Camera tile

A camera stream.

In a dashboard file: "type": "video", with the options below. Every tile also has the fields under Every tile.

Example

A tile, as it goes in a screen’s tiles:

{
    "type": "video",
    "label": "Driveway",
    "layout": { "x": 1, "y": 1, "width": 2, "height": 2 },
    "options": { "url": "rtsp://192.168.1.5:554/stream1" }
}

It reads no data source.

It is set up one of two ways, each with its own options.

An address

The camera’s RTSP address, typed in.

Field	Type	Default	What
url	text	required	Stream. The camera’s RTSP or other stream URL. A credential.

From a source

A camera’s live video from a connection, such as Home Assistant.

Field	Type	Default	What
source	data source name	primary	Camera. One of the tile’s data sources, by name, that gives a video.

Built-in styles

The styles the app offers for it, after “The dashboard’s style”. Style files says what they set.

• Centred
• Left aligned
• Compact
• Icon at the left