Trying to get real-time cameras in Lovelace - help!

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No matter what I try, the cams arent realtime in a lovelace card. Theyre choppy, delayed, etc I have them defined in motioneye and when viewing them in the Motioneye screen, they are realtime and look great.

were designing a realtime monitor dashboard for a very high-powered laser cutter and I need graphs, temps, status,etc and video all on one screen…

stream:
camera:
  - platform: ffmpeg
    name: USB Camera 1
    input: http://localhost:9081/mjpeg

Ive even tried the Frigate card

type: custom:frigate-card
cameras:
  - camera_entity: camera.usb_camera_1
    live_provider: auto
    motioneye:
      url: http://localhost:9081
    triggers:
      occupancy: false

same problem. interestingly if I use the mpeg stream url in an iframe (http://localhost:9081), it’s works and is in realtime but I cant contol how the iframe displays so the pic is cut off. I’d like to be able to use the Motioneye controls that are available.

2

I believe when doing that the streams are proxied through home assistant. Does your HA system have enough processor to handle the load?

3

Yes, - Intel NUC, well appointed.

4

Have you tried the MJPEG camera integration?

5

Yes, it was choppy and laggy. that’s what led me to try the Motioneye integration, which works great and is near real-time. It’s just that the camera images themselves can’t seem to be used in a Lovelace card, only on its on screen.

We need to see the live video along side the temp and pressure graphs as the machine is operating.

Not sure if I mentioned it previously but these are 2 USB cameras directly plugged in to the NUC. Not that it should make any difference. FWIW, I’ve never been able to get near real-time video from any camera displayed in HA in the past, even on my system at my house, regardless if it comes from my ip NVR, or directly from a camera itself via TCP stream.

Jeff