MJPEG camera not working. Getting 502: Bad Gateway

Configuration
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Hi,

Need help getting my mjpeg camera url from Shinobi (NVR) to work. Basically I have onvif cameras setup in Shinobi. Shinobi then re-streams these as MJPEG based on my setup. I have setup the mjpeg urls in Home Assistant like so.

camera:
  - platform: mjpeg
    name: Master Bedroom Camera
    still_image_url: http://shinobi-server-url/637F6VzpKDoaTDrPmZGaUhj47Pd9WP/jpeg/Lts5eDLTRb/1Mvvlxcj2L/s.jpg
    mjpeg_url: http://shinobi-server-url/637F6VzpKDoaTDrPmZGaUhj47Pd9WP/mjpeg/Lts5eDLTRb/1Mvvlxcj2L
    username: user
    password: password
  - platform: mjpeg
    name: Living Room Camera
    still_image_url: https://shinobi-server-url/637F6VzpKDoaTDrPmZGaUhj47Pd9WP/jpeg/Lts5eDLTRb/JB4GtuFrVg/s.jpg
    mjpeg_url: https://shinobi-server-url/637F6VzpKDoaTDrPmZGaUhj47Pd9WP/mjpeg/Lts5eDLTRb/JB4GtuFrVg
    username: user
    password: password
  - platform: mjpeg
    name: Dining Room Camera
    still_image_url: https://shinobi-server-url/637F6VzpKDoaTDrPmZGaUhj47Pd9WP/jpeg/Lts5eDLTRb/JtkUbek22J/s.jpg
    mjpeg_url: https://shinobi-server-url/637F6VzpKDoaTDrPmZGaUhj47Pd9WP/mjpeg/Lts5eDLTRb/JtkUbek22J
    username: user
    password: password

On the UI side, I used Picture Entity Card to view these.

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However, it doesn’t show the stream. See screenshot below.

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If I paste the shinobi mjpeg url directly in chrome, it works as I can see the stream with no issues.

If I inspect the section using Google Chrome inspect, I get the screenshot below.

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I also get the camera url from home assistant.

http://homeassistant-server-ip:8123/api/camera_proxy_stream/camera.living_room_camera?token=c379823490098074a91981947c929d0d32c8edbd36fba3c164779bf19f22bcc5

However, if I paste this url directly to chrome, it gives out the 502: Bad Gateway error.

Here is my Home Assistant setup.

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Appreciate any help to fix this.

Thanks.

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hi
when you said you paste the url in chrome …and it’s working, how did you enter name and password?
i mean can’t you try add username and password in the url?and remove them from configuration file.

and you should try https://github.com/elad-bar/ha-shinobi

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Hi,

Shinobi creates these urls that has the api key and then they can be used to play the stream directly. For mjpeg stream I can just copy and paste the url in chrome and it will automatically play. For HLS or other type of streams, I will need to use VLC to play them.

I also tried removing user/pass from the config but same issue,

Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out.

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Hi,

For anyone who is experiencing the same issue, mine was caused by an SSL error. Apparently I had certs installed for a certain domain that I used in my Shinobi server and it was causing an issue with my configuration in Home Assistant. Changing the url from ip address to its domain solved the issue.