# Camera in Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/camera-in-ignition/115659 "2026-05-22T10:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/camera-in-ignition/115659/2 "2026-05-22T12:01:57Z")
The error suggests the camera deliberately rejected the URL as invalid. You'll have to share more. Consider using VLC to test camera streams before using them in Ignition. FWIW, you are unlikely to be very happy with MJPEG from most cameras. I made a module to convert common performant streams (h264/5) to MJPEG leveraging the gateway. Found here: > [@Automation Professionals' Image Streamer Driver Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-image-streamer-driver-module/29371): > > Automation Professionals is pleased to announce a Release Candidate for its new driver module, supporting the live Network Image transmission format of [Keyence CV-5000](https://www.keyence.com/products/vision/vision-sys/cv-5000/index.jsp) machine vision controllers, plus support for common Network Video streams via [OpenCV](https://opencv.org/). Stream metadata is exposed as OPC items, and the output streams are Motion JPEG. The IP Camera Viewer Component in Vision can consume these streams, making it possible to integrate IP Cameras that don't have MJPEG support or have poor support f… Latest links are in comments 104 & 105. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/camera-in-ignition/115659)._