Generic Camera for Home Assistant (built-in integration)

About

Generic Camera is a built-in integration that adds cameras from a still image URL or a video stream address. It works locally and is set up in the UI. Settings cover a username, password and authentication method, plus a stream source such as an RTSP address and the RTSP transport protocol. A frame rate can be set, refetching can be limited to changes in the URL, and SSL certificate verification can be turned on or off. The options also include using the wallclock as timestamps, which may help with segmenting or crashing problems caused by faulty timestamps on some cameras. A reload action reloads generic cameras defined in YAML configuration, and a diagnostics file can be downloaded for bug reports.

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Supports

Works locally Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
Set up in the UI Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

Provides

Cameras

Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

Connect

Password
Still image URL (e.g. http://...)
Stream source URL (e.g. rtsp://...)
Username
Authentication
Frame rate (Hz)
Limit refetch to URL change
RTSP transport protocol
Verify SSL certificate

Confirmation

Everything looks good.

After setup

Password
Still image URL (e.g. http://...)
Stream source URL (e.g. rtsp://...)
Username
Authentication
Frame rate (Hz)
Limit refetch to URL change
RTSP transport protocol
Use wallclock as timestampsThis option may correct segmenting or crashing issues arising from buggy timestamp implementations on some cameras
Verify SSL certificate
Everything looks good.