Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

• RTSP IP Camera
• MJPEG IP Camera

RTSP IP Camera

We can use the Generic Camera addon to add our cameras live video. Start by install from the Settings / Devices and Services / Integrations screen:

Now we need the JPG and RTSP Path of our camera, e.g. on IP address 192.168.2.115.

Snapshots for video channels 11, 12 and 13:

http://192.168.2.115/snap.cgi?chn=11&user=admin&pwd=instar
http://192.168.2.115/snap.cgi?chn=12&user=admin&pwd=instar
http://192.168.2.115/snap.cgi?chn=13&user=admin&pwd=instar

RTSP Stream /livestream for video channels 11, 12 and 13:

rtsp://admin:instar@192.168.2.115:554/livestream/11
rtsp://admin:instar@192.168.2.115:554/livestream/12
rtsp://admin:instar@192.168.2.115:554/livestream/13

Back on the dashboard we can now add our camera as an Entity:

Once saved you can open your cameras by clicking the Live Video tile:

MJPEG IP Camera

Using the MJPEG Camera integration works the same way:

Only now we need to use the MJPEG Path of our camera, e.g. on IP address 192.168.2.115.

Videostreams for video channels 11, 12 and 13:

http://192.168.2.115/livestream/11?action=play&media=mjpeg&user=admin&pwd=instar
http://192.168.2.115/livestream/12?action=play&media=mjpeg&user=admin&pwd=instar
http://192.168.2.115/livestream/13?action=play&media=mjpeg&user=admin&pwd=instar

Back on the dashboard we can now add our camera as an Entity:

Once saved you can open your cameras by clicking the Live Video tile:

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