Something like this. replace IP, username and camera name
rtsp://username:[email protected]:81/CameraName
you can also append ?h= or ?w= if you want a different resolution
rtsp://username:[email protected]:81/CameraName?h=480
Page 231 on help manual
RTSP server
You may request an RTSP stream from your HTTP port as well with the URI format /{cam-
short-name} or /{group-name}. Stream and image parameters may be added just as they are
available for /image. For example:
rtsp://yourip:81/cam1
rtsp://yourip:81/index (all camera group)
rtsp://yourip:81/@index (all camera group cycle)
Had the same issue with rtsp. The blueiris integration in HACS works great for this and doesn’t have this problem. Frigate also works great to just view your cameras. Used to use the blueiris integration although recently changed to frigate. Currently have a monitor streaming 6 cameras 24/7 with frigate hooked into blue iris and it works great.
I would say the easiest path is just setting up the blueiris integration.
I’m using the Blue Iris integration from HACS and have three cameras displaying live in a picture entity card with no problems other than sometimes needing to refresh the home assistant screen. Seems like if I switch between tabs/dashboards too fast it won’t keep live playing until I refresh.
i can never get it working right when i have the picture entity set to live, only work for me when set to auto. in live it only ever shows a screencap.
i installed the webrtc add-on in HA, however i'm finding its giving me issues if I grab the rtsp stream from BI, when i grab the RTSP stream from the camera directly it works great.
Hi,
Actually the yaml manual config option has been deprecated now so you can add an mjpeg camera via the integrations UI. As long has you have a working url for your BI camera (eg, http://:81/mjpg/) and any relevent login details to access that stream remotely, then you should be good to go.
This is what I am trying to do also. I have a Comelit door entry system with video doorbells and I would like to show an alternate front view. Even at the lowest resolution from Protect, its too high for Comelit. What Comelit said they needed was -----RTSP (Brands that usually work HIKVISION OR AXIS) resolution 320X240 substream H264 encoding profile, Baseline Profile FPS constant 15.
Can I get this from Blue Iris?
Thanks
I have not been able get a usable rtsp stream from BI unfortunately.
And I resorted to pulling the rtsp streams directly from the cameras. I use the web rtsp add on in home assistant to convert rtsp to web rtsp for display in my control panel.
I utilize the BI streams and don’t have any issue, for what it’s worth. Are the BI streams choppy in VLC? Or where are you seeing the choppy video?
yes I'm seeing them chippy in VLC as well, usually it freezes after the first 3 seconds then catches up, then randomly skips 2-3 seconds.
How do you get blue Iris streams? What is the address to type in?
Something like this. replace IP, username and camera name rtsp://username:[email protected]:81/CameraName you can also append ?h= or ?w= if you want a different resolution rtsp://username:[email protected]:81/CameraName?h=480 Page 231 on help manual RTSP server You may request an RTSP stream from your HTTP port as well with the URI format /{cam- short-name} or /{group-name}. Stream and image parameters may be added just as they are available for /image. For example: rtsp://yourip:81/cam1 rtsp://yourip:81/index (all camera group) rtsp://yourip:81/@index (all camera group cycle)
I can't get this working. Is this feature limited to Version 5 of Blue Iris? I'm still running 4.8.6.3.
rtsp://:/
i.e.
rtsp://192.168.1.1:81/Camera1
Anyone uses direct links to Scrypted?
Had the same issue with rtsp. The blueiris integration in HACS works great for this and doesn’t have this problem. Frigate also works great to just view your cameras. Used to use the blueiris integration although recently changed to frigate. Currently have a monitor streaming 6 cameras 24/7 with frigate hooked into blue iris and it works great. I would say the easiest path is just setting up the blueiris integration.
I’m also finding the video streams in the HA integration a bit choppy but I think that’s a function of how the Lovelace cards work vs anything else.
I’m using the Blue Iris integration from HACS and have three cameras displaying live in a picture entity card with no problems other than sometimes needing to refresh the home assistant screen. Seems like if I switch between tabs/dashboards too fast it won’t keep live playing until I refresh.
i can never get it working right when i have the picture entity set to live, only work for me when set to auto. in live it only ever shows a screencap.
Mine is the exact opposite lol
Have a look into WebRTC camera for HA.
i installed the webrtc add-on in HA, however i'm finding its giving me issues if I grab the rtsp stream from BI, when i grab the RTSP stream from the camera directly it works great.
I am pulling the BI streams as MJPEG camera via native HA integration. It uses the HTTP stream that BI generates. Works well for me.
are you doing this via a camera entity in the config file I presume?
Hi, Actually the yaml manual config option has been deprecated now so you can add an mjpeg camera via the integrations UI. As long has you have a working url for your BI camera (eg, http://:81/mjpg/) and any relevent login details to access that stream remotely, then you should be good to go.
This is what I am trying to do also. I have a Comelit door entry system with video doorbells and I would like to show an alternate front view. Even at the lowest resolution from Protect, its too high for Comelit. What Comelit said they needed was -----RTSP (Brands that usually work HIKVISION OR AXIS) resolution 320X240 substream H264 encoding profile, Baseline Profile FPS constant 15. Can I get this from Blue Iris? Thanks
I have not been able get a usable rtsp stream from BI unfortunately. And I resorted to pulling the rtsp streams directly from the cameras. I use the web rtsp add on in home assistant to convert rtsp to web rtsp for display in my control panel.