Usb noname webcam in Ha?

[Helbo15 (Steffen)]

Hi
I got about 3 usb webcams salvaged from 3 old laptops. I would like to know if there is a fairly simple tutorial to make them work in HA, with or without motion detection?

[tom_l]

Have you seen this?

Using USB webcams with Home Assistant

 In the past month I was thinking about ways to integrate USB webcams into Home Assistant again. The main reason was that this would give those devices a second life and enable one to benefit from low-cost video surveillance. There are a couple of options available like pygame or SimpleCV but I never finished something. With the Local File camera platform by Landrash and motion you could integrate a local USB webcam with a few very easy steps. In th…

[Helbo15 (Steffen)]

I haven’t seen that one. However skimming it quickly, it seems a bit more complicated than I had hoped for.

but thanks I will see if I can figure it out by reading it more in depth.