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Go2rtc-restreamed MJPEG IP camera

Cameras · Security

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1 report: 1 says it doesn’t work.

Reported on r/homeassistant with go2rtc.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
go2rtcNot workingBroken in Home
Thumbnail shows but live stream hangs
H264 re-encode via go2rtc RTSP fails with unsupported transport
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The problem I have several cameras streaming to homekit. Generally they are working but this camera's source is MJPEG instead of an RTSP stream. I have go2rtc re-encoding the stream to H264. I can confirm that I can connect to it myself via ffmpeg. - Source camera is streaming MJPEG. - Connect camera to frigate/go2rtc and re-stream it as H264 via RTSP-over-TCP. - Connect via VLC, confirm a good H264 stream. - Add camera to homekit bridge integration, select that the camera already natively supports H264. - Add camera to home app. - Thumbnail appears. - Click to stream - observe hang/failure …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

Issue #145300 · 2025-05

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CategoryCameras