For my case it would be very useful if I could have the stream component only apply to certain cameras in my config while having others not use it (to get rid of the delay). If you feel the same way, please vote for my feature request here
As described in more detail in this thread, different combination of generic, ffmpeg, and streaming turned on or off create very different results in the frontend. The stream component often delays cameras for 10 seconds, but is usually easier to get to display correctly in the frontend without the camera feed breaking.
But without the stream component, you can get a better realtime feed. It would be a big advantage if we could apply the stream component only to some feeds while other feeds could be left with the classic MJPG type presentation. In this way we could use stream for devices that don’t cope well with MJPG presentation but where the delay is acceptable, while also having faster feeds via MJPG for things that are time critical.