Foscam FI8918W issues

Configuration
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Hello,
I have a Foscam 8918W. I can access the video stream from:

http://192.168.2.44/videostream.cgi

It prompts me for the login if it’s the first time logging in.

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There is also a webpage interface that looks like this:

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I followed the foscam configuration on my configuration.yaml:

camera:
  - platform: foscam
    ip: http://192.168.2.44
    username: xxxxx
    password: xxxxx

I’ve tried replacing the IP with the “videostream.cgi” at the end, but it didn’t help. I get an image not available place maker.

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Is my foscam too old? Other people use foscams on here, but they seem to have newer version than I do. As far as I know, it’s just a motionjpg stream.

On grafana, I can add a webcam section by adding a html panel that points to the videostream.cgi. Is that possible on Home Assistant?

2

This is a good source of URLs for various cameras.

“Create” your url with the various parameters and enter it in VLC to test (Media > Open Network Stream)
When you can see the video, you’ve got your URL…

3

For ip: you should just put the IP address, not an URL:

camera:
  - platform: foscam
    ip: 192.168.2.44
    username: xxxxx
    password: xxxxx
4

If you can use the Foscam platform you should only need the IP address and username/password - this works fine form me:

- platform: foscam
  ip: 192.168.7.82
  username: !secret cam_user82
  password: !secret cam_pass82
  name: OutdoorCam

I have a few cameras that I have to run as ‘generic’ ones and my config for them looks like this:

- platform: generic
  still_image_url: http://192.168.7.81/img/snapshot.cgi
  username: !secret cam_user81
  password: !secret cam_pass81
  name: PatioCam

The still_image_url obviously depends on the camera model and the link @lolouk44 provided should give you that.

5

I have an older Foscam camera that isn’t supported by the Foscam component. I use the following:

  • platform: mjpeg
    mjpeg_url: http://192.168.1.ZZ:AAAA/videostream.cgi?user=XXXXX&pwd=YYYYY
    username: !secret cam_user
    password: !secret cam_pw
    authentication: basic
    name: Kitchen

you need to fill in your info for IP, port, user, pwd, username:, & password:

Not sure if yours is the same but it can’t hurt to give it a try unless you find better info.

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6

Thanks very much everyone. The config that finally worked for the Fi8918 is this one from @finity:

platform: mjpeg
mjpeg_url: http://192.168.1.ZZ:AAAA/videostream.cgi?user=XXXXX&pwd=YYYYY
username: !secret cam_user
password: !secret cam_pw
authentication: basic
name: Kitchen

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platform: mjpeg
mjpeg_url: http://192.168.1.ZZ:AAAA/videostream.cgi?user=XXXXX&pwd=YYYYY
username: !secret cam_user
password: !secret cam_pw
authentication: basic
name: Kitchen

Just wanted to confirm this worked for me as well, with one small difference - authentication was set to digest instead of basic.

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That way it works perfectly, thanks

Do you know if the turn of the camera can be controlled by commands?