[Question] [Home assistant] Disable player control? Go2rtc frame.jpg as poster?

[kizovinh]

[Question] [Home assistant] Disable player control? Go2rtc frame.jpg as poster?

[AlexxIT]

Go2rtc don't have actual link to your stream.

When you using WebRTC card with entity as source - actual stream link updated on each stream start.

When you using go2rtc API directly - there is no guarantee that link is ok.

[AlexxIT]

I didn't really understand what was going on in the last paragraph

[kizovinh]

I didn't really understand what was going on in the last paragraph

in the custom:webrtc-card, there is option for poster, which is the still image showing when the camera is loading. I used MJPEG snapshot, hope it will fetch the image and show it on the card while the camera is loading, but it show a black screen instead.

Sorry for my bad English.

[AlexxIT]

Well. Your question about the snapshot not working.
Show link to shapshot and go2rtc config for this link.

[kizovinh]

Well. Your question about the snapshot not working. Show link to shapshot and go2rtc config for this link.

I didn't add any config for go2rtc. Currently I am using ezviz integration and add camera there. Then I use webrtc-card with these ezviz camera entity so it auto create these camera on go2rtc webui. Then I use this link http://192.168.68.104:1984/api/frame.jpeg?src=camera.ezviz_camera to get the snapshot.

This link usually work fine when I open it on any browser. But when I use it as the still image for the card, it shows black screen

[kizovinh]

Go2rtc don't have actual link to your stream.

When you using WebRTC card with entity as source - actual stream link updated on each stream start.

When you using go2rtc API directly - there is no guarantee that link is ok.

Thank you, this info helps a lot, however because of the camera connection, and the mjpeg snapshot from go2rtc can't work with external network, so I decide to create an automation to get the snapshot each 3 mins and save to local file and use it as still image.

So what about disable the video player control, is it possible?

[kizovinh]

For example in this screen shot, while loading, I want to disable the big "play" button. Loading status on the top right corner is sufficient enough

[AlexxIT]

https://github.com/AlexxIT/WebRTC?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-card