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Lesson17 - integrate USB local camera to home assistant - admin - 04-18-2022


1. connect with your USB camera.
2. Enable home assistant "Advanced Mode".
3. "Add-ons, Backups & Supervisor" -- "system" -- "Host" -- "Hardware" ,  search videox
4. Configuration edit yaml
camera:
  - platform: ffmpeg
    name: cam
    input: /dev/input/video0
5. Home assistant restart
6. Add camera to dashboard by "picture entity" card