# Camera Image Problem BASICUI **URL:** \ **Category:** Bindings\ **Tags:** basicui, onvif, ipcamera\ **Created:** [October 10, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-image-problem-basicui/166741 "2025-10-10T07:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Marx](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/matthias_marx/32/36960_2.png) [@Matthias\_Marx](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matthias_Marx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-image-problem-basicui/166741/1 "2025-10-10T07:57:24Z")
Hi, I am using 4 different types of camera but only one is making trouble. This Reolink E1 Pro is supporting ONVIF and RTSP but no HTTP. So its not directly possible to connect to a website to get a snapshot. I have another instance of AgentDVR running were all 4 cameras are collected and showed without issues. I am using the HTTP stream to connect to the E1 Pro which is working inside my network without issues. I used this streaming link from AgentDVR http://:8090/grab.jpg?oid=3&size=1280x720 to setup a generic ipcamera topic. Within this topic after activating the switch for updating the Image item the item is updated and can showed in basic ui aswell. But only if I switch it on and off again. I can follow directly the updating if I use the switch to on but then basicui can’t handle it and the page is in a refresh loop. In the thing there is an image url which points to the Openhab server but If I open up this link I only get an error openhab page but no image. From my other camera which is configured in Openhab with the same ipcamera binding the Image URL is working and I use this for showing the image in basic ui. I also tried the link from my AgentDVR in basic ui which is working but only in my internal network and not over mobile network. Is there anyone who has a hint for me how to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rlkoshak/32/75251_2.png) [@rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/u/rlkoshak)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-image-problem-basicui/166741/2 "2025-10-10T14:32:52Z")
There really isn’t enough here to pinpoint the specific problem but I can show how I configured my cameras. 1. Install the IPCamera binding 2. Create and configure the Thing. Here is one of mine. I don’t have extensive experience with the bindings and different types of cameras. This one is an RTSP stream. ```auto UID: ipcamera:generic:garage_camera label: Garage Wyze Camera thingTypeUID: ipcamera:generic configuration: mjpegOptions: -q:v 5 -r 2 -vf scale=640:-2 -update 1 ipAddress: 10.10.1.112 mjpegUrl: ffmpeg updateImageWhen: "0" gifPreroll: 0 ffmpegLocation: /usr/bin/ffmpeg ipWhitelist: DISABLE mp4OutOptions: -c:v copy -c:a copy pollTime: 1000 password: password port: 8888 snapshotUrl: ffmpeg snapshotOptions: -an -vsync vfr -q:v 2 -update 1 ffmpegInput: rtsp://user:password@argus.koshak.lan:8554/garage gifOutOptions: -r 2 -filter_complex scale=-2:360:flags=lanczos,setpts=0.5*PTS,split[o1][o2];[o1]palettegen[p];[o2]fifo[o3];[o3][p]paletteuse hlsOutOptions: -strict -2 -f lavfi -i aevalsrc=0 -acodec aac -vcodec copy -hls_flags delete_segments -hls_time 2 -hls_list_size 4 username: rlkoshak@gmail.com location: Garage channels: - id: startStream ``` I’m not showing the Channels becuase I didn’t make any changes there. 1. The next steps depends on what you want to show on the UI. I’m OK with images with a one second refresh so that’s what I configured. Link a String Item to the Image URL Channel. 2. That’s going to give you a URL that only works when you are on the LAN though. The front part of the URL needs to be stripped off to become a relative URL which will work locally and remotely. On the Link apply an ECMA Script and in the “Thing to Item Transformation” put `| input.substring(input.indexOf('/', 8)+1)`. 3. I use MainUI so I can’t speak specifically to BasicUI. I imagine you’d just use an Image element pointing at the Item. In MainUI I use an Image card. ```auto - component: oh-image-card config: refreshInterval: 3000 style: height: auto width: 100% url: '=(items.GarageCamera_Status.state === "ON") ? items.GarageWyzeCamera_ImageURL.state : "/static/garage.jpg"' ``` This is an example UI Widget config where I use the Item. ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Marx](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/matthias_marx/32/36960_2.png) [@Matthias\_Marx](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matthias_Marx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-image-problem-basicui/166741/3 "2025-10-10T18:18:57Z")
oh man you made my day. The clue was just to add “ffmpeg” for the snapshotURL. Because I have a working RTSP URL my thing instantly switched to online. PTZ commands are also working and in this thing I used the item for the snapshow URL and added it to my basic ui and suprise –\> this is working internally and also externally from my network. Very nice. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_Marx](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/matthias_marx/32/36960_2.png) [@Matthias\_Marx](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matthias_Marx)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/camera-image-problem-basicui/166741/4 "2026-01-06T14:47:45Z")
Hi, is anyone aware of changes in OH 5.1 in comparison to 5.0? I used the “ffmpeg” input for the snapshot URL but for one camera my snapshot URL seems to be empty. If I try to reach it I only get the OH message “Sorry Requested Content not found“. There was no change in the thing properties and I did an update. Everything else seems to work from this update except this camera. EDIT: Today it is working again and I didn’t changed anything so very strange that after more than one week is is working again without changes.