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The ffmpeg platform allows you to use any video feed as a camera in Home Assistant via FFmpeg. 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.
{% linkable_title Configuration %}
To enable your FFmpeg feed in your installation you must first configure the ffmpeg component, then add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
camera:
- platform: ffmpeg
input: FFMPEG_SUPPORTED_INPUT
{% configuration %}
input:
description: An FFmpeg-compatible input file, stream, or feed.
required: true
type: string
name:
description: Override the name of your camera.
required: false
type: string
extra_arguments:
description: Extra options to pass to ffmpeg, e.g., image quality or video filter options.
required: false
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
{% linkable_title Image quality %}
You can control the image quality with extra_arguments -q:v 2-32 or with lossless option -pred 1.
If you are running into trouble with this sensor, please refer to the Troubleshooting section.