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Camera stream shows black/grey screen on mobile app but works fine on Chrome browser #6481

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A specific camera (camera.garageint) displays a black screen when using camera_view: live and a grey screen when using camera_view: auto in the Home Assistant mobile app (Android). The same configuration works perfectly on Chrome browser.
To Reproduce

Add a picture-glance card with camera_view: live for the affected camera
Open the dashboard on the HA Android app
Camera card shows black screen indefinitely
Switch to camera_view: auto — card loads briefly then turns grey
Open the same dashboard on Chrome browser — works perfectly

Expected behavior
Camera stream should display correctly on the mobile app as it does on Chrome browser.
Environment

Home Assistant version: 2026.2.3
Mobile app version: 2026.2.3-full
Device: Motorola Edge 50 neo - Android 15
Camera brand/model: Reolink/RLC-520
Camera integration: Reolink native integration
Video codec: H.264
Stream type tested: live, auto, HLS, WebRTC

Additional context

All other cameras work correctly on the mobile app
Only this specific camera fails on the app while working on browser
Tried lowering resolution, framerate and bitrate on the camera sub-stream — issue persists
Tried picture-glance, picture-entity and custom:webrtc-camera cards — same result on app

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