# Connect a security camera to Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-a-security-camera-to-ignition/9740>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-a-security-camera-to-ignition/9740 "2015-02-24T12:19:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sebastian\_coor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Sebastian\_coor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sebastian_coor)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-a-security-camera-to-ignition/9740/1 "2015-02-24T12:19:34Z")

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Hi!

As far as i know you can use the Ip camera viewer to see live video of an IP camera.

Can i bind the url properties of a camera to a database to see old storage video from a security cam? Is there a better way to do that?

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![WildeKurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-a-security-camera-to-ignition/9740/2 "2015-02-26T23:54:21Z")

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I have done something similar. It basically entailed using VLC media player to play an video file and direct it to a URL which I viewed with the Ignition component. I did it just as a test and never put it into a production system. Mazeyrat built a module with a viewer. I tried it out a while back. I’m sure you can find some posts around here if you do a search.

Kurt