# Unable to display a video window on my dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboard\ **Tags:** dashboard-2\ **Created:** [26 July 2026 18:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-display-a-video-window-on-my-dashboard/101537 "2026-07-26T18:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14

**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:** [27 July 2026 17:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-display-a-video-window-on-my-dashboard/101537/14 "2026-07-27T17:45:41Z")

Just an input here to the discussion, I had a rather similar need that we touched upon earlier some 1,5 years ago. I had a template that worked very well in DB-1 one and I wanted it to be migrated to DB-2. With great help from @Steve-Mcl I finally got it working. That template supports more than what you need; live & recorded video of various formats as well as showing images (it does support base64). So maybe this can at least help you moving forward (I will create a small flow to demonstrate how to show images asap) > [@Migrating ui template from Dashboard-1 to Dashboard-2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migrating-ui-template-from-dashboard-1-to-dashboard-2/92891): > > Hello, I just started looking into my old very well working ui template to try to migrate the functionality to Dashboard-2 The template is capable and used to stream & show video (like rtsp and http) as well as starting actions like taking snapshots The issue is what needs to be changed? A straight forward copying of code does not work, it was not expected either I assume it is those parts where I'm using the scope in the javascripts and the ng-click in the html that needs to be replaced som… --- _[View the full topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-display-a-video-window-on-my-dashboard/101537)._