# Simple view of IPcam

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/simple-view-of-ipcam/14000>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [4 August 2019 19:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/simple-view-of-ipcam/14000 "2019-08-04T19:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kemster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kemster/32/10647_2.png) [@Kemster](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kemster)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2019 19:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/simple-view-of-ipcam/14000/1 "2019-08-04T19:12:32Z")

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Hi everybody.

I'm new to node red.......  
I have managed to make a desent dashboard with guages and other cool stuff......  
BUT I would really like to view an IPcam in real time....... and thats it...... no recording, no pause.... only real time view is needed.  
any idea of how thats done ?

Best regards  
Kim Jensen

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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:** [4 August 2019 19:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/simple-view-of-ipcam/14000/2 "2019-08-04T19:29:30Z")

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Do a search

Or look here

> [@A Dashboard setup for video cameras](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-dashboard-setup-for-video-cameras/12165):
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> Well, seems this is an increasing interest in todays society being able to monitor your home and other belongings using all kind of video devices. Especially since they have become rather affordable and easy to install and configure So let's start simple, this beginners example flow just demonstrates how you can view live video in the dashboard. Obviously you have to change the url's to fit your specific cameras Next steps could involve adding features to integrate with your home automation & …

Or in this thread, here is a nice example using rtsp

> [@How to display CCTV camera in dashboard (RTSP)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-display-cctv-camera-in-dashboard-rtsp/5860):
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> So far I've been able to use VLC on my Windows laptop to decode and stream an RTSP stream directly from my HikVision cameras. The command to run VLC to do this is vlc.exe -R rtsp://admin:password@10.4.5.24:554/Streaming/Channels/101/ --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mjpg,vb=2500,scale=1.0,fps=10,acodec=none}:standard{access=http{mime=multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=7b3cc56e5f51db803f790dad720ed50a},mux=mpjpeg,dst=:8888/videostream.cgi} This generates an MJPG which can be displayed with a simple D…