Chuangmi camera

Hardware
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didnt find on this forum if xiaomi chuangmi 720p camera is supported by hassio. Only 17$

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I’m afraid this camera is not supported by hass. Unfortunately, I have two of them. I’m interested on writing a firmware for that device, but I have no time at this moment.

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Or maybe it is!!! https://github.com/jymbob/chuangmi-720-hack

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Hi,

Did you manage to get this to work?

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i dont have this camera. I just was considering to buy it, but as i see, its not supported

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This is my fallback camera configuration for no-name cheap cameras. It works most of the time:

- platform: mjpeg
  mjpeg_url: http://192.168.1.205:13105/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=**********
  still_image_url: http://192.168.1.205:13105/snapshot.cgi
  username: admin
  password: *********
  authentication: digest
  name: 406_south

(Your ip and port number may vary)

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i use this cheap camera https://www.gearbest.com/ip-cameras/pp_312963.html?vip=4266414&gclid=CjwKCAiAt4rfBRBKEiwAC678KWtPRM35OIGjp7ZEzDt0ZZhsvhKoxt5DsHLfYqHDZJE4yu2zzW_JTxoCFrsQAvD_BwE
and this short configuration works for me

# Camera
camera:
  - platform: ffmpeg
    name: My Camera
    input: rtsp://192.168.31.29:554/onvif1
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Works great! I did not have to install older version of official firmware (I had my camera fully updated). When I deployed tf_recovery.img (step 2.2) it automatically downgraded my camera. Then I configured mijia-720p-hack.cfg properly and it’s done. Took me ten minutes.
Now I’m adding it to Hass.

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I got the stream up, how do I get it in Hass, u have a config for me?

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On configuration.yaml

camera:
  - platform: ffmpeg
    input: rtsp://YOUR_CAMERA_IP_HERE:554/live/ch00_0
    name: YourCameraName

Restart hass

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Thanks, this indeed should work but I get no image. Should be me so I will look for a solution.

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I have done some tests and I’ve found out the best solution: hass.io “motion eye” plugin. Just install and configure it from hassio marketplace and then add it to home with

motioneye:
  title: 'MotionEye'
  icon: mdi:eye
  url: 'http://IPaddress:blahblahblah'
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Don’t know why but I can acces the camera but it won’t show in Hass, no image available is the message. Motion eye won’t start either, ‘bad gateway’… Any idea?

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Hi guys … i have hacked my Xiaomi Chuangmi Camera and i would like to do 2 things …

  • use this cam with obs software to produce live streams (rtsp protocol)
  • use this cam and insert it on my android IP Cam Viewer to access it from outside (router nat configuration)

Is it possible both ?

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Perhaps take a look at this:
https://miicam.github.io/

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hello, can anyone send compiled files to this cmsxj01c camera?

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Hi,
Anyone tested with a CMSXJ16A ?
What firmware are workable

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same question about CMSXJ16A. Or is there another way, how to get work in HA. Like connect 3rd party service to Xiaomi Home account?

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Me too, and also a newer model: CMSXJ16A
Tryed procedures but it’s not working.
I have some cmsxj01c in the house that are working properly with the hack.
Any help?

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I bought the same model (CMSXJ16A) and only now have found that there is no integration. I’ll follow up here.