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title: "Connect to Vicon Datastream"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Unreal5Plugin110/201785384/Connect%20to%20Vicon%20Datastream"
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To connect to a Vicon Datastream within Unreal Engine, you must create a Live Link source. You can create a source in the following ways:

> Macro (pagetree)



All of these methods require the following prerequisites.

## Prerequisites

To create a Live Link source, ensure you have set up and installed the following components:

- 1 x PC with Vicon software (Shogun) installed
  - You will need the IP address of this PC
- 1 x PC with Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) installed
- Vicon Live Link Datastream plugin is installed and enabled on Unreal Engine 5 (see [Install and set up Live Link](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Unreal5Plugin110/pages/201786247))
- The PCs are connected via LAN
- An Unreal Engine 5 project is open