# I want to play a CCTV video in the Node-RED workspace, not on the dashboard

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**Created:** [27 December 2024 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196 "2024-12-27T07:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![pratham1469](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@pratham1469](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pratham1469)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2024 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/1 "2024-12-27T07:32:54Z")

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I have a CCTV camera, and I want to display the live video from that camera on my Node-RED workspace, not on the dashboard. Is there any way I can do this?

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2024 23:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/2 "2024-12-27T23:07:24Z")

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> [@pratham1469](#):
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> Node-RED workspace

What do you mean by this?

Are you using a Dashboard (D1 or D2?) or UIBUILDER? I'm assuming that by "workspace", you mean that you want to display it to a user in a browser tab.

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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:** [28 December 2024 08:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/3 "2024-12-28T08:28:50Z")

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Do you mean you want to display it in the node red flow editor?

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**Author:** ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Post date:** [28 December 2024 11:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/4 "2024-12-28T11:01:28Z")

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> [@pratham1469](#):
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> workspace

do you mean here ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/f/8f8a4991e995bde6626c59ee84a4104f8e2eb853.png)

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**Author:** ![pratham1469](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@pratham1469](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pratham1469)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2024 06:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/5 "2024-12-30T06:54:43Z")

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yes on the editor

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**Author:** ![pratham1469](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@pratham1469](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pratham1469)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2024 06:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/6 "2024-12-30T06:55:18Z")

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yes on the editor of node red

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2024 07:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/7 "2024-12-30T07:09:39Z")

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The editor is not a dashboard.

At best you could use the `node-red-contrib-image-tools` node which can display images in the editor, but that is for single images, you could capture a still image every x seconds and display it, don't expect your editor performance to increase.

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**Author:** ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2024 07:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/8 "2024-12-30T07:15:28Z")

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> [@pratham1469](#):
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> yes on the editor of node red

why, may i ask ?

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**Author:** ![pratham1469](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@pratham1469](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pratham1469)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2024 10:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/9 "2024-12-30T10:23:55Z")

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for a task

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**Author:** ![pratham1469](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@pratham1469](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pratham1469)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2024 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/10 "2024-12-30T10:24:41Z")

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I alerady did it by creating a custom node.

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**Author:** ![krambriw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/krambriw/32/5429_2.png) [@krambriw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/krambriw)\
**Post date:** [31 December 2024 09:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/11 "2024-12-31T09:40:45Z")

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Share it then, others may find it useful

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [31 March 2025 09:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-play-a-cctv-video-in-the-node-red-workspace-not-on-the-dashboard/94196/12 "2025-03-31T09:41:23Z")

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