Amcrest Cameras

Hardware
1

I’m trying to add my 4 amcrest cameras and have followed the instructions found here: https://home-assistant-china.github.io/components/amcrest/

I can only get 1 of the 4 to work, which is the last one in the configuration. I’ve read the various posts concerning this issue and I can’t find a solution.

Has anyone had similar problems and were you able to solve them?

2

Are they directly connected to your network or through an NVR? What is the current config you are using for them?

3

They are poe cameras. A nvr records the video, but they are network devices.

4

The configuration is modeled after this
amcrest:

  • host: IP_ADDRESS_CAMERA
    username: YOUR_USERNAME
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD

I added scan_interval and name.

5

Mine are set up similar to yours (Poe cams connected to nvr). I couldn’t get mine to work when I set it up like that either. I ended up using the ffmpeg config as follows: (forgive the formatting. I’m away and can only do this on my phone)

Camera:
  - platform: ffmpeg
    input: rtsp://username:password@ipadress:port/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
6

I started messing with it and this config stated working

camera:

  • platform: amcrest
    amcrest:
  • host: 192.168.1.
    username:
    password:
    stream_source: rtsp
    scan_interval: 15
    name: Front Door
  • host: 192.168.1.
    username:
    password:
    stream_source: rtsp
    scan_interval: 15
    name: Driveway
  • host: 192.168.1.
    username:
    password:
    stream_source: rtsp
    scan_interval: 15
    name: Rear Deck
  • host: 192.168.1.
    username:
    password:
    stream_source: rtsp
    name: Garage Door Rear
    scan_interval: 15
7

Are you using HASSOS in VM? I cannot get it to work .
Was working with Core

8

I’m running hassio on a pi