diff --git a/server/src/services/roomCameraService.js b/server/src/services/roomCameraService.js
index 635d6e4a..3c389e4e 100644
--- a/server/src/services/roomCameraService.js
+++ b/server/src/services/roomCameraService.js
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ function normalizeCamera(camera) {
     logger.warn('Room camera missing id', camera);
     return null;
   }
-  if (!camera.url) {
-    logger.warn('Room camera missing url', { id, camera });
+  if (!camera.url && !camera.streamUrl && !camera.mjpegUrl) {
+    logger.warn('Room camera missing url/streamUrl', { id, camera });
     return null;
   }
   return {
     id: String(id),
     name: camera.name || camera.id || String(id),
     description: camera.description || null,
-    url: camera.url,
+    url: camera.url || null,
     streamUrl: camera.streamUrl || camera.mjpegUrl || null,
   };
 }
diff --git a/server/src/services/roomCameraSnapshotService.js b/server/src/services/roomCameraSnapshotService.js
index 0844543e..24c8ee80 100644
--- a/server/src/services/roomCameraSnapshotService.js
+++ b/server/src/services/roomCameraSnapshotService.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
 const logger = require('../globals/logger').child('roomCameraSnapshot');
 const { getRoomCameras, roomCameraEvents } = require('./roomCameraService');
 
 const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 67;
 const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
+const STREAM_RETRY_MS = 1500;
 
 const cameraState = new Map(); // id -> {frame, ts, error, failures, fetching}
 const events = new EventEmitter(); // frame, status
 let pollTimer = null;
+const streamState = new Map(); // id -> { req, reconnectTimer }
 
 function markState(id, updates = {}) {
   const prev = cameraState.get(id) || {};
@@ -16,6 +20,107 @@ function markState(id, updates = {}) {
   return next;
 }
 
+function isMjpegUrl(rawUrl) {
+  if (!rawUrl) return false;
+  const lower = String(rawUrl).toLowerCase();
+  return lower.endsWith('.mjpg') || lower.endsWith('.mjpeg') || lower.includes('mjpeg');
+}
+
+function getStreamUrl(camera) {
+  if (camera.streamUrl) return camera.streamUrl;
+  if (isMjpegUrl(camera.url)) return camera.url;
+  return null;
+}
+
+function stopStream(id) {
+  const entry = streamState.get(id);
+  if (!entry) return;
+  if (entry.req) {
+    entry.req.destroy();
+  }
+  if (entry.reconnectTimer) {
+    clearTimeout(entry.reconnectTimer);
+  }
+  streamState.delete(id);
+}
+
+function scheduleStreamReconnect(camera) {
+  const id = camera.id;
+  const entry = streamState.get(id) || {};
+  if (entry.reconnectTimer) return;
+  entry.reconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    const current = streamState.get(id) || {};
+    current.reconnectTimer = null;
+    streamState.set(id, current);
+    startStream(camera);
+  }, STREAM_RETRY_MS);
+  streamState.set(id, entry);
+}
+
+function handleStreamError(camera, err) {
+  const state = cameraState.get(camera.id) || {};
+  const failures = (state.failures || 0) + 1;
+  markState(camera.id, { error: err.message || 'stream error', failures });
+  events.emit('status', { id: camera.id, error: err.message || 'stream error' });
+  logger.warn('Stream failed', { id: camera.id, err: err.message });
+}
+
+function startStream(camera) {
+  const streamUrl = getStreamUrl(camera);
+  if (!streamUrl) return;
+  if (streamState.get(camera.id)?.req) return;
+  const url = new URL(streamUrl);
+  const client = url.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
+  const req = client.get(
+    {
+      hostname: url.hostname,
+      port: url.port || (url.protocol === 'https:' ? 443 : 80),
+      path: `${url.pathname}${url.search}`,
+      headers: { Accept: 'multipart/x-mixed-replace' },
+    },
+    (res) => {
+      if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
+        res.resume();
+        handleStreamError(camera, new Error(`HTTP ${res.statusCode}`));
+        scheduleStreamReconnect(camera);
+        return;
+      }
+      let buffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+      res.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        buffer = Buffer.concat([buffer, chunk]);
+        while (true) {
+          const start = buffer.indexOf(0xffd8);
+          if (start === -1) {
+            if (buffer.length > 2 * 1024 * 1024) {
+              buffer = buffer.slice(-1024 * 1024);
+            }
+            break;
+          }
+          const end = buffer.indexOf(0xffd9, start + 2);
+          if (end === -1) break;
+          const frame = buffer.slice(start, end + 2);
+          buffer = buffer.slice(end + 2);
+          const ts = Date.now();
+          markState(camera.id, { frame, ts, error: null, failures: 0 });
+          events.emit('frame', { id: camera.id, buffer: frame, ts });
+        }
+      });
+      res.on('end', () => {
+        scheduleStreamReconnect(camera);
+      });
+      res.on('error', (err) => {
+        handleStreamError(camera, err);
+        scheduleStreamReconnect(camera);
+      });
+    },
+  );
+  req.on('error', (err) => {
+    handleStreamError(camera, err);
+    scheduleStreamReconnect(camera);
+  });
+  streamState.set(camera.id, { req, reconnectTimer: null });
+}
+
 async function fetchSnapshot(camera) {
   const { id, url } = camera;
   const state = cameraState.get(id);
@@ -49,16 +154,26 @@ function stopAll() {
     clearInterval(pollTimer);
     pollTimer = null;
   }
+  Array.from(streamState.keys()).forEach((id) => stopStream(id));
   cameraState.clear();
 }
 
 function startAll() {
   stopAll();
-  pollTimer = setInterval(() => {
-    getRoomCameras().forEach((camera) => fetchSnapshot(camera));
-  }, POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
-  getRoomCameras().forEach((camera) => fetchSnapshot(camera));
-  logger.info('Started snapshot polling', { count: getRoomCameras().length });
+  const cameras = getRoomCameras();
+  const snapshotCameras = cameras.filter((camera) => !getStreamUrl(camera) && camera.url);
+  cameras.forEach((camera) => startStream(camera));
+  if (snapshotCameras.length) {
+    pollTimer = setInterval(() => {
+      snapshotCameras.forEach((camera) => fetchSnapshot(camera));
+    }, POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
+    snapshotCameras.forEach((camera) => fetchSnapshot(camera));
+  }
+  logger.info('Started room camera feeds', {
+    total: cameras.length,
+    streaming: cameras.length - snapshotCameras.length,
+    snapshots: snapshotCameras.length,
+  });
 }
 
 function getState(id) {