Camera Setup for Streaming wildlife live

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Hello
New to forums. I need a camera to stream live on youtube. Subject: humming birds and general wildlife.

Hardware questions:
I am looking for PTZ and was wondering what type of camera would be suited best for the project. Need a cost effective option, a NVR product or a dedicated device to stream to Youtube?

Prefer PTZ since I can zoom in and move camera without disturbing the wild. Also, is 60fps overkill for recording wildlife?

As far as budget goes, I like to keep this project under $1k if that is possible if not I am prepared to spend more. Do I need to spend that much to stream? I will need a decent picture.

If you have any sugestions or If you can point the direction I should be looking it would be much appreciated.

TIA
 
Based how far away you want to watch at, for 25X 4K normally if good enoug for watching.
Camera support RTMP to do the liveview via youtube, no need NVR, use a POE injector PFT1200 to power it would be great.

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ipflink said:
Also, is 60fps overkill for recording wildlife?
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Yes, 15FPS is adequate.

Look at threads by @TRLcam ; he's done several installs outdoors and also live stream to YT.

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TonyR said:
Yes, 15FPS is adequate.

Look at threads by @TRLcam ; he's done several installs outdoors and also live stream to YT.

Wildlife Monitoring Camera Installation

Last year we were commissioned to design and install camera systems around the state that will be used to monitor the presence of a endangered wildlife species. The requirements were a good PTZ camera, solar power, remote system monitoring, customers ability to record still images and record...
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com

Does anyone LiveStream their camera on youtube?

When I put the bird feeder livestream on YouTube, raspberry pi SBC's were hard to find and expensive. All my other livestream cameras use a raspberry pi 3B or 3B+ running FFmpeg to do the RTSP to RTMP video conversion before the video is sent to YouTube. FFmpeg will handle everything you want...
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com

Live camera on a cell tower

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to install a IP camera cellular monopole. The camera is a 2mp Dahua PTZ. I use this same camera on many other installations and it has proven to be very dependable. The camera is at the 125' level on the monopole. I installed the camera below the...
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com

Livestream camera in the sandhills of Nebraska

The Nebraska sandhills region covers roughly 23,000 square miles . It is a vast region of sparsely populated counties and not too many roads. It lies atop the Ogallala aquifer, the largest fresh water aquifer in the world. In the low lying areas are hundreds of lakes and rivers. 85% of the...
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Thanks for that I will.

How do I connect to Youtube to stream without a NVR or some other device, what am I missing?

Where is a best place to purchase cameras for this?
 
ipflink said:
How do I connect to Youtube to stream without a NVR or some other device, what am I missing?
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YT livestream works with RTMP protocol. Select cameras use RTMP to livestream to YT directly, no NVR needed.

A camera that has only RTSP or MJPEG can stream to OBS running on a PC then that PC can convert it to RTMP and connect to YT to livestream that camera.

You create a YT/Google Account, log into YT with your username and password then go to YouTube Studio to create your livestream. You validate your upload with a stream key that YT assigns to that specific livestream. This info can be found on YT

You can get a Dahua-OEM'd camera that will use RTMP directly to YT from @EMPIRETECANDY

ipflink said:
Where is a best place to purchase cameras for this?
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Empire Tech's @EMPIRETECANDY
 
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YT livestream works with RTMP protocol. Select cameras use RTMP to livestream to YT directly, no NVR needed.

A camera that has only RTSP or MJPEG can stream to OBS running on a PC then that PC can convert it to RTMP and connect to YT to livestream that camera.

You create a YT/Google Account, log into YT with your username and password then go to YouTube Studio to create your livestream. You validate your upload with a stream key that YT assigns to that specific livestream. This info can be found on YT

You can get a Dahua-OEM'd camera that will use RTMP directly to YT from @EMPIRETECANDY


Empire Tech's @EMPIRETECANDY
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Is there a PTZ version I like to move it without having to manually re-set the camera every time.

And do I need a special controller to handle a PTZ with a laptop?

Thanks again
 
Can set up the presets and keep touring. Manual control on pc is fine, but use a keyboard will be very smoothly if you play a lot on it
 
Use this joystick
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