Ubiquiti
UniFi Protect Doorbell Lite
Doorbells · Security
Partly worksVerified plugin
2 reports: 2 say it partly works.
Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: UniFi Protect.
What people report
| Plugin | Status | What they said | Connects | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UniFi Protect Verifiedhomebridge-unifi-protect | Partly works | Works with defaults; video broke until hardware acceleration option disabledSaved copyHomebridge UniFi Protect Version v7.25.0 Homebridge Platform and OS Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2, Debian 12.12 Homebridge Version 1.11.1 Node Version 22.21.1 UniFi OS Version 4.4.3 UniFi Protect Controller Version 6.1.79 Describe the problem Hi there! I have just installed my Doorbell Lite and wanted to flag I needed to play with my default settings to make videostream work in Home app. It was showing broken video stream (see attached image) until I disabled this option: "When streaming to low-latency clients (e.g. at home), transcode livestreams, instead of transmuxing them.". If I … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22. | Local | Issue #1270 · 2025-12 |
UniFi Protect Verifiedhomebridge-unifi-protect | Partly works | Portrait video shows black bars and blurry live view; fork fix proposedSaved copyDescribe the feature request Describe the bug Portrait-oriented cameras such as the Doorbell Lite (1504x2016 HEVC, 24fps) look poor in the Home app: Black bars. With `Video.HighResSnapshots` enabled, FFmpeg snapshots (timeshift buffer and RTSP) are scaled and padded to the requested landscape size (e.g. 640x360), baking black side bars into the image. The Home app shapes the tile and live view player from the snapshot, so the bars carry into live view. Disabling `Video.HighResSnapshots` makes the bars disappear. Blurry live view. Livestreams scale to the requested height only, so a 640x360 … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22. | Local | Issue #1347 · 2026-10 |
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Identifiers
| Brand | Ubiquiti |
|---|---|
| Model | Doorbell Lite |
| Category | Doorbells |
Also reported as
- UniFi Doorbell Lite
- UniFi Doorbell Lite (portrait)