diff --git a/cmd/hass/api.go b/cmd/hass/api.go
index 54a20c94..f5ff5572 100644
--- a/cmd/hass/api.go
+++ b/cmd/hass/api.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/cmd/webrtc"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ func initAPI() {
 
 	api.HandleFunc("/streams", ok)
 
+	// api from RTSPtoWeb
 	api.HandleFunc("/stream/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		switch {
 		// /stream/{id}/add
@@ -40,13 +40,7 @@ func initAPI() {
 			// 3. dynamic link to Hass camera
 			stream := streams.Get(v.Name)
 			if stream == nil {
-				// check if it is rtsp link to go2rtc
-				stream = rtspStream(v.Channels.First.Url)
-				if stream != nil {
-					streams.New(v.Name, stream)
-				} else {
-					stream = streams.New(v.Name, "{input}")
-				}
+				stream = streams.NewTemplate(v.Name, v.Channels.First.Url)
 			}
 
 			stream.SetSource(v.Channels.First.Url)
@@ -90,48 +84,6 @@ func initAPI() {
 			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(s))
 		}
 	})
-
-	// api from RTSPtoWebRTC
-	api.HandleFunc("/stream", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		str := r.FormValue("sdp64")
-		offer, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(str)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		src := r.FormValue("url")
-		src, err = url.QueryUnescape(src)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		stream := streams.Get(src)
-		if stream == nil {
-			if stream = rtspStream(src); stream != nil {
-				streams.New(src, stream)
-			} else {
-				stream = streams.New(src, src)
-			}
-		}
-
-		str, err = webrtc.ExchangeSDP(stream, string(offer), "WebRTC/Hass sync", r.UserAgent())
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		v := struct {
-			Answer string `json:"sdp64"`
-		}{
-			Answer: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(str)),
-		}
-
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(v)
-	})
 }
 
 func HassioAddr() string {
@@ -153,15 +105,6 @@ func HassioAddr() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func rtspStream(url string) *streams.Stream {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(url, "rtsp://") {
-		if i := strings.IndexByte(url[7:], '/'); i > 0 {
-			return streams.Get(url[8+i:])
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 type addJSON struct {
 	Name     string `json:"name"`
 	Channels struct {
diff --git a/cmd/streams/init.go b/cmd/streams/init.go
index 8c5a454a..ca5ff58e 100644
--- a/cmd/streams/init.go
+++ b/cmd/streams/init.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/cmd/app/store"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 )
 
 func Init() {
@@ -39,6 +40,20 @@ func New(name string, source any) *Stream {
 	return stream
 }
 
+func NewTemplate(name string, source any) *Stream {
+	// check if source links to some stream name from go2rtc
+	if rawURL, ok := source.(string); ok {
+		if u, err := url.Parse(rawURL); err == nil && u.Scheme == "rtsp" {
+			if stream, ok := streams[u.Path[1:]]; ok {
+				streams[name] = stream
+				return stream
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return New(name, "{input}")
+}
+
 func GetOrNew(src string) *Stream {
 	if stream, ok := streams[src]; ok {
 		return stream
@@ -85,11 +100,12 @@ func streamsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if stream := Get(name); stream != nil {
-			stream.SetSource(src)
-		} else {
-			New(name, src)
+		// support {input} templates: https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#module-hass
+		stream := Get(name)
+		if stream == nil {
+			stream = NewTemplate(name, src)
 		}
+		stream.SetSource(src)
 
 	case "POST":
 		// with dst - redirect source to dst
diff --git a/cmd/streams/stream.go b/cmd/streams/stream.go
index 52997a24..2300b53e 100644
--- a/cmd/streams/stream.go
+++ b/cmd/streams/stream.go
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ func NewStream(source any) *Stream {
 			s.producers = append(s.producers, prod)
 		}
 		return s
-	case *Stream:
-		return source
 	case map[string]any:
 		return NewStream(source["url"])
 	case nil:
diff --git a/cmd/streams/stream_test.go b/cmd/streams/stream_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86dc92c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/streams/stream_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package streams
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	source1 := "does not matter"
+
+	stream1 := New("from_yaml", source1)
+	require.Len(t, streams, 1)
+
+	stream2 := NewTemplate("camera.from_hass", "rtsp://localhost:8554/from_yaml?video")
+
+	require.Equal(t, stream1, stream2)
+	require.Equal(t, stream2.producers[0].url, source1)
+	require.Len(t, streams, 2)
+}