0.90.0: Streaming camera in lovelace?

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How do I add the cool streaming camera to lovelace? It is HIKVISION camera.

I have changed the camera config from:

ffmpeg:
ffmpeg_bin: /usr/bin/ffmpeg
camera:

  • platform: ffmpeg
    name: Outside
    input: rtsp://user:password@IP:554/Streaming/Channels/2

to

stream:
camera:

When I go to Developer tool States and open more info it streams fine. But I can’t get it to show in lovelace.

In ui-lovelace I have:

  - type: picture-elements
    image: /local/black.png
    elements:
      - type: image
        entity: camera.outside
        camera_image: camera.outside
        style:
          top: 50%
          left: 50%
          width: 100%

It does not show the video (when I click on it, it opens more info and plays fine).

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i use this picture-entity card:
     - type: horizontal-stack
        cards:
          - type: custom:card-modder
            style:
              border-radius: 20px
              overflow: hidden
              box-shadow: '2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.4)'
              border: 'solid 1px rgba(100,100,100,0.3)'
            card:
              type: picture-entity
              entity: camera.living_room
              show_name: false
              show_state: false
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Ok, probably an issue with the camera configuration. It shows the same:

image
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Any clue how to configure the HIKVISION camera? It worked ok through ffmpeg (other than the frame rate).

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according to the documentation, it should look like this:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
  - platform: hikvisioncam
    host: 192.168.1.32
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find your camera in this list to see what configuration to use: Stream Component: Confirmed Cameras and Configurations

6

anyone got wyze cams yet?

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We still show the still image in the Lovelace frontend for now. Nobody has developed a video Lovelace card at this time. You must go to more info panel to see the stream.

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Thanks @dshokouhi, I did configure it according to it, same issue (my config was basically the same before, only had extra parameters in teh stream, I guess this was not the issue.
It shows gray rectangle in lovelace. I now understand from @hunterjm that I won’t get a stream, but I was hoping for at least an ever so changin image like I had before.

Anyhow, went back to ffmpeg, do not see any benfit for the stream feature in this scenario. Pity, it got me quite excited.

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You will see an image that changes every 10 seconds in Lovelace if you have configured the still image url correctly. If you see a broken image or grey rectangle in the frontend, your configuration is not correct. Try to google how to get a snapshot for your particular model of camera, the ISAPI url works great for my HikVision cameras.

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same here and I just want to say a huge thank you for Stream… It works flawlessly for me and my HikVision cameras. Just playing with it and someone presses the doorbell… Philips TV works as a media player, so no matter what is showing, kodi, chromecast, tivo, it then switches to the stream from the front door… Now I need to work out how I pause what is playing and switch back after 30 seconds…

This is true genius and the part that has been missing from HA.

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Found a working config for Hikvision at the end. The info on https://community.home-assistant.io/t/stream-component-confirmed-cameras-and-configurations/106729 did not work for me.
I have removed the username and password from the link, added as parameters and added authentication: digest.

camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: Outside
    still_image_url: "http://<IP>/ISAPI/Streaming/channels/101/picture"
    stream_source: "rtsp://<username>:<password>@<IP>:554"
    username: "<username>"
    password: "<password>"
    authentication: digest
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On my TV that can be done with media_player.turn_off service call after a delay action in the automation.

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May I ask how you were you able to accomplish this without casting it?

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like this… my philips tv is a media player in HA

- alias: Doorbell_test
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: xiaomi_aqara.click
    event_data:
      entity_id: binary_sensor.switch_158d0001a668c0
      click_type: single
  action:
    - service: camera.play_stream
      data:
        entity_id: camera.front_garden_stream
        media_player: media_player.43pus7303_12
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Thanks!! just learned something new.

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Hello @MarkR,
Any idea what are the media_players which are compatible with that? Just tested enigma ones (a Vu Zero device) and it is not compatible. I have a NotImplementedError.

Thanks.

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not a clue… I tried Chromecast and Kodi and neither worked… then I tried my philips tv and it worked a treat… sorry that is of no help at all…

@hunterjm do you have a list please?

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Samsung TV K5500 model not working with that, I have a ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.media_player.samsungtv] Unsupported media type message.

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Actually this is a myth… You can actually get a stream using the camera_view: live option

Eg:

type: picture-glance
camera_image: camera.outside
camera_view: live
title: Outside
entities:
  - switch.garden

( @bruxy70 )

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Yes, I have it configured that way (except it is a picture-element type image).
And you are right, it is not a static image, but I would not call it stream either - I get 1 frame per 10 seconds.