Home Assistant ESP32 CAM as IP camera

Taking a look at the best way you would be able to use the ESP32 cam as an ip camera and if this is something you should do.

This is not specifically a step by step tutorial and more of my opinion if you should use it in this way.

Buy Esp32 cam https://www.banggood.com/custlink/vvmGfCbtoN

Links to Tutorials. Recommended. https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-cam-video-streaming-web-server-camera-home-assistant/

Esphome https://esphome.io/components/esp32_camera.html

Esphome Code:

esp32_camera: external_clock: pin: GPIO0 frequency: 20MHz i2c_pins: sda: GPIO26 scl: GPIO27 data_pins: [GPIO5, GPIO18, GPIO19, GPIO21, GPIO36, GPIO39, GPIO34, GPIO35] vsync_pin: GPIO25 href_pin: GPIO23 pixel_clock_pin: GPIO22 power_down_pin: GPIO32

resolution: 640x480 jpeg_quality: 10 name: My Camera

esp32_touch: setup_mode: True

binary_sensor:

• platform: esp32_touch name: "ESP32 Touch Pad GPIO27" pin: GPIO14 threshold: 1000 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4WynJyKv8Q