Hikvision
Hikvision DS-2CD2142FWD-IS
Cameras · Security
Partly worksVerified plugin
1 report: 1 says it partly works.
Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: Camera FFmpeg.
What people report
| Plugin | Status | What they said | Connects | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Camera FFmpeg Verifiedhomebridge-camera-ffmpeg | Partly works | Needs ffmpeg binary installed on Pi; user could not get stream working initiallySaved copy… days straight messing config.json but can't figure out why it won't work. Any help is much appreciated! Hardware: RPI3 over ethernet on 192.168.1.101 Hikvision DS-2CD2142FWD-IS IP Cam over PoE on 192.168.1.200 Both my RTSP and static image URLs work fine in my browser and using VLC. The camera RTSP stream is using the substream (102) and this is using h.264 encoding. Followed guides at: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/wiki/Install-Homebridge-on-Raspbian and https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg as I installed the Homebridge Camera FFmpeg plugin Am happy using Homebridge … Excerpt saved from Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-22. | Local | Reddit thread · 2020-01 |
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In ReReHome
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Identifiers
| Brand | Hikvision |
|---|---|
| Model | DS-2CD2142FWD-IS |
| Category | Cameras |
Also reported as
- Hikvision DS-2CD2142FWD-IS IP camera