How to stream from OBS to RTSP and watch on Emby without transcoding

[YKEmbyMedia 4]

Hi,

I use OBS studio to stream music video clips via mediamtx tool as RTSP server and want to watch it in Emby (Windows/Android) but I noticed the message about not supported container.

Can you help me make a proper stream setup that will not require this transcoding? Log is attached.

1) Setup for Streaming with OBS

On Emby added URL "rtsp://@192.168.0.10:8554/live" to IPTV plugin and see container conversion to HSL.

 

2) Also tried using Recording 

 

The result is the same.

 

Moreover, audio being played 192kbps instead of 256. I tested m3u file in SKPlayer and saw needed audio bitrate.

 

 

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Edited February 21, 2024 by YKEmbyMedia
Corrected title+fixed pictures

[Luke 43002]

Hi, your example shows no transcoding. It is just being repackaged into a new container.

[YKEmbyMedia 4]

Not realy, the audio is transcoded to lower bitrate 192 instead of 256

http://192.168.0.5:8096/emby/videos/59613/live.m3u8?DeviceId=a70b6978-bfd4-4ff3-ba70-b3d7caa71bac&MediaSourceId=d4d1e6d4c37043b7b0a5835416574a18&PlaySessionId=b660fa2e1deb4eb1b712fbeabd8f51d5&api_key=52e1cdb531994eb18eda42c8389d7da6&VideoCodec=h264,h265,hevc,av1&AudioCodec=mp3,aac&VideoBitrate=159808000&AudioBitrate=192000&MaxWidth=3840&AudioStreamIndex=1&TranscodingMaxAudioChannels=2&SegmentContainer=m4s,ts&MinSegments=1&BreakOnNonKeyFrames=True&SubtitleStreamIndexes=-1&ManifestSubtitles=vtt&h264-profile=high,main,baseline,constrainedbaseline,high10&h264-level=62&hevc-codectag=hvc1,hev1,hevc,hdmv&TranscodeReasons=ContainerNotSupported

Also I tested streaming OPUS or LPCM audio and it is transcoded to AAC and MP3.

IPTV & M3U

[Luke 43002]

Opus we can probably get to direct stream, but the pcm one will need to be converted.

[futebol2025 0]

emby ja era pra ter opcao de reproduzir youtube no proprio apk

[godfuture 5]

Hey guys, I come from

I guess in this thread here its about mediamtx providing a stream to emby, right? Could emby also be used to provide media to mediamtx such that others could stream it? I would love something like silent cinema or silent party where emby is playing towards a media streamer where others could easily subscribe for video or audio.

For example, if a Raspi is providing a wifi hotspot next to its regular wifi network connection and hosts mediamtx, it only needs to appear as emby client. As a user I could select playback in Raspi. This would be awesome for some summer nights.

Edited Tuesday at 06:51 PM by godfuture

[Luke 43002]

On 9/1/2026 at 2:45 PM, godfuture said:

Hey guys, I come from

I guess in this thread here its about mediamtx providing a stream to emby, right? Could emby also be used to provide media to mediamtx such that others could stream it? I would love something like silent cinema or silent party where emby is playing towards a media streamer where others could easily subscribe for video or audio.

For example, if a Raspi is providing a wifi hotspot next to its regular wifi network connection and hosts mediamtx, it only needs to appear as emby client. As a user I could select playback in Raspi. This would be awesome for some summer nights.

HI, so you want to control that other app from Emby  ?