Install — Openipc

My camera is now feeding into my HomeAssistant server via go2rtc , and I sleep better knowing Big Brother isn't watching through my lens.

Here is my step-by-step experience installing OpenIPC on a random, unbranded 2MP camera I had gathering dust. Before downloading anything, you need to play detective. OpenIPC supports specific hardware, not specific camera brands. openipc install

ifconfig eth0 up udhcpc -i eth0 Boom. The router assigned 192.168.1.99 . My camera is now feeding into my HomeAssistant

I manually configured the LAN interface: I manually configured the LAN interface: I then

I then enabled the (OpenIPC’s daemon for video):

We’ve all been there. You buy a budget IP camera (looking at you, Foscam, Xiongmai, and the "white label" specials on AliExpress). It works for a while, but then the cloud app stops working, the backdoor vulnerabilities surface, or the RTSP stream just... dies.

I opened VLC Player and typed: rtsp://192.168.1.99:554/streaming/channels/1