# Redirecting a PS5's RTMP broadcast stream to a local receiver

DevFeed: [Redirecting a PS5's RTMP broadcast stream to a local receiver](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hijacking-the-ps5-s-rtmp-stream-61878.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/29/hijacking-the-ps5s-rtmp-stream/>)

Author: Anne Barela

Published: 2026-09-29T16:03:18Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Adafruit Industries](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adafruit-industries-makers-hackers-artists-designers-and-engineers.md>)

Topics: [TCP/IP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tcp-ip.md>), [Domain Name System (DNS)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dns-resolution-process.md>), [DNS security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dns-security.md>), [vp9](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vp9.md>), [Network Attached Storage (NAS)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network-attached-storage-nas.md>)

Tags: [arduino](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arduino.md>), [discord](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/discord.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [gameplay](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gameplay.md>), [gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming.md>), [h-264](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/h-264.md>), [hijacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hijacking.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nginx.md>), [openwrt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openwrt.md>), [openwrt-router](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openwrt-router.md>), [ps5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ps5.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes routing a PS5 broadcast stream to a local receiver by spoofing DNS for a plain RTMP ingest domain. Using dnsmasq, nginx-rtmp, and an OpenWRT router, the setup receives 1080p60 H.264 video with AAC stereo for playback with less than a second of delay.

## Source excerpt

Yash Garg wanted to share PS5 gameplay to Discord without buying a capture card, and wrote up the result on yashgarg.dev. The PS5 has a Broadcast button that pushes video to Twitch or YouTube over RTMP, and it finds those servers by DNS lookup. Control the DNS and the stream goes wherever one wants. The [...]