Camera and NVR Skill

Camera and NVR Skill

Home Assistant camera integration and Frigate NVR patterns.

Activation Triggers

• Working with camera entities
• Configuring Frigate NVR
• Setting up motion detection
• Creating camera dashboards
• Recording management

Core Patterns

Frigate Configuration

# frigate.yaml
mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: mosquitto
  user: frigate
  password: "{FRIGATE_MQTT_PASSWORD}"

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

cameras:
  front_door:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.100:554/stream1
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
        - path: rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.100:554/stream2
          roles:
            - rtmp
    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 5
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car
        - dog
      filters:
        person:
          min_area: 5000
          threshold: 0.7
    zones:
      porch:
        coordinates: 0,1080,500,1080,500,0,0,0
        objects:
          - person
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 7
        mode: motion
      events:
        retain:
          default: 30

go2rtc:
  streams:
    front_door:
      - rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.100:554/stream1

Camera YAML Configuration

# Generic camera
camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: Front Yard
    still_image_url: http://192.168.1.100/snapshot.jpg
    stream_source: rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.100:554/stream

  - platform: onvif
    host: 192.168.1.103
    port: 80
    username: admin
    password: !secret camera_password

Motion Detection Automation

automation:
  - alias: "Camera - Person Alert"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door_person
        to: "on"
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
        state: "on"
    action:
      - service: notify.mobile_app
        data:
          title: "Person Detected"
          message: "Person at front door"
          data:
            image: /api/frigate/notifications/front_door/snapshot.jpg
            tag: camera_alert
            actions:
              - action: "VIEW_CAMERA"
                title: "View"

Recording Management

# Frigate recording settings
record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 7
    mode: motion
  events:
    pre_capture: 5
    post_capture: 5
    retain:
      default: 30
      mode: active_objects

Camera Dashboard

# Picture glance card
type: picture-glance
title: Front Door
camera_image: camera.front_door
camera_view: live
entities:
  - binary_sensor.front_door_person
  - binary_sensor.front_door_motion

# Frigate card
type: custom:frigate-card
cameras:
  - camera_entity: camera.front_door
    frigate:
      url: http://frigate:5000
      client_id: front_door
menu:
  buttons:
    frigate: true
    fullscreen: true
    download: true
live:
  provider: webrtc-card

PTZ Control

# PTZ service calls
service: onvif.ptz
data:
  entity_id: camera.ptz_camera
  move_mode: RelativeMove
  pan: 0.1  # -1 to 1
  tilt: 0.1
  zoom: 0.1

# Preset
service: onvif.ptz
data:
  entity_id: camera.ptz_camera
  preset: "1"

Hardware Recommendations

Use Case	Camera Type	Resolution
Doorbell	Video doorbell	1080p+
Driveway	Bullet camera	4K
Backyard	PTZ camera	1080p
Indoor	Cube/dome	1080p

AI Acceleration

# Coral USB
detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

# Coral M.2/PCIe
detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: pci

# Intel OpenVINO
detectors:
  openvino:
    type: openvino
    device: GPU

RTSP URL Formats

Brand	URL Format
Hikvision	rtsp://user:pass@ip:554/Streaming/Channels/101
Dahua	rtsp://user:pass@ip:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1
Reolink	rtsp://user:pass@ip:554/h264Preview_01_main
Amcrest	rtsp://user:pass@ip:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1
Ubiquiti	rtsp://ip:7447/camera_id