Realtime camera streaming without any delay - WebRTC

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@AlexxIT do you have any idea to solve my problem? (video with bunny works in my phone without problem)

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Donā€™t know. Some problem with camera codec

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Hey @AlexxIT, thanks for the awesome integration, works great, any idea how I would create the ā€œlink to a special web pageā€ without it being generated using the local hostname?, possibly using the ā€œexternal_urlā€ specified in "configuration.yaml?,

The Config below creates the following link:

http://hassos:8123/webrtc/embed?url=3596277716216461436319234692659150079666

but I would prefer if it was

http://mydns:8123/webrtc/embed?url=3596277716216461436319234692659150079666

Config

alias: Create Temporary DoorBell Camera Link
sequence:
  - variables:
      link_id: "{% for _ in range(40) %}{{ range(10)|random }}{% endfor %}"
  - service: webrtc.create_link
    data:
      link_id: '{{ link_id }}'
      entity: camera.doorbell
      open_limit: 0
      time_to_live: 0
  - service: persistent_notification.create
    data:
      message: >-
        <a href="/webrtc/embed?url={{ link_id }}" target="_blank">View
        Camera</a>
mode: single

Also, is it possible to enable sound by default when generating the link?, possibly ā€œmuted: falseā€ as an option?

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Config below doesnā€™t add any hostname. You can enter your hostname here:

<a href="XXXXX/webrtc/embed...

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Very nice work! I have just a problem, my camera stream doesnā€™t work every time, sometimes will not load and i need to clear browser cache, then come back working. What should i do? Thanks

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Thanks.
Is it possible to enable sound by default when generating the link?

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This is such amazing work!! something Iā€™ve been looking for, for a very long time!! THANK YOU.

How many cameras are people using this with on their lovelace dashboards? I have 5 cameras and when on my LAN everything is damn near perfect, however externally there is a lot of intermittent connection issues. I have read all the FAQā€™s addressing the external connection issues but Iā€™m curious if Iā€™m just trying to run too many cameras in my dashboard?

Side question would pursuing the TURN and STUN servers fix all the external connection issues?

I have already gone to ā€œ#2. Medium tech wayā€ and not seeing any performance improvement. I am using nabu casa and tested with the iOS companion app and my computer at my office (WIN10, most current Edge browser)

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What icon do you see outside the home? The documentation contains the meanings of all icons

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I get all the way the ā€œloading video (WebRTC)ā€ icon but the feed never comes in, very occasionally it will start one or two cameras but itā€™s not really a live feed more like a static image eventually it will show a ā€œResart connectionā€ message.

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Good Evening AlexxIT, Thanks for your custom component !
I have the same problem explained by bmutari: when i see my 4 sonoff cams from LAN Homeassistant Interface i see images perfectly, with low latency (in real time), but when i try to see my 4 Sonoff cams from an external connection, i see some camā€™s images, but every second i see also the round symbol that means that application is loading dataā€¦
In the High Right corner i can see the ā€œloading video (WebRTC)ā€ icon but video stream is not fluidā€¦

PS: i forwarded UDP port from 50000 to 51000 in WebRTC Component in home assistant integrations, and also in my router ! Range 50000 to 51000 UDP port to my home assistant IP Address.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Best regards

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2nd way works ONLY if you have public IP address. If you donā€™t - using this method will reduce the chances that the video stream will work

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Isnā€™t nabu casa functioning as a public IP?

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Thanks for your answer!
I have public dynamic ip address and i use ddns in the HA mobile app to connect it to my HA server! I also Forwarded the 8123 Port on my router!

Thanks a lot

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Hi to al

Can someone please enlighten me on how to install this/a custom component on HA Core?
I have been searching for this left and right but cannot find an answer.

Thanks a lot in advance!

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@Zagor4 Dynamic IP address is not a problem. The main thing is that it should be public. And why you forward 8123 port? No one should do it.

@bmutari WebRTC doesnā€™t use NabuCasa channel for video transfer. It use only direct connection between browser and your home/server. Only exception if you use a own TURN serverā€¦

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Good Evening @AlexxIT ,
My IP is Public and Dynamic (iā€™m able to open ports on my router in order to use same services) and iā€™m not behind a NAT.
I forwarded a xxxx port to 8123 local port ! I have to activate SSL protocol in Home Assistant.

But i canā€™t understand why iā€™m not able to see video streems from an external connectionā€¦ I tried also with only 1 Sonoff Cam but the video is in continuos loading statusā€¦ :frowning:
Have you some advice ?
Thanks a lot

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This component is great! I have been using it for a month or so now with my Reolink 410 cameras and have not touched the Reolink camera since!

I have a HASS setup at my parents house, with a table displaying a constant stream, however, they have a Nest Hello doorbell. My understanding is the official nest integration pulls an rtsp stream from the SDM API, so in theory the following Lovelace should work;

type: 'custom:webrtc-camera'
entity: camera.front_door

This results in ā€œERROR: Support only RTSP-Streamā€

Is this something that could be adapted in WebRTC, or would this require a change for the official Nest integration?

Thank you in advance! and for all your hard work

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Still getting this same error with the latest version

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I have a camera with H265 that Iā€™d be happy to test, but if I understand correctly H265 will only work with Apple devices. I get the following error in Chrome when using H265:
ERROR: NotSupportedError: Failed to execute ā€˜addSourceBufferā€™ on ā€˜MediaSourceā€™: The type provided (ā€˜video/mp4; codecs=ā€œhvc1.016000ā€ā€™) is unsupported.