App for Fire TV and Android TV
Free Cam TV View
Your cameras live on your TV.
A free, open source app for Android TV and Amazon Fire TV: Dahua IP cameras, NVRs and video intercoms, plus any RTSP camera, live on your television. It works entirely with the remote, with no account and no cloud.
- Fire TV
- Android TV
- Dahua
- NVR / XVR
- Video intercoms
- RTSP
01 Features
Everything you need, nothing more.
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Automatic discovery
Finds Dahua cameras, NVRs/XVRs and video intercoms on your network, with model and type, plus RTSP cameras from other brands. NVRs bring all their channels along, with their names.
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Grids from 1 to 16
Live grids of 1, 4, 9 or 16 tiles across several pages, and HD full screen with audio.
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Groups and remote sites
Groups such as Home and Office, with a bar to switch between them. Remote sites are added with a DDNS host name or over a VPN.
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LD/HD per camera
Quality chosen per camera, separately for the grid and full screen. If the TV cannot handle HD, for example a 4K camera on a Full HD TV, the app switches to the extra stream or LD on its own.
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Door release
For Dahua video intercoms (VTO): two locks, with confirmation, right from the remote.
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Private by design
No account, no cloud, no ads. Passwords stay on the TV, encrypted with the Android Keystore (AES-256).
02 Screenshots
Designed for the remote.
Every feature is reachable with the arrow keys and OK: no fiddly keyboards, no screens to touch. Screenshots show the Italian interface; the app is also available in English.
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Camera in HD full screen
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Grid of nine cameras
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App settings menu
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Editing a camera: address, port, channel and quality
03 Remote control
Remote control commands
- OK
- Full screen
- OK ⏵ held
- Quick menu: LD/HD, full screen, door release
- ◀ ▶
- Previous and next page or camera
- ▲ ▼
- Groups and tiles; in full screen, LD ↔ HD
- ⏯
- Video intercom door release
- ≡
- Settings
04 Compatibility
Supported devices
- Dahua IP camerasMain, sub and extra streams
- Dahua NVRs / XVRs / DVRsAutomatic channel import with names
- Dahua video intercoms (VTO)Live video and door release
- Dahua OEM brandsImou, Lorex, Amcrest… if they expose the standard Dahua APIs
- RTSP cameras from other brandsWith a custom RTSP URL
Android TV or Fire TV with Android 5.1 or later (Fire OS 5+), cameras reachable over RTSP (port 554 by default).
privacy · open source
Your video stays at home.
The app collects no personal data and uses no external servers: it only talks to your cameras. The code is public, so anyone can check it.
- account
- 0
- tracking
- 0
- ads
- 0
- encryption
- AES-256
Frequently asked questions
The answers clients ask for most.
Is the app free?
Yes: it is free, with no ads or in-app purchases, and the source code is public on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Does it work with cameras that are not Dahua?
Yes, with any camera that offers an RTSP stream: just enter the RTSP URL in the camera settings. Specific features, such as NVR channel import and door release, are available for Dahua and compatible devices.
Can I watch cameras at another site?
Yes: with a VPN between the sites, the recommended option, or by forwarding the remote device's RTSP port, restricted to the IP address of the site you watch from. Port 37777 used by the Dahua apps is not supported: RTSP is required.
Where do my passwords and video go?
Nowhere: the app only talks to the cameras you configure. Passwords are stored only on the TV, encrypted, and video does not go through any external server. Details are in the privacy policy.
Do you build custom video surveillance software?
The firm designs custom software and integrations, including for video surveillance and access control: get in touch to discuss your project.
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Need a custom app?
Free Cam TV View was born from a real need at the firm. If you have an idea for a TV, smartphone or desktop app, let's talk.
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- location
- Lamezia Terme (CZ)
- operating in
- Italy and abroad