How to watch your Bambu Lab camera on a Mac

Which camera does your printer have?

LAN Only Liveview is a switch in the printer's network settings (Settings → Network on most models, Settings → LAN Only on the newest screens). It isn't LAN Only mode: the printer stays in cloud mode, with Bambu Handy working. See Bambu Lab LAN mode.

Option 1: Bambu Studio's Device page

Bambu Studio shows the camera on its Device page, next to the print's progress. It's built in and free, but it lives inside the slicer: close Studio, or bury its window under your other work, and the camera goes with it.

Option 2: A floating window with Bambu Bar

Bambu Bar keeps the camera where you'll actually see it:

• In the menu bar. Click Bambu Bar and the camera preview sits right under the print's progress.
• On the Printer page, for a bigger picture next to the temperatures, fans and AMS.
• In a floating window. Press ⌘K for a resizable camera window that stays on top of everything: your browser, your CAD model, your next video call.

Turn it on once in Settings → Camera → Show the printer camera, then for each printer on the Printers page. Bambu Bar streams only while the picture is on screen, and it never records anything.

It works with every Bambu Lab printer, on your local network, with no Bambu Lab sign-in, on macOS 26 or later. It's free to use. Get Bambu Bar · More about the camera

Also on a PC? Bambu Bar for Windows shows the same camera in the tray panel, on the Printer page and in its own window with a Keep on top pin (Ctrl+K).

Option 3: VLC, OBS and other players (X1, H2, P2S, X2D, H3C)

X1, H2, H3C, P2S and X2D printers stream their camera as video over RTSPS, which other software can open too.

The RTSPS address

With LAN Only Liveview on, the stream is at:

rtsps://<printer-ip>:322/streaming/live/1

The user name is bblp and the password is the printer's access code. The IP address is on the printer's screen, in the same network settings.

Why VLC often fails

The stream is encrypted, and the printer uses its own certificate, so many players, VLC included, don't open it directly. People who want it in VLC or OBS usually run it through a converter such as go2rtc, or play it with ffplay. That works, but it's a project; Bambu Bar's floating window does the same job in one keystroke.

P1S, P1P, A1, A1 mini and A2L: what's possible

These printers don't offer an RTSP stream. They send an encrypted stream of JPEG pictures on port 6000, which Bambu Studio, Bambu Handy and Bambu Bar can show. VLC and OBS can't open it on their own.

The picture moves in steps rather than as smooth video: that's the camera's own frame rate, the same in every app, and no app can make it faster.

Keep it safe

• Keep the access code private. It's the password to your printer's camera and status. Don't post it, or screenshots of it.
• Don't open the camera port to the internet. Forwarding port 322 on your router puts your printer's camera online for anyone to try. To watch from outside your home, use Bambu Handy; see local and remote monitoring.

No picture at all? Camera not working has the checks for each printer.