no live stream" and the IP address on the RTMP Server 3.0 is the default one and I cannot change it to the laptops one. Can you perhaps confirm what I am doing wrong and if it is actually possible to live stream from Mavic Pro-RTMP 3.0-VLC-OBS-KZbin? My main aim is to be able to add overlay graphics onto my live stream with OBS. Any help would be appreciated and thanks for the great content.

[@simonandrewmoore]

@@Steve_Does_Stuff Thanks Steve that really helped! I have successfully streamed the image from the mavic pro-OBS Studio- KZbin live which is great! Thank you so much! My next question is : It works if the iphone with DJI go 4 and the macbook are both connected to the same Fibre Home WIFI. It does not work if I try connect both devices to the same 3G/4G mobile router, or if they are both connected to individual different cellular routes ( the live stream signal on the DJI controller remains white and never turns blue). Is it not possible to stream from the Mavic to OBS to KZbin live via a celluar signal? Our filming work is out in the bush with no WIFI so praying there is a workable solution via cellular signal somehow :) Thanks so much for the help and keep up the great work!

[@dannyeagle]

@@simonandrewmoore Replying here as I have the same question that you do! If you've found any solutions please let me know!

[@devteeable]

Thank you but i find it difficult connecting my pc IP address to my drone i was getting error message { rtmp error message } please how can i resolve this thanks

[@benharbour3680]

AWESOME!!!! Thank you! Any chance you figured out how to import osmo pocket into OBS??

[@jorgechavez1725]

If you figure this out tell me! I'm trying to do as he's doing here with my Osmo Mobile 2 unsuccessfully :(

[@benharbour3680]

Jorge Chavez no luck yet... I moved on.

[@mrnofriski]

Thanks Bro

[@Niiokaija]

Is there a way to wirelessly stream phone gimbal video to computer for OBS

[@azharjapar1175]

is it workable for DJI Phantom 4

[@thegreatlloyd]

Thank you. I tried this with mac using the software you introduce for mac (github) and it all went well except that the latency was so large, and it seemed it only showed a single frame for evvery minute, its very lag. What do you think is wrong with my set up? Thank you for entertaining my querry. More power to you! :)

[@Alexandremix]

I have 3 second delay using a go pro custom rtmp to mona server. Is there any chance to reduce this delay? If i use ipwebcam on android i have like 300ms delay. how come the go pro locally have 3 seconds delay. isnt there any better options?

[@marcosmartinpascual6127]

Hola , el VLC me da este error ,(VLC es incapaz de abrir el MRL) sabes la solucion ,Gracias

[@NidalDumi]

I have mavic pro platinium and it dosnt work, pls help, me i dont know what im doing wrong,

[@JS-rh6cs]

And for Mac Mona server?

[@briancunningham7839]

Any updates on advice using the DJI Fly App? I have an Air 2S which can't use the DJI Go 4 app, but still has RTMP capability. When I try to put in my IP using this process it goes to countdown then I get an "Invalid RTMP URL format" message. Anyone know any solutions?

[@briancunningham7839]

@@Steve_Does_Stuff I was just about to message you on Reddit haha! I did it both ways but hasn't worked. I was able to use my KZbin Live rtmp address to stream live there, then use OBS to capture that window as a source so I could edit it, but it had a 6 second delay and the quality seemed somewhat diminished (not entirely sure because it was also low light conditions). Seems like it would be better quality if I could get it to work via MonaServer locally :(

[@briancunningham7839]

@@Steve_Does_Stuff I figured it out, it was actually listed in the MonaServer readme file. Just need to add a "/live" at the end of the IP address, still worked fine without the 1935

[@TempestD.]

Hello friend, I would like to know if you can help me, I have a DJI smart controller and I want to broadcast live with it, I already managed to enter the rtmp that it asks for but it only says that it is broadcasting but supposedly it is on my KZbin channel but when I search for it, nothing appears and keep broadcasting could you help me thanks good video

[@kenanhasic]

Thanks :)

[@Filmworks-uh6bw]

A couple questions Steve. 1.) If I have two drones wouldn't they both have the same ip address? That's not a problem right? 2.) If I need to change battery on the drone what happens if it's only one camera in the obs stream? Will the stream just lose the drone camera temporarily and resume once the battery is changed?

[@Filmworks-uh6bw]

@@Steve_Does_Stuff Thanks for the quick reply. I thought the ip address was based on the computer, not the phone. I was curious if the spark stream could be integrated into an obs stream as an aerial camera angle instead of being the heart of the stream. If so then it would just be one of many camera inputs in obs.

[@sid6856]

Does this also work with Streamlabs OBS ???

[@Nosta2Larue]

wow, merci

[@djirineu78]

vlc keeps reject it.....Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtmp://ip:1935'. Check the log for details.

[@cmdrefstathiusplacidus9003]

It seems to need both OpenSSL and luaJIT, which are major pains. Source code only.