iRTSPSupport
iRTSP help & contact
iRTSP turns your iPhone into a standard RTSP camera server with time-synced IMU, GPS, LiDAR depth, and ARKit pose — built for VIO, robotics, and AR. Everything streams on your own local network; nothing leaves it.
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Questions, bugs, or feature requests
Email and I'll get back to you. Please include your iPhone model and iOS version.
Common questions
- How do I view the stream?Tap Record, then point any RTSP player (VLC, ffmpeg, OBS) on the
same Wi-Fi or hotspot at the
rtsp://…URL the app shows (or scan its QR code). - Nothing connects.Make sure the player and iPhone are on the same network, and that Local Network access is allowed for iRTSP in Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network.
- How do I read the IMU / GPS / depth / pose data?The optional sensor channels are advertised over Bonjour on separate ports alongside the video. They're opt-in and off by default.
- Does my footage go to the cloud?No. iRTSP streams peer-to-peer on your local network only. It has no account, no cloud, and collects no data. See the privacy policy.
For developers
Build on the streams
iRTSP is also a live sensor rig: video over RTSP plus a time-synced IMU / GPS / LiDAR-depth / ARKit-pose side-channel, all on one shared clock — so the video and odometry line up with no time offset to estimate. The guide documents the exact wire formats and the synchronization model.
The irtsp package gives you typed, SI-unit records and time-aligned video+odometry bundles in a few lines. Prefer raw sockets? Minimal clients: Python · C++ · ROS 2 node