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title: "Amcrest"
description: "Amcrest is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 1.3k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/amcrest"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/amcrest.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# Amcrest

> Amcrest is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 1.3k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Amcrest is a built-in Home Assistant integration that connects Amcrest cameras and works locally. It provides binary sensors, cameras, sensors and switches, and it is configured in the configuration file. Actions cover PTZ control, including pan, tilt and zoom, moving the camera to a saved preset, and starting or stopping the camera's PTZ tour. Recording can be turned on or off, both for continuous recording and for clips recorded when motion is detected, with the footage kept in camera storage. Further actions enable or disable the audio stream and set the camera color mode.

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Set up in configuration.yaml. See [the documentation](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/amcrest/).

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in YAML**: Added through configuration.yaml.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the UI.

## Actions

- **Disable audio**: Disables audio stream.
  Fields: Entity
- **Disable motion recording**: Disables recording a clip to camera storage when motion is detected.
  Fields: Entity
- **Disable recording**: Disables continuous recording to camera storage.
  Fields: Entity
- **Enable audio**: Enables audio stream.
  Fields: Entity
- **Enable motion recording**: Enables recording a clip to camera storage when motion is detected.
  Fields: Entity
- **Enable recording**: Enables continuous recording to camera storage.
  Fields: Entity
- **Go to preset**: Moves camera to PTZ preset.
  Fields: Entity, Preset
- **PTZ control**: Moves (pan/tilt) and/or zooms a PTZ camera.
  Fields: Entity, Movement, Travel time
- **Set color**: Sets camera color mode.
  Fields: Color, Entity
- **Start tour**: Starts camera's PTZ tour function.
  Fields: Entity
- **Stop tour**: Stops camera's PTZ tour function.
  Fields: Entity

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Security and safety](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/security-and-safety.md), Cameras
- Number: 1.3k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `amcrest`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/amcrest/>

In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Camera card, Chart card, Apple Watch, Control Center

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/amcrest

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