Home Assistant 📡 > Android TV 📺> Cam 🎥

README.md

How I transform my Android Tv into a Home Assistant Camera

1. Setup the Android TV integration in Home Assistant.
2. You need to create a Node-Red flow, to take screenshot periodically.

You could use YAML automation too. If you did share me the code. I will add it to this gist.

3. Setup a new local_file Camera in Home Assistant

4. Extra : Add some magic. Use node-red-contrib-huemagic node to sync the dominant color of the screenshot with you hue bulb (or your Emulated Hue bulb 😆)

androidtvcam.yaml

camera:
  - platform: local_file
    name : shield
    file_path: /config/www/nvidia_screen.png

node-red_android_screenShot.json

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        "version": 1,
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