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codeAugust 11, 20268 min readRTSPLink Dev Team

Real-Time RTSP Object Detection with Ultralytics YOLOv8 & Python

Deploy YOLOv8 AI object detection on live security camera RTSP streams with 30+ FPS GPU inference.

#YOLOv8#Python#AI Inference#Computer Vision#Object Detection
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#1YOLOv8 Live RTSP Inference Pipeline

Pass the RTSP URL directly to YOLOv8 for automated multithreaded frame decoding:

YOLOv8 RTSP Stream Inference
from ultralytics import YOLO

# Load model (nano, small, or custom trained)
model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")

# Stream directly from RTSP URL
results = model.predict(
    source="rtsp://rtsplink.com/live/test?token=demo",
    show=True,
    stream=True,
    conf=0.5
)

for result in results:
    boxes = result.boxes
    for box in boxes:
        print(f"Detected class: {box.cls}, Confidence: {box.conf}")

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