Camera with not fixed URL

Configuration
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Hello,

I have a camera that give a RTMPS link on demand to stream for about 2 min.
On next request the URL will be updated.

For the moment i push the URL in MQTT.
But i don’t know how to use it in HA.

Is there a way to use a camera in lovelace with a changing URL? Any Idea ?
Thanks

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Changing URL? I might believe changing IP, but changing URL- I would need to see a before and after
URL to understand this.

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So i have check again my logs and you are right only vhost is changing , so IP is changing

rtmps://ip-10-21-1-147.myfox.io/live/livecamera-<device-hash-or-something-like-that>
rtmps://ip-10-21-3-165.myfox.io/live/livecamera-<device-hash-or-something-like-that>
rtmps://ip-10-21-2-154.myfox.io/live/livecamera-<device-hash-or-something-like-that>

I have no direct stream on the camera device, i need to ask the cloud for a RTMPS stream.

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You didn’t say “cloud” in your original post.
I can’t help you with cloud devices since I have none here.

What cameras do you have? How do you know there is no direct stream from the camera?

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This is a somfy indoor camera Somfy Indoor Camera | La Boutique Somfy

Homekit compatible, but stream is not working in HA.
Can launch stream via API and get an RTMPS url from the Cloud.

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Going with an extreme idea;

  • get the url with a rest call and save it on an template based sensor
  • create a generic camera using the template sensor
  • reload the generic camera entity when there is a change on url (i believe it will not refresh itself when url has changed)
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Have you seen the Home Assistant Integration for Somfy?

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Yes it need a tahoma box that i don.t have.

Here the need is to have a camera entity with an url that i can update on the fly.
I sas webrtc camera too, but i have not such a feature.

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I have several Wyze camera’s around my house. Not one of them is on the cloud. There is a binary from Wyse that you can flash to the cameras that provides RTSP from the cameras that Home Assistant can display.

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Can you help me to try this ?
i have a MQTT sensor sensor.camera_url containing my RTMPS url.

On Generic Camera - Home Assistant I don’t understand what I need to put in
Stream Source

Can be a template.

Ok but a sensor template or an image template ?

When I try to add an integration with a sensor template I have the error :

Relative URLs are not allowed
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Put something like this

{{ states("sensor.garage_stream_url") }}
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Let me know if the camera would be refreshed when the sensor value would be updated, interested to learn

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I need to wait a bit or refresh the device integration to update quickly.

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People really still use stuff from that manufacture after all that constant failures they delivered over the years? Latest and greatest fail that was disclosed 2 weeks ago :point_down:

Why using a wifi password at all @stevemann? You can just use a un-encrypted wifi so you can connect your devices without passwords :wink:

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I have five Wyse cameras, never a single failure. All of my cameras are NOT on the cloud. I don’t even have a Wyze account.

Did I ever say that I don’t use passwords? I simply stated the fact that api: and ota: work without passwords. I only have one device in my house (HVAC thermostats) that is connected to a corporate cloud, and that’s because I have not found a suitable local replacement.