# Display Live feed in Ignition Perspective **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [November 6, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989 "2025-11-06T10:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MOHAMMED_MUSAMMIL)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/1 "2025-11-06T10:34:19Z")
Hi everyone, I have one doubt regarding displaying live camera feed in Ignition Perspective. I am using a third-party IP camera, and both the camera and the Ignition Gateway are on the same network. I tried to show the live feed in a Perspective Video Player component by setting the camera stream URL in the **Source Path** property. However, I am getting an error and the video is not displaying. Could anyone guide me on the correct way to configure the video stream in Ignition? ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/2 "2025-11-06T10:36:09Z")
> [@Display IP Camera Feed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-ip-camera-feed/111984): > > Hi everyone, I have one doubt regarding displaying live camera feed in Ignition Perspective. I am using a third-party IP camera, and both the camera and the Ignition Gateway are on the same network. I tried to show the live feed in a Perspective Video Player component by setting the camera stream URL in the Source Path property. However, I am getting an error and the video is not displaying. Could anyone guide me on the correct way to configure the video stream in Ignition? Multiple forum posts on the same topic are not allowed. ---
**Author:** ![dillon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dillon/32/81537_2.png) [@dillon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dillon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/3 "2025-11-06T15:25:32Z")
1. Sanity check that the given url works in the web browser first (happens) 2. Does the codec used belong in this list? [Media | JxBrowser](https://teamdev.com/jxbrowser/docs/guides/media/) ---
**Author:** ![MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MOHAMMED_MUSAMMIL)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/4 "2025-11-08T13:42:21Z")
[http://admin:admin123@192.168.5.190/ipcam/mjpeg.cgi](http://admin:admin123@192.168.5.190/ipcam/mjpeg.cgi) “[http://admin:admin123@192.168.5.190/ipcam/mjpeg.cgi”](http://admin:admin123@192.168.5.190/ipcam/mjpeg.cgi%E2%80%9D) This is my camera stream URL and it works in my browser. But when I paste the same URL into the **Ignition Perspective Video Player** as the source path, it shows the error **“File not valid.”** My camera is **Milesight** and the video codec is **H.264**. Please help me to display the live video in Perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/5 "2025-11-08T14:11:30Z")
Did you tick “Live Feed: True”? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/c/fc9d63428126283f92d00e035a232a906209de15.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MOHAMMED_MUSAMMIL)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/6 "2025-11-08T14:24:29Z")
Yes sir ![Live1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/a/4a10dfb1aa86ca3acb9be66f6c1433164d15caf8.jpeg) ![Live](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/5/95c34b7699411fc3627200e6acbe5642b4504cc9.png) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/7 "2025-11-08T14:28:50Z")
Test your Perspective video component in an actual client session in your browser. It is likely your stream has an unsupported codec for the designer. (Same with Workstation.) ---
**Author:** ![MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MOHAMMED_MUSAMMIL)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/8 "2025-11-08T14:41:40Z")
I tested the stream in a real Perspective client session while running Ignition in free trial mode on localhost. The Video Player component is showing an invalid stream error. This issue is _not_ because I'm on localhost; it's because the stream format (codec) is not supported by the Perspective Video Player ![Sample](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/e/5eb78c8054427cb008a60b4a388b280e66268546.png) ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/9 "2025-11-08T14:45:23Z")
> [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](#): > > the stream format (codec) is not supported ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/e/de67f12290cbb5a55376433ddc657d27ba1e9416.png) ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/10 "2025-11-08T14:48:16Z")
> [@RTSP Support on Video player component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rtsp-support-on-video-player-component/36139/4): > > If you’re using Perspective, you actually have support for whatever streams the browser supports. H.264 and WebM should both have good support in most browsers. I’d use one of those streams. Most webcams at least provide an H.264 stream these days. [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Perspective+-+Video+Player](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Perspective+-+Video+Player) RTSP is a completely non-web protocol, so if you need to connect with one of those streams, using Phil’s module or a separate converter is still the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MOHAMMED_MUSAMMIL)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/11 "2025-11-09T08:14:41Z")
Is it possible to include the username and password directly in the URL, like `http://admin:admin123@192.168.5.190/ipcam/mjpeg.cgi`, for an Ignition Perspective video stream? I know that Perspective won’t load streams with credentials in the URL, but is there any workaround or supported method to pass authentication this way? My camera is using **H.264 codec only**. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/12 "2025-11-09T17:27:54Z")
Yes > [@View Local Camera as Live Feed in Video Player component in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-local-camera-as-live-feed-in-video-player-component-in-perspective/65911/11): > > If you don't need high frame rate, something like 1fps or so (yes 1...not a typo), you could just use the Perspective Video Player component to capture the still images from the camera (you will have to figure out the URL for your specific camera brand). For example, I did a test using an Amcrest IP camera and the source parameter used a binding expression to update/refresh the image that had the following: "http://\/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?user=\&password=\&t="… ---
**Author:** ![MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@MOHAMMED\_MUSAMMIL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MOHAMMED_MUSAMMIL)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-live-feed-in-ignition-perspective/111989/13 "2025-11-11T07:04:04Z")
Thanks 🙂