Do you use security cameras around your house and want to improve the video speed of your cameras? Then WebRTC is just the solution for you. I will show you how to set this up in minutes in this Home Assistant tutorial.
If you own security cameras and monitor them using Home Assistant, you might notice that there can be some delays between the live stream of your camera and the actual events that take place. I can imagine that you want these delays to be as short as possible. Luckily this can be done by using WebRTC. WebRTC is an open-source project that enables real-time communication in web browsers and mobile applications. With WebRTC, you can create applications that allow for peer-to-peer audio and video communication. In Home Assistant, this can be useful for setting up a video doorbell, security cameras, or any other device that requires live video streaming.

NOTE: WebRTC works locally. You can use the HD stream for WebRTC and the sub-stream without WebRTC. This way, you can show the sub-stream from outside your network and the HD stream super fast inside your network.
Or... You can set up a stun server.

Links referred to in this video:
* The WebRTC repository: https://github.com/allenporter/stream-addons
* The WebRTC web interface: http://homeassistant.local:8083
* The snapshot URL for Reolink cameras: http://ip address of your camera/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=0&rs=wuuPhkmUCeI9WG7E&user=admin&password=yourpassword
* The stream URL for Reolink cameras: rtsp://admin:yourpassword@ip address of your camera:554/h264Preview_01_sub

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:25 Explaining WebRTC
00:01:03 How to set up a camera in Home Assistant
00:03:03 How to set up WebRTC in Home Assistant
00:04:21 How to configure WebRTC in Home Assistant
00:05:12 How to add a camera to a dashboard in Home Assistant

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