Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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:

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

MJPEG IP Camera

Using the MJPEG Camera integration works the same way:

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream

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

Home Assistant 2022.8.6 and the INSTAR WQHD Live Videostream