Advanced Camera Card

Advanced Camera Card (formerly known as Frigate Card) is a comprehensive camera card designed for Home Assistant. It provides advanced viewing capabilities for multiple cameras, including live streams, event browsing, and media management.

Key features include:

• Live Viewing: Support for multiple camera streams.
• Media Browsing: A mini-gallery for browsing clips and snapshots, with automatic updates to show the latest media.
• Event Filtering: Filter events by specific zones and labels.
• Entity Integration: Access arbitrary entities (such as motion sensors) via a menu.
• Display Modes: Fullscreen mode, grid layouts, and carousel/swipeable media or camera views.
• Media Interaction: Direct media downloads and thumbnail support.
• Lovelace Integration: Supports visual editing and full Picture Elements support.
• Theming: Fully theme-friendly for Home Assistant environments.

The Advanced Camera Card supports several stock elements that follow the Home Assistant Picture Elements model. These elements can be overlaid on the camera background to display entity states, icons, images, or buttons.

Available stock element types include:

• conditional: Shows sub-elements based on specific entity states or conditions.
• custom: Uses custom elements provided by the card (see Advanced Camera Card custom elements for details).
• icon: Displays a static icon not linked to an entity state.
• image: Overlays an image that can change based on entity state.
• service-button: A button with text used to call a Home Assistant service.
• state-badge: A badge representing an entity's state.
• state-icon: Represents an entity state using an icon.
• state-label: Represents an entity's state via text.

Note: For detailed configuration of individual elements, refer to the Home Assistant Picture Elements documentation.

To synchronize the camera selection between the card and an external entity, provide an input_select entity to the remote_control.entities.camera option.

Behavior

• Bidirectional Control: When you change the camera on the card, the input_select entity state is updated. Conversely, when the entity state changes, the card updates to show the corresponding camera.
• Initialization: When the card starts, it automatically resets the input_select options to only include valid camera IDs available on the card. The card's initial camera selection will match the current state of the entity.
• Requirement: The entity must be an input_select (e.g., input_select.your_entity_name).

How to create a compatible entity

If you don't have an entity ready, you can create one via the visual card editor:

1. Go to Remote Control -> Remote Control Entities.
2. Choose Create a new Dropdown helper.
3. Provide an entity name (e.g., my_selected_camera) and an optional icon.
4. Add at least one placeholder option (e.g., camera) and click Add (the card will overwrite these options with valid camera IDs upon startup).
5. Click Create.

The path key allows you to navigate through a media hierarchy by defining a list of steps. Each step in the list represents a level in the folder structure.

Matchers

Use matchers to select specific sub-folders at a given level:

• type: title: Matches a folder based on its display title. You can use a literal title string or a regexp with a named capture group (?<value>...) to extract data.
• type: template: Uses a Jinja2-style template to match folders (e.g., matching today's date).
• type: date: Matches folders based on date criteria using the since option.

Parsers

Use parsers to extract metadata (like dates and times) from folder names or filenames at a specific level:

• type: startdate: Automatically detects and parses a start date/time from the name.
• type: date: Extracts a date using a regexp and an optional format (e.g., yyyyMMdd-HHmmss).

Example: Navigating a resolution -> date -> time hierarchy

folders:
  - type: ha
    ha:
      url: /media-browser/browser/app%2Cmedia-source%3A%2F%2Freolink/playlist%2Cmedia-source%3A%2F%2Freolink%2FCAM%7C01J8XAATNH77WE5D654K07KY1F%7C0
      path:
        - matchers:
            - type: title
              title: High resolution
        - parsers:
            - type: startdate
        - parsers:
            - type: startdate