📌 1.
Project Goal
Build an Android app that can:
Live stream to YouTube / Facebook (RTMP)
Use DSLR as camera via HDMI capture card (UVC)
Add logo, image, text overlays
Create Scenes like OBS
Use external mic
Stream to multiple platforms at same time
1080p professional streaming
🧠 2. Core Architecture
DSLR → HDMI → Capture Card → OTG → Android
↓
UVCCamera (frames)
↓
OpenGL Overlay Engine
↓
RootEncoder (RTMP)
↓
Restream / Your RTMP Server
↓
YouTube + Facebook
🧰 3. Required Libraries
Purpose Library Why
RTMP streaming, encoder, RootEncoder (pedroSG94) Main streaming engine
OpenGL filters
DSLR / USB capture card UVCCamera (saki4510t) Reads UVC device as camera
camera
Image/Text overlay Built into RootEncoder OBS-style overlays
(OpenGL filters)
Audio input Android AudioRecord Mic capture
Purpose Library Why
Permissions Android USB Host API Detect capture card
⚙️ 4. Android Project Configuration
Language
Java
Min SDK
24
Required Permissions
CAMERA
RECORD_AUDIO
INTERNET
USB HOST FEATURE
🧩 5. Major App Modules
You will design the app in modules like OBS.
Module Responsibility
Camera Module Phone camera or DSLR (UVC) input
Streaming Module RTMP encoding and sending
Overlay Engine Logo, text, graphics rendering
Scene Manager Switch layouts during live
Audio Module External mic / phone mic
UI Control Panel Buttons, RTMP input, scene control
Multi-Stream Send one stream to many platforms
🎥 6. Camera Module
Two Inputs
Source How
Phone Camera RootEncoder Camera2
DSLR Camera UVCCamera surface frames
UVCCamera detects HDMI capture card as USB webcam.
🌈 7. Overlay Engine (OBS Magic)
Using RootEncoder OpenGL filters you can add:
PNG Logo
Text title
Watermark
Image frame
Position anywhere (X,Y)
Resize
Show/Hide dynamically
This is how OBS overlays work.
🎬 8. Scene System (Very Important)
You will create scene profiles.
Example scenes:
Scene Elements
Scene 1 Camera + Logo bottom
Scene 2 Camera + Big title
Scene 3 Only logo
Scene 4 Text banner
Switch scenes during live without stopping stream.
🔊 9. Audio Module
Options:
Source Method
Phone mic Default AudioRecord
Boya / wired mic 3.5mm jack
USB mic OTG audio interface
Audio is passed into RootEncoder.
🌍 10. Streaming Module (RTMP)
RootEncoder handles:
H264 video encoding
AAC audio encoding
RTMP protocol
You only supply:
Resolution: 1920x1080
FPS: 30
Bitrate: 3500–4500 kbps
RTMP URL
🔁 11. Multi-Streaming (YouTube + Facebook)
Method 1 (Easy)
Use [Link] RTMP.
Method 2 (Advanced)
Create your own Node Media Server that forwards RTMP to multiple platforms.
🖥️ 12. UI Design (XML)
Your main screen will have:
UI Element Purpose
OpenGlView Camera preview + overlays
Start/Stop button Control stream
Scene buttons Change layout
UI Element Purpose
Add logo button Load PNG
Text input Change title
RTMP URL field User input
🔌 13. Hardware Requirements (for DSLR)
Item Purpose
HDMI Capture Card DSLR video to Android
OTG Adapter USB connection
HDMI Cable Camera output
Mic Good audio
🧪 14. Testing Strategy
1. Test streaming with phone camera
2. Test overlays
3. Connect capture card and test DSLR
4. Test audio
5. Test Restream multi-platform
⚡ 15. Performance Settings
Setting Value
Resolution 1920×1080
FPS 30
Bitrate 4000 kbps
Audio bitrate 128 kbps
🧱 16. App Package Structure (Recommended)
[Link]
├── [Link]
├── camera/
├── overlay/
├── scene/
├── stream/
├── audio/
└── utils/
🧠 17. How Everything Connects
Camera (Phone/DSLR)
↓
Overlay Filters (OpenGL)
↓
RTMP Encoder (RootEncoder)
↓
Internet
🚀 18. Final Features of Your App
Feature Supported
DSLR camera live ✅
Logo overlay ✅
Text overlay ✅
Scene switching ✅
External mic ✅
Multi-stream ✅
OBS-like system ✅
📦 19. Open Source Projects You Depend On
pedroSG94 / rtmp-rtsp-stream-client-java
saki4510t / UVCCamera
These power Streamlabs, Prism, etc.
🏁 20. Development Order (Very Important)
Step Task
1 RTMP stream with phone camera
2 Add overlays
3 Add scene system
4 Integrate UVCCamera DSLR
5 Add audio options
6 Add RTMP input + UI
7 Test multi-stream
Follow this order only.
🎯 Result
You will have a professional Android OBS app you can brand as:
Studio Darpan Live – Pro Creator Streaming App
This is not a small app. This is a real product level architecture.
When you start coding, build module by module from this document.