Screen2ipcam is a native Windows app (C++, no .NET or extra dependencies) that publishes your screen as a standard ONVIF Profile S / RTSP H.264 camera. Your NVR or VMS auto-discovers it on the network and records it like any hardware camera.
If you have ever wanted to record a Windows screen the same way your CCTV system records cameras, this is the missing piece. Here is what the two standards mean and why they matter.
ONVIF is the open standard that lets cameras, NVRs and VMS software from different brands talk to each other. Profile S covers live video streaming. Because Screen2ipcam speaks ONVIF Profile S, recorders find it automatically over WS-Discovery and treat it as a normal IP camera — no special drivers, no vendor lock-in.
RTSP is the protocol that carries the live video, and H.264 is the codec that compresses it efficiently. Screen2ipcam serves a full-quality main stream and a lighter sub stream over RTSP on port 554, exactly the layout NVRs expect for smooth multi-camera live view plus high-quality recording.
Instead of a separate screen recorder that only saves local files, your PC becomes one more camera in the system you already run. It appears in the same timeline, motion detection, storage retention and remote access as your real cameras — dashboards, kiosks, machines, POS, or a second PC all get archived automatically.
From install to recording usually takes a couple of minutes. No cabling, no capture card, no cloud account.
Install Screen2ipcam on the Windows PC whose screen you want to capture (Windows 7 SP1 → 11, 32 or 64-bit). It starts serving immediately as a native app — nothing else to install.
Let these ports through on your LAN: ONVIF 8000, RTSP 554, WS-Discovery 3702, and web admin 8080. Note the PC's local IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.50).
Use your recorder's ONVIF auto-search to discover it, or add it manually with the IP, ONVIF port 8000, and login admin / admin (change this in the web admin panel first).
The main and sub streams appear like any camera channel. Enable continuous or motion recording, set retention, and view the screen live from anywhere your NVR is reachable.
Tip: if your NVR asks for an RTSP URL directly, use rtsp://<PC-IP>:554 and enter the ONVIF credentials. Change the default password in the web admin panel before deploying on a shared network.
Screen2ipcam works with anything that supports ONVIF Profile S or plain RTSP H.264. Here is the short path for three popular systems.
8000, user admin, password.8000, and the credentials.8000, RTSP 554, credentials.The same approach works for Synology Surveillance Station, Milestone, Agent DVR / iSpy, Frigate, Shinobi and other ONVIF/RTSP platforms.
Any moment where "record what is on that screen, into the system I already trust" is the goal.
A regular screen recorder saves files on the same PC. Screen2ipcam makes the screen a first-class camera in your surveillance system.
| Capability | Typical screen recorder | Screen2ipcam |
|---|---|---|
| Appears as an ONVIF Profile S camera | No | Yes |
| RTSP H.264 main + sub streams | No | Yes |
| Auto-discovered by NVR / VMS | No | Yes (WS-Discovery) |
| Recorded into your existing CCTV timeline | No | Yes |
| Central retention, motion & remote access | Local only | Handled by the NVR |
| Runs without .NET / extra runtimes | Varies | Native C++ |
| Free edition available | Varies | Yes (Microsoft Store) |
Honest note: Screen2ipcam is Windows-only and streams H.264 video only. If you need audio, other codecs, or a cross-platform tool, it is not the right fit.
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Buy on magicweb.winThe essentials about ONVIF, RTSP, compatibility, licensing and setup.
Yes. Screen2ipcam exposes your Windows screen as a standard ONVIF Profile S device with RTSP H.264 streams. To an NVR or VMS it looks like an ordinary network camera, so it is auto-discovered via WS-Discovery and recorded exactly like a hardware camera.
Any recorder that supports ONVIF Profile S or plain RTSP H.264. This includes Hikvision and Dahua NVRs, Blue Iris, Synology Surveillance Station, Milestone, iSpy/Agent DVR, Frigate, Shinobi and most other VMS platforms.
No. Screen2ipcam is a native C++ application with no .NET, Java or external runtime requirements. It runs as a single lightweight executable on Windows.
Yes. The Microsoft Store edition is free to use. It runs clean for 14 days, then adds a small watermark to the video, but it never expires and keeps working. A one-time full license (about $20) removes the watermark.
Screen2ipcam supports Windows 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11, in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
ONVIF service on port 8000, RTSP on port 554, WS-Discovery on port 3702, and the built-in web admin panel on port 8080. Make sure these are allowed through the Windows firewall on your LAN.
The default ONVIF and web admin credentials are admin / admin. You should change them in the web admin panel (port 8080) before using Screen2ipcam on a shared network.
Screen2ipcam streams H.264 video only and runs on Windows only. It provides both a main stream and a lower-resolution sub stream, which most NVR and VMS software use for smooth live view plus full-quality recording.
Start free on the Microsoft Store, or get the full one-time license. Windows 7 – 11, ONVIF Profile S, RTSP H.264.