View only/Monitor cameras

[vajonam]

Hello,

I have few cameras in some areas like 3d printers, basement and inside the home, that I would not like to do any detection or recording on. I would like to view them in Home Assistant. This is is the current setup I have, is there a better way to do this?

  trident:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-nvidia-h264     
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp:https://view:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@ip_camera07:554/videoMain # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          roles: []

go2rtc:
  streams: 
    trident:
      - rtsp:https://view:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@ip_camera05:554/videoMain

[NickM-27]

If you only want to view in home assistant then there's no reason to add it to the cameras config, just use it in go2rtc config.

[vajonam]

I was hoping to not have manually add the cameras in HA and have it managed all through Frigate, but I know that is an option. was looking to see if there was view role, but I understand thanks. Just wanted to make sure I explored this.

[NickM-27]

If you use the webRTC card or frigate card you won't need to add it manually as it'll be done automatically

[vajonam]

Thanks haven't played around w/ WebRTC much in HA, will try the both. thanks

[vajonam]

Set this up and it works a treat! Thanks for the pointers.