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layout: page
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title: "FFmpeg Camera"
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description: "Instructions how to integrate a Video feet with FFmpeg as cameras within Home Assistant."
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date: 2015-09-17 08:01
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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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---
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The `ffmpeg` platform allows you to use every video feet with [FFmpeg](http://www.ffmpeg.org/) as camera in Home Assistant.
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<p class='note'>
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You need a ffmpeg binary in your system path. On debain 8 you can install it from backports. If you want HW support on raspberry you need self build from source. Windows binary are avilable on ffmpeg homepage.
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</p>
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To enable your Foscam IP camera 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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name: FFmpeg
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ffmpeg_bin: /usr/bin/ffmpeg
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extra_arguments: -q:v 2
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```
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Configuration variables:
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- **input** (*Required*): A ffmpeg compatible input file, stream or feet.
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- **name** (*Optional*): This parameter allows you to override the name of your camera.
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- **ffmpeg_bin** (*Optional*): Default 'ffmpeg'.
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- **extra_arguments** (*Optional*): Extra option they will pass to ffmpeg. i.e. image quality or video filter options.
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Image quality:
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You can controll 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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