# How to display CCTV camera in dashboard (RTSP)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-display-cctv-camera-in-dashboard-rtsp/5860>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [16 December 2018 23:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-display-cctv-camera-in-dashboard-rtsp/5860 "2018-12-16T23:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [17 December 2018 09:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-display-cctv-camera-in-dashboard-rtsp/5860/5 "2018-12-17T09:01:31Z")

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> [@hazymat](#):
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> I'd like to remove the dependency on my laptop - or any external software - and have Node-RED do the conversion between RTSP and MJPG. Basically I'd like Node-RED to display the RTSP directly.

Since browsers do not currently support rtsp directly and the plugins seem unreliable or unsupported I don't think you have much choice other than to use something like VLC, ffmpeg or Motion to restream it in a format that browsers can show. this does not need to be in your laptop of course, it could be any other machine on your network.

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