Reolink Cam Dashboard configuration: Stream does not play

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Hello

I have 2 Reolink Cams RLC-811A. I have done the integration with the plugin from here GitHub - fwestenberg/reolink_dev: Home Assistant Reolink addon. It worked well. I can see the cams.

I tried 2 different ways to visualize in Lovelace (or new called Dashboards):

A click on the preview picture opens the stream. and the stream plays:

type: grid
square: false
columns: 1
cards:
  - type: entities
    entities:
      - entity: sensor.parkplatz_last_event
        name: Last Event
      - entity: binary_sensor.parkplatz_motion
        name: Motion
      - entity: binary_sensor.parkplatz_person_detected
        name: Person detected
      - entity: binary_sensor.parkplatz_pet_detected
        name: Pet detected
      - entity: binary_sensor.parkplatz_vehicle_detected
        name: Vehicle detected
    title: Parkplatz
  - show_state: false
    show_name: false
    camera_view: auto
    type: picture-entity
    entity: camera.parkplatz_profile000_mainstream
    camera_image: camera.parkplatz_profile000_mainstream

A click on the preview picture opens the stream. But the stream does not play:

camera_view: auto
type: picture-glance
entities:
  - entity: switch.parkplatz_ir_lights
  - entity: switch.parkplatz_siren
  - entity: binary_sensor.parkplatz_vehicle_detected
  - entity: binary_sensor.parkplatz_person_detected
  - entity: switch.parkplatz_ir_lights
title: Parkplatz
camera_image: camera.parkplatz_profile000_mainstream
entity: camera.parkplatz

As you see, I am using the same entities. Do you have an idea, why the second is not working?

P. S. I can only see the live stream on my android mobile phone. On my old computer with chrome/edge/firefox browser the stream does’t play in both cases.

P.S. 2: In the error log I see often this message: Error from stream worker: Error opening stream (EOF, End of file) rtmp://:@m

Thanks very much
Gilbert

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I have the same issue where my cameras appear on the dashboard with a preview but when I click on them the stream never loads. Would love to know what I’m doing wrong here.

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Hi,
same issue here. Would be happy about an idea where this is going wrong.

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Replying because I have the same issue as well.

5

Same issue for me with RLC-811A
Home assistant version : 2022.7.6
Using RTMP

6

I’ve had the same issue with the Reolink Duo 2 Wifi. I switched to RTSP and substream in configuration and now it works.

Oh, and you have to activate all ports in the settings of the cam!! I did it with the desktop client.

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I have just been using the Frigate Lovelace card, it works with any camera and it can show sub stream or even images of a camera until motion is detected and then switching to live view. So I can create a tablet with many cameras without using up much resources. The author even said they will allow media browsing if enough people vote on the feature