Question

Does this product exist?  Is there an HDMI input device that would feed the video signal over my network and I could pull it up on my Fire TV with an app?Does this product exist? Is there an HDMI input device that would feed the video signal over my network and I could pull it up on my Fire TV with an app? Basically like what I can do with my antenna feed and an HD Homerun box and their app. This would be ideal for feeding a surveillance NVR and be able to view the feed on any TV in the house. If this doesn’t exist I would honestly be surprised, but I haven’t heard of it before either. ‍♂️‍♂️

Answer 1

I do that now. it was a simple hdmi splitter that takes the nvr hdmi out and splits it out to 2 tvs. these tvs are on each side of the same wall but in different rooms so it was easy and all cabling is hdmi. I was checking out a video where this guy tries all the various ways to send hdmi down a cat5 cable, he wasnt getting good resolution at 100 feet but as the cable got shorter things seemed to work a little better he tested the more expensive hdmi over ip networking adapters and they seemed to work pretty good. I have a 3rd tv that I would like to get video from the nvr to it is about a 35 foot cable run to that tv I may try one of the cat5 methods. this isnt going to create a tv channel to watch on your firestick though. I change tv inputs to see the video.  

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@teter89 yeah I’m aware of that method but my problem is my TVs are not near each other and I would want to get the feed on any tv in the house. I went with Fire Sticks to avoid running coax or Ethernet to each TV so I don’t want to run hdmi for a camera feed. I’m currently using Eufy Security cameras and they work well, but I’m worried about missing recording an event sometimes. Plus a lot of notifications, sometimes I wish I just had 24/7 recording.  

Answer 2

Plenty of h264 streamers out there. Muxlab, TBS amongst the cheaper ones. Issue is having a dedicated app on your fire stick. Plenty of ways to do it such as VLC or IPTV apps as it's just a standard stream but all require a bit of jiggling

Answer 3

An app that supports RTSP streams running on the FireTV and then you will need cameras that can generate RTSP streams

Answer 4

Yes they do exist, you scared me . lol.  

Answer 5

Run Firefox on a local then send a tab to a fire stick hooked to your TV

Answer 6

Absolutely not the correct answer

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@liter then what is the correct answer?  

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@apprehensible sorry Robbie, that was in response to the guys post above where he just posted a video player. What you're after absolutely does exist. Hdmi capture to IP. Some devices are better than others depending on how much delay and stability you can tolerate.  

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@liter thanks. I figured you were referencing his posted device, but since you disagreed I was wondering what you would suggest. I didn’t look to closely at his suggestion either, is it not what I am looking for?  

Answer 7

Can't you view the NVR over the net with the Firestick? All local. I do that from phones, TVs and computers anywhere in the house? Just how I do it.  

Answer 8

Its called IP cameras. Like reolink c1. Use an android box and ipcam viewer and TV or monitor.  

Answer 9

Could you use a HD modulator and then tune over RF? Would be cheaper than an IP encoding method

Answer 10

Do you use an app to view the stream now? Can you just side load that app on fire tv?  

Answer 11

So there are 2 parts 1, if you just wanted to move hdmi over your existing network without having to run more cables, you can use HDMI over IP but 2, in your case you specifically want to be able to watch the stream. Simplest way is to connect the NVR/DVR to the network and use the RSTP/mobile app to view it The other way involves using a captcha card to captcha the HDMI signal and transmit it. - this can be costly though

Answer 12

If your camera DVR has a HDMI out on it , then simply get a long HDMI cable and run it. There are plenty out there from standard HDMI cabling to hdmi that's actually a Ethernet cable with HDMI connectors each end. To run it over actual Ethernet I'd suggest using cat6A for longer runs.  
https://www.blustream.co.uk/hdmi-cables

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@roper4 that wasn’t the point. I want to feed it into my network and access it via an app on any of my 5 Fire tv sticks around the house. Just like the HD Homerun tuner.