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page	Generic MJPEG IP Camera	Instructions on how to integrate IP cameras within Home Assistant.	2015-11-09 08:36	true	false	true	true	home-assistant.png	Camera	pre 0.7	Configurable	/components/camera.mjpeg/

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

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

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

# 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, e.g., 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 verify_ssl: description: Validate the ssl certificate for this camera. required: false type: boolean default: true {% endconfiguration %}

{% linkable_title Examples %}

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

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

Example of integrating Blue Iris Cameras from a Blue Iris server.

camera:
  - platform: mjpeg
    name: Livingroom Camera
    mjpeg_url: http://IP:PORT/mjpg/CAMERASHORTNAME/video.mjpeg
    username: BLUE_IRIS_USERNAME
    password: BLUE_IRIS_PASSWORD
    authentication: basic