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layout: page
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title: "FFmpeg Camera"
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description: "Instructions on how to integrate a video feed via FFmpeg as a camera within Home Assistant."
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date: 2016-08-13 08:00
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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logo: ffmpeg.png
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ha_category: Camera
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ha_release: 0.26
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ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
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---
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The `ffmpeg` platform allows you to use any video feed as a camera in Home Assistant via [FFmpeg](http://www.ffmpeg.org/). This video source must support multiple simultaneous reads, because for every concurrent Home Assistant user, a connection will be made to the source every 10 seconds. Normally this should not be a problem.
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To enable your FFmpeg feed in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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camera:
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- platform: ffmpeg
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input: FFMPEG_SUPPORTED_INPUT
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```
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Configuration variables:
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- **input** (*Required*): An FFmpeg-compatible input file, stream, or feed.
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- **name** (*Optional*): Override the name of your camera.
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- **extra_arguments** (*Optional*): Extra options to pass to `ffmpeg`, e.g., image quality or video filter options.
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### {% linkable_title Image quality %}
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You can control the image quality with [`extra_arguments`](https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-codecs.html#jpeg2000) `-q:v 2-32` or with lossless option `-pred 1`.
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If you are running into trouble with this sensor, please refer to the [Troubleshooting section](/components/ffmpeg/#troubleshooting).
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