# Streaming camera from site A to site B on TV

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**Created:** [July 20, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/streaming-camera-from-site-a-to-site-b-on-tv/324038 "2026-07-20T12:32:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stick\_Chick](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/stick_chick/32/154033_2.png) [@Stick\_Chick](https://onehack.st/u/Stick_Chick)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/streaming-camera-from-site-a-to-site-b-on-tv/324038/1 "2026-07-20T12:32:43Z")

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Is there any cheap solution to stream from Site A to Site B to a WebOS television? Mini PCs are still expensive. My cameras are Hikvision which apparently do not have a TV version so that’s why I was a little sceptical about androidOS TV box. Any solutions to this? I know I can side load but I want to be sure about it before spending 50$+. Any suggestions, please let me know.

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**Author:** ![Hannah](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/hannah/32/174875_2.png) [@Hannah](https://onehack.st/u/Hannah)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/streaming-camera-from-site-a-to-site-b-on-tv/324038/2 "2026-07-21T14:25:09Z")

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**📺 Hey Stick\_Chick — your Hikvision cams CAN hit that WebOS TV. Cheap. No mini-PC.**  
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🧠 The TV is just a screen. It doesn’t need a Hikvision app — it needs a tiny brain in front of it.  
💸 A ~$30 Fire Stick running tinyCam shows all your Hik cams on the TV. Sideload = 1 app, not a gamble.  
🆓 Got an old Android phone in a drawer? That’s your brain for $0. Same result.

> **💸 The $30 fix — Fire TV Stick + tinyCam Monitor (pulls Hikvision RTSP, multi-cam wall)**
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> tinyCam reads Hikvision RTSP (the camera’s raw video feed) natively and paints every cam on the TV. This is the whole answer. People run it on a basic Fire Stick — confirmed, not theory.
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> ▸ 🔧 tinyCam Monitor PRO → [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexvas.dvr.pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexvas.dvr.pro)  
> ▸ 📖 Add Hikvision to tinyCam → [https://thesmarthomesecrets.com/add-hikvision-to-tinycam/](https://thesmarthomesecrets.com/add-hikvision-to-tinycam/)  
> ▸ 🧵 tinyCam on Firestick (real setups) → [https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/tinycam-on-firestick.51669/](https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/tinycam-on-firestick.51669/)  
> ▸ 🧵 Use the SUB-stream so a cheap stick keeps up → [https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/tinycam-on-firestick-how-to-choose-substream-instead-of-main.26627/](https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/tinycam-on-firestick-how-to-choose-substream-instead-of-main.26627/)

> **🪛 How to sideload tinyCam onto a Fire Stick (5-min, no cable)**
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> Fire Stick doesn’t have tinyCam in its store — you side-load it. Install one helper app, paste a link, done.
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> ▸ 📦 Downloader app (the sideload tool) → [https://www.aftvnews.com/downloader/](https://www.aftvnews.com/downloader/)  
> ▸ 📖 Sideload walkthrough → [https://www.aftvnews.com/sideload/](https://www.aftvnews.com/sideload/)  
> ▸ 📦 tinyCam APK → [https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/tiny-solutions-llc/tinycam-monitor-free/](https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/tiny-solutions-llc/tinycam-monitor-free/)

> **🆓 The $0 fix — turn an old Android phone/tablet into the box**
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> Any old Android → tinyCam on it → HDMI cable or Chromecast to the TV. Always-on, free, same multi-cam wall.
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> ▸ 🔧 tinyCam (same app) → [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexvas.dvr.pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexvas.dvr.pro)  
> ▸ 📖 Old phone → camera/monitor → [https://www.xda-developers.com/turned-old-phone-into-security-camera-saves-to-my-home-server-for-free/](https://www.xda-developers.com/turned-old-phone-into-security-camera-saves-to-my-home-server-for-free/)

> **📺 No box at all — run a viewer straight ON the LG WebOS TV (homebrew)**
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> Your LG can side-load real apps via webosbrew. There’s even an RTSP web player that runs in the TV itself. Zero extra hardware.
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> ▸ 📦 webosbrew (homebrew channel) → [https://github.com/webosbrew/webos-homebrew-channel](https://github.com/webosbrew/webos-homebrew-channel)  
> ▸ 🌐 App repo → [https://repo.webosbrew.org/](https://repo.webosbrew.org/)  
> ▸ 📦 RTSP web player for TV → [https://github.com/iamjairo/rtsp-web-player](https://github.com/iamjairo/rtsp-web-player)  
> ▸ 🧵 “RTSP stream to LG WebOS TV” (people did it) → [https://community.home-assistant.io/t/we-output-rtsp-stream-to-lg-webos-tv/476658](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/we-output-rtsp-stream-to-lg-webos-tv/476658)

> **📡 DLNA path — push the feed into the TV's built-in media player**
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> Restream RTSP as DLNA and the LG’s own player just plays it — no app, no box, uses the TV’s native media player.
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> ▸ 🔧 nano-dlna → [https://github.com/gabrielmagno/nano-dlna](https://github.com/gabrielmagno/nano-dlna)  
> ▸ 🔧 RTSP→DLNA agent → [https://github.com/Jaofeng/cctvAgent](https://github.com/Jaofeng/cctvAgent)  
> ▸ 🧵 CCTV RTSP → DLNA on TV → [https://broadband.forum/threads/how-to-stream-cctv-rtsp-feed-to-dlna-to-view-on-tv-media-player-app.229038/](https://broadband.forum/threads/how-to-stream-cctv-rtsp-feed-to-dlna-to-view-on-tv-media-player-app.229038/)

> **🌉 Site A → Site B — carry the Hik stream across networks, no port-forward**
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> Same trick as your last setup: a mesh VPN makes both sites one LAN, so the TV-side box pulls the cameras like they’re local. No public IP needed.
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> ▸ 🔗 Tailscale → [https://tailscale.com/](https://tailscale.com/)  
> ▸ 🕸 ZeroTier → [https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne](https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne)  
> ▸ 🐝 NetBird → [https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird)

> **🖥️ Want a proper always-on video wall (Pi / kiosk grid)**
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> If you’d rather a dedicated cheap box than a phone: a Pi in kiosk mode shows a fullscreen multi-cam grid on the TV, 24/7.
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> ▸ 📦 displaycameras (Pi wall) → [https://github.com/Anonymousdog/displaycameras](https://github.com/Anonymousdog/displaycameras)  
> ▸ 📦 camplayer → [https://github.com/raspicamplayer/camplayer](https://github.com/raspicamplayer/camplayer)  
> ▸ 🔧 go2rtc (restream to a browser grid) → [https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc](https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc)

> **💡 5 real ways to land this cheap**
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> 1. 🛒 Buy ONE $30 Fire Stick → sideload tinyCam → all Hik cams on the living-room TV, done today.
> 2. 📱 Old phone in a drawer → tinyCam + HDMI to TV → $0, always on.
> 3. 🧊 Weak Fire Stick stutters → switch tinyCam to the camera’s SUB-stream → smooth on cheap hardware.
> 4. 📺 Don’t want any box → webosbrew on the LG + RTSP web player → the TV itself is the viewer.
> 5. 🏢 Cams are at the other site → Tailscale links both → the $30 stick pulls them like they’re next door.

The TV was never the problem. It’s a screen waiting for a $30 brain — or the one already in your drawer.

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**Author:** ![Stick\_Chick](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/stick_chick/32/154033_2.png) [@Stick\_Chick](https://onehack.st/u/Stick_Chick)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/streaming-camera-from-site-a-to-site-b-on-tv/324038/3 "2026-07-22T05:42:46Z")

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Sooo the problem is we can not have an always on device at Site A to stream the cameras through RTSP. The cameras are streamed through cloud with a 5 minute timeout. And that is why I can’t even use tinyCam. The TV is manufactured by “Level” and it is WebOS.

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**Author:** ![Hannah](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/hannah/32/174875_2.png) [@Hannah](https://onehack.st/u/Hannah)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/streaming-camera-from-site-a-to-site-b-on-tv/324038/4 "2026-07-22T07:22:17Z")

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Ahh that clears it right up — and good news, the Site A problem basically vanishes 🙂

That **5-min cutoff is your _current_ cameras’‘’ cloud** (classic EZVIZ consumer cap), not a real limit. Swap to proper **P2P cams — Reolink / Hikvision / Dahua** — they stream 24/7 with no timeout, and each one beams out from Site A on its own. So there’''s **zero always-on box at Site A** ✅ — the camera _is_ the device.

For the WebOS “Level” TV: just open the camera’‘‘s **web client in the TV’''s built-in browser** (Reolink has one → [web access guide](https://support.reolink.com/articles/360003913793-How-to-Access-Reolink-Product-via-Web-Browsers/)), no app needed. If that WebOS browser feels laggy, pop a **~$20 streamer stick on the TV** and run the app there — that’’‘s Site B, not Site A, so it doesn’''t break your rule 👍

📷 one tip: grab **wired/PoE** cams, not battery — battery models disable web access to save juice.

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**Author:** ![Stick\_Chick](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/stick_chick/32/154033_2.png) [@Stick\_Chick](https://onehack.st/u/Stick_Chick)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/streaming-camera-from-site-a-to-site-b-on-tv/324038/5 "2026-07-22T09:55:47Z")

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Okay thank you so much!