# Camera binding

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-binding/23555>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Tags:** binding\
**Created:** [February 22, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-binding/23555 "2017-02-22T00:02:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![omo22](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@omo22](https://community.openhab.org/u/omo22)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-binding/23555/1 "2017-02-22T00:02:43Z")

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hi  
I have openhab2 and trying to install addon for IP camera from  
[https://github.com/thhart/openhab2-addons/tree/master/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.camera](https://github.com/thhart/openhab2-addons/tree/master/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.camera)  
any knows how to do this?

thanks

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**Author:** ![omo22](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@omo22](https://community.openhab.org/u/omo22)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-binding/23555/2 "2017-03-01T12:26:12Z")

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may be OH2 has fixed bindings included with original file and add-on is not possible  
this add-on is not a jar file and would not work placing i inside add-on directory.

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**Author:** ![rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rossko57/32/70263_2.png) [@rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/u/rossko57)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-binding/23555/3 "2017-03-01T20:39:16Z")

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> [@Generic IP Camera binding](https://community.openhab.org/t/generic-ip-camera-binding/12625):
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> Hi, as I understand cameras are not well supported yet in OpenHab. I am very interested in contributing a binding to this. As a kickstart I have following ideas in descending priority. It would be very nice if someone can review and help for a kickoff: Generate binding to support IP camera by URL Create renderers for IP camera supported as thing to display image and video, sitemap Support for PTZ controls Support for persisting timeline snapshots Support for video stream archiving Update 201…