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title: "Generic MJPEG IP Camera"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate IP cameras within Home Assistant."
date: 2015-11-09 08:36
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logo: camcorder.png
ha_category: Camera
ha_release: pre 0.7
ha_iot_class: "depends"
---

The `mjpeg` camera platform allows you to integrate IP cameras which are capable
to stream their video with MJPEG into Home Assistant.

To enable this camera in your installation,
add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
camera:
  - platform: mjpeg
    mjpeg_url: http://192.168.1.92/mjpeg
```

{% configuration %}
mjpeg_url:
  description: The URL your camera serves the video on, eg. http://192.168.1.21:2112/
  required: true
  type: string
still_image_url:
  description: The URL for thumbnail picture if camera support that.
  required: false
  type: string
name:
  description: This parameter allows you to override the name of your camera.
  required: false
  type: string
username:
  description: The username for accessing your camera.
  required: false
  type: string
password:
  description: The password for accessing your camera.
  required: false
  type: string
authentication:
  description: "`basic` or `digest` auth for requests."
  required: false
  type: string
  default: basic
{% endconfiguration %}

## {% linkable_title Examples %}

Example of using a DCS-930L Wireless N Network Camera from D-Link:

```yaml
camera:
  - platform: mjpeg
    name: Livingroom Camera
    still_image_url: http://IP/image.jpg
    mjpeg_url: http://IP/video/mjpg.cgi
```