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I have the c100. Make sure your homebridge has ffmpeg. Install the homebridge camera plugin. In the tapo app you create an account for homebridge to access camera. You get the rtsp url and put it in the config for the plugin. I googled tapo rtsp I think and found a tapo faq guide that showed how to add the camera to 3rd party programs like iSpy, which is the same as adding to homebridge.

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Not a C310, but I got this working with a C100 with “vcodec” : “copy” in the config.

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… mine and connected successfully. Here is config settings : https://github.com/homebridge-plugins/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg/wiki/Tested-Configurations#tp-link-c200 Hope it helps.

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TP-Link have a line called Tapo that are cheap and support RTSP. I got one to tinker with homebridge and works a treat with latest version of homebridge and the ffmpeg camera plugin.

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Sorry..forgot I have V380 cameras. The FPS could vary. Yes..I am running on Pi Zero W. The best way to find parameters is to uses “ffprobe” which comes along when you install ffmpeg. Like ffprobe it will give you the best parameters for the stream.

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There are many camera's that are supported by Homebridge Plugins that also work with their native app. I have Nest camera and they work. Also I have some Wyze camera's that can be setup with the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and their is a homebridge plugin for that. In-Fact any RTSP camera can be used. Using homebridge does not disable your use of the native app so there are solutions that will work for you. Remember, most Homekit enabled cameras also have a native app for android as well as IOS.

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I have three cameras, two Wyze cams, and one Nest cam, all using COPY codec on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Hoobs and its working reliably without noticeable lag.

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If looking for something cheap then Wyze is the best option I think. Also there’s plenty more expensive cameras with rtsp support from companies such as Hikvision, Dahua, Ubiquti, D-Link, Foscam and others.

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I just found that exact comment and confirmed my Wyze v2 cams are FINALLY working with that config. It has taken me a few days of messing with them to finally get it working. I'm only using the Wyze RTSP beta firmware but would like to try the Dafang Hacks next.

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Don’t know if it will help but here’s my ffmpeg configuration for hoobs for a feed from the ISS and a Wyze Cam V2 with the Dafang hacks firmware for RTSP support: [code]

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Yeah I got it working. It streams ok. Going to bed now. I’ll post my config.json file up tomorrow. I didn’t use OMX.

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Maybe also try to set to the native fps of the camera. For me it worked better then forcing a lower one. I have 15 fps for the rtsp stream of my wyze-cams through HB on RaPi4. Worked better than. 10 FPS

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… config, then it’s going to decode the input stream and then recode to x264...Even if the input stream is already x264. I have Humble Pi Zero W running officiall Debian Stretch Lite (no desktop) nodejs from Nodejs.org, homebridge and plugins When I used to run with h264 as vcodec, the video was all choppy and buffered. Even with the optimized DietPi the results were same. Now with “copy” my streams are smooth and almost same as original app. The Pi is simply passing the stream through without any hardware cost. So if you have RTSP stream already in h264, which most cameras are, “vcodec”:”copy” …

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I got my Wyze cam working with the wyze rtsp firmware (not the dafang hacks firmware) and camera-ffmpeg using HOOBS as the homebridge server. See https://medium.com/dirigible/wyze-cam-homekit-58c4878c4124

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I use a bunch of Wyze cams with their beta RTSP firmware. $25 each. Rock solid and often on sale for sub $20 at Home Depot etc.

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Yes. The Wyze cam is in my basement so I don’t really need person detection, so I flashed it with the RTSP firmware awhile ago. It’s actually worked pretty well. Now if I were buying a new camera today I’d probably buy something that has native HomeKit support, but for the times + price, the Wyze camera has worked pretty well. I know a lot of people complain about connectivity, but I’ve never, ever had to restart my camera due to it dropping off my wireless network.

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… have to transcode anything to make it compatible. Ffmpeg is only needed to receive the RTSP stream and output an encrypted SRTP stream. I’m using docker-wyze-bridge to get RTSP streams from my Wyze cameras, then using homebridge-camera-ffmpeg to put those streams in HomeKit. Each running stream’s ffmpeg uses maybe 1% CPU on my little ARM-based QNAP NAS. If you are using Camera FFmpeg, for each camera under Advanced set the video codec to “copy”. In the JSON it’s “videoconfig”: { “vcodec”: “copy” } and if you’re using a different plugin the raw ffmpeg arg you want is “-vcodec copy” or …

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… this model. The config below was copied from a AD110, the camera feed works, but no notifications. Even in debug mode, I see no activity for motion or doorbell in Homebridge. And get no notifications in Homekit. If I trigger these via the Homebridge UI, I see the notifications, so it seems that Homebridge is not seeing these activities from the doorbell. Any tips? { "name": "Front Door", "manufacturer": "Amcrest", "model": "AD410", "serialNumber": "XXXXXXXXXXXXX", "motion": true, "doorbell": true, "switches": true, "motionDoorbell": true, "unbridge": true, "videoConfig": { "source": "-i …

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Thanks. I’m also experiencing slowness with my cameras but attributed it to general crappyness of Amcrest. Replacing with reolink at Xmas so we’ll see what happens. Won’t need them on home app since their app. Uh. Works. lol 😂

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I installed Homebridge on my Windows 10 PC. I then added the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg. I added my Amcrest camera, and while it pulls the thumbnail into Homekit, I can't stream video. I get the following error when I start the stream [2/16/2020, 11:16:01 AM] [Camera ffmpeg] Snapshot from New Nursery at 480x270 ffmpeg -i http://admin:[email protected]/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi -t 1 -s 480x270 -f image2 - [2/16/2020, 11:16:04 AM] [Camera ffmpeg] Start streaming video from New Nursery with 1280x720@299kBit ffmpeg -i rtsp://admin:[email protected]/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=00&authbasic= …

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… same effect: only stills and no streaming log: ---------------- [11/4/2019, 7:15:15 PM] Homebridge is running on port 51826. [11/4/2019, 7:15:36 PM] [Camera-ffmpeg] Snapshot from Voordeur at 480x270 ffmpeg -re -i rtsp://syno:[email protected]:554/Sms=23.unicast -t 1 -s 480x270 -f image2 - [11/4/2019, 7:15:42 PM] [Camera-ffmpeg] Start streaming video from Voordeur with 1280x720@299kBit ffmpeg -re -i rtsp://syno:[email protected]:554/Sms=23.unicast -map 0:0 -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 30 -f rawvideo -loglevel verbose -b:v 299k -bufsize 299k -maxrate 299k -payload_type 99 -ssrc 15512771 -f rtp …

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I got it to trigger a doorbell dummy switch but it doesn’t include a snapshot or live view

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… -rtsp\_transport tcp to get smoother frames. I ended up with this config. But wyze cam v2 has better frame rate and smoother picture for some reason. { "name": "Camera-ffmpeg", "cameras": [ { "name": "Sonoff Cam", "manufacturer": "Sonoff", "model": "GK-200MP2-B", "videoConfig": { "source": "-rtsp_transport tcp -i rtsp://uid:[email protected]:554/av_stream/ch0", "stillImageSource": "-i [STILL_IMAGE_URL]", "maxStreams": 2, "maxWidth": 1280, "maxHeight": 720, "maxFPS": 15, "vcodec": "h264_omx", "audio": false, "debug": false } },

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This is a pretty challenging project. Not all ezviz cameras support rtsp protocol, and the ones that do aren’t well documented by ezviz. The homebridge ffmeg-camera plugin might work for you if you can track down the rtsp url and credentials for your specific cameras. This link might help https://security.world/rtsp/view/ezviz/ As for the blink cameras, those are going to be harder. There are some blink specific plugins that bring cameras into HomeKit, but I haven’t seen any that allow live view of the cameras (just snapshots and arm/disarm commands). Personally I prefer scrypted over …

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Don’t have a ring camera but have the same issue for EZVIZ. I just updated ffmpeg plugin. Not sure if it is related.

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Actually I get only still image from ffmpeg-camera on HomeBridge. Live video doesn't work. If I manually run ffmpeg command from shell, I get errors like: (different sources): [rtsp @ 0x2f251e0] CSeq 5 expected, 0 received. [h264 @ 0x2f28100] Increasing reorder buffer to 1 [h264 @ 0x2f28100] error while decoding MB 67 18, bytestream -5 [h264 @ 0x2f28100] concealing 2142 DC, 2142 AC, 2142 MV errors in P frame [rtsp @ 0x2f251e0] decoding for stream 0 failed [rtsp @ 0x2f251e0] Could not find codec parameters for stream 1 (Audio: mp3, 0 channels, s16p): unspecified frame size Consider increasing …

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I have Foscam cameras and they work fine (live) with Homebridge. Post your config file. You have to set an automation for the motion trigger to show a preview. Please note that the preview doesn’t always work. I ended up disabling it and setup a Pushcut webhook to open my camera app if I wanted.

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One thing I have noticed now after a few weeks of using ffmpeg with my blue iris server is only my Insteon (Foscam) cameras are timing out after 5 minutes. My slightly nicer Qcam's stay live the whole time. So I think it is more on the quality of camera. Eventually I'll upgrade all of mine to something nice just trying to make the free cams I got from work last as long as possible first.

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Supposedly FFMPEG added it, but I have yet to get it to work. All the options for motion, detections, etc show up in Apple Home, but nothing triggers.

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Hello Everyone, First, thanks for this plugin ! I have camera from HIK Vision and it works great. In my home, I have 2 AppleTV and iPhone. To avoid encoding issue, I used the option vcodec: copy The image was very good. Then, when I tried on my AppleTV, it was not working... After searching on internet, I found that the apple tv is more picky with the homekits standards. The Apple TV needs 802 kbps with 1920x1080. If it's not these values, it doesn't work... So, in order to get it work with AppleTV, I need to set the setting value empty to let the plugin encode the video with the right value. …

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… days straight messing config.json but can't figure out why it won't work. Any help is much appreciated! Hardware: RPI3 over ethernet on 192.168.1.101 Hikvision DS-2CD2142FWD-IS IP Cam over PoE on 192.168.1.200 Both my RTSP and static image URLs work fine in my browser and using VLC. The camera RTSP stream is using the substream (102) and this is using h.264 encoding. Followed guides at: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/wiki/Install-Homebridge-on-Raspbian and https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg as I installed the Homebridge Camera FFmpeg plugin Am happy using Homebridge …

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… camera parameters. In the camera settings, the bitrate is set to 2048 and the homebridge log shows 299 kbit / sec. "name": "HikCam", "manufacturer": "Hikvision", "model": "HiWatch i114", "serialNumber": "192.168.0.15", "firmwareRevision": "1.0", "videoConfig": { "source": "-y -i rtsp://admin:*@192.168.0.15:554/unicast", "stillImageSource": "-y -i rtsp://admin:*@192.168.0.15:554/unicast", "maxFPS": 25, "audio": true, "debug": true

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* EDIT * EDIT: Thank you to /u/Sunookitsune for the suggestion to "unbridge" the cameras. This sped everything up immensely. Working much better now. Added line: "unbridge": true * End EDIT I am pretty happy that I got my Rasberry PI, Homebridge and HOOBS all set up. I worked on the JSON configuration and integrated 11 cameras that I have already setup in my home with an RTSP configuration (Honeywell Model: HRHH1163). The cameras show up in my HOME app, but they refresh snapshots super slowly. https://imgur.com/YdUYgly When I go to click on one of the cameras, the camera takes about 10-20 …

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Still doesn't work for me. I have tried every port that is open in this thing and all I get in Homebridge is: [06/07/2021, 11:03:29 am] [Camera FFmpeg] [Garage Door Camera] [Snapshot] [NULL @ 0x43b5420] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'rtsp://xxxxx:[email protected]:554/videoMain' [06/07/2021, 11:03:29 am] [Camera FFmpeg] [Garage Door Camera] [Snapshot] rtsp://xxxxx:[email protected]:554/videoMain: Invalid argument [06/07/2021, 11:03:29 am] [Camera FFmpeg] [Garage Door Camera] Failed to fetch snapshot. Which model camera do you have OP?

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… familiar with Terminal, but managed to get it working as far as I can tell) I managed to obtain RTSP url's and can stream live through VLC (as a test) These cameras are currently not password-protected as I figured I have enough issues already ;-) Although I have the stills for these cameras show up in the Home app, and these refresh every 15-odd seconds or so, I am not able to live stream. (The infamous "No Response") I've searched the internet and this reddit forum far and wide and tinkered with all sorts of config-codes as a result, I have come no closer to a resolution. Below I paste code …

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I pulled out my Lowes Iris Camera, a rebranded Serrcom camera and putzed around. Much like yourself, I can load the stream in VLC (and ffplay) and the snapshot in Chrome. I can load the snapshot in the home app, but the stream craps out. I'll do a bit more digging and see what I figure out.

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… The Problem: Tested configuration no longer works after release 2.5.0. Homekit shows a "Live" feed but the image is static. To Reproduce: Configure a raspberry Pi camera module with the configuration below. Logs: [code] Homebridge Config: [code] Screenshots: N/A Environment: Node.js Version: v12.18.3 NPM Version: v6.14.6 Homebridge Version: 1.1.2 Homebridge Camera FFmpeg Version: v3.0.1 Homebridge Config UI X Plugin Version: v4.27.0 Operating System: Raspbian

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Same issue here: RTSP Stream to Reolink 410 works fine on VLC Camera live view on iPhone (HomeApp) doesn't work; sometimes with a lot of luck it works without changing any settings, but next time it's failing again I've tested a lot of different configurations, encoders, bitrates, ... but nothing worked properly my WIFI performance is not the problem >500MBit/s & stable Env: -Docker Container based on Alpine Linux (3.12.7) (on Ubuntu 18.04 host) -Node.js Version v14.17.0 -Npm Version v6.14.13 -Homebridge Version v1.3.4 -homebridge-camera-ffmpeg v3.1.2 -CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3455 @ …

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I’m running ffmpeg on a RPI 3 B+ with a Reolink C1-Pro IP camera and live video stops after 8 sec... I’m planning to buy an RPI 4 model B 4GB RAM. https://www.google.it/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/homebridge/comments/chw11l/raspberry_pi_4_homebridge_support/ RPI 4 video spec: The Raspberry Pi 4 supports HDMI 2.0, is able to output video to dual displays, up to twin 4K@30Hz screens or a single 4K@60Hz monitor, via its two micro-HDMI ports. With the help of the VideoCore 6 GPU, it should be able to playback 4K@60FPS H.265-encoded video, compared to the Raspberry Pi 3 B+, which is capable of smooth …

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… again: not because of the plugin or because the developers are bad people making things hard. Think of this: the plugin deals with infinite variety of cameras, codecs, resolutions, bitrates, bandwidth, audio/no-audio, cameras connection quality, cpu capabilities of the devices where the plugin is running, etc. Just to name some. So, it’s not like setting up a smart outlet. It has a lot to setup (sometimes) and/or try. Logs are very useful. But both FFMPEG and this plugin works excellent.

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I'm running Homebridge 1.3.4 on Docker, with the Homebridge Camera FFMPEG plugin. I'm using a Reolink camera but this problem happens whether I connect the plugin to the camera directly or through ZoneMinder. When I open a live feed from iOS/iPadOS/TVOS it will play fine for maybe 10-15 seconds, then freeze for 30 seconds or so then play for another few seconds and freeze repeating over and over. The camera/feed works fine if I connect directly to ZoneMinder or the camera so the issue seems to be between Homebridge and the Apple device. This is my Homebridge debug log, it doesn't show any …

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… completely clueless on how this stuff works. Anyways I was able to run home bridge on my NAS (made from my old pc running true NAS). I also purchased the TP-Link Tapo C100. After 2 days of endless googling and trial and error I was able to integrate the camera into HomeKit using the Camera FFmpeg plugin and using the RTSP feed. I can view the camera stream in HomeKit successfully. What I wish to accomplish next is to have the camera detect motion, so that when someone enters the room the camera can detect motion can trigger an automation to turn the lights on. I saw stuff about MQTT and HTTP …

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I ran into something similar last week. It was a Tapo camera. It would stream fine on the iPhone but not on the iPad. I was using the camera ffmpeg plug-in and the vcodec setting was set to “copy”. It turned out that iPads are more picky with the h264 format. I guess the camera was not sending perfect h264. I removed the vcodec setting in the config so it would transcode the video stream. Worked perfectly after that on the iPad. Maybe AppleTV has same pickiness? 🤷‍♂️

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I am trying to add my camera to homekit through Homebridge. I am using the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg package https://github.com/Sunoo/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg They are clearly visible in homekit, the thumbnails refresh every now and then so they are clearly working. But when I try to open the stream it does not work. Homekit does report: \[10/7/2022, 10:20:58 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[Cam Outdoor\] Starting video stream: 1280 x 720, native fps, 299 kbps (AAC-eld) \[10/7/2022, 10:21:01 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[Cam Outdoor\] Stopped video stream. Setup: { "name": "Cam Outdoor", "manufacturer": …

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Good day, ​ I've done a fresh install of Raspbian Stretch Lite (11/30/2019 image) on my RPi. I install FFmpeg, NodeJS, Homebridge and Homebridge-camera-ffmpeg plugin. ​ I add my camera to HomeKit and can see the thumbnails. When I try to view the livestream, I get the following error: I appreciate any suggestions others may have. [2018-11-23 17:25:16] Homebridge is running on port 51826. [2018-11-23 17:25:16] UniFi G3 Flex is running on port 34933. [2018-11-23 17:27:26] [Camera-ffmpeg] Snapshot from UniFi G3 Flex at 480x270 ffmpeg -rtsp_transport http -re -i …

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homebridge-camera-ffmpeg is what i have used to setup wyze cams. If you need help you can chat me.

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Did you follow this? https://github.com/homebridge-plugins/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg/wiki/Tested-Configurations#wyzecam-v2-with-raspberry-pi-4-model-b On Jun 1, 2020, at 9:15 PM, Larry Novak wrote: I have just recently installed a couple of Wyze V2 cameras and the video stream only works on my older iPad. My iPhone, wives iPad and another newer iPad does not show the live stream. Does not throw any error messages., You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub , or unsubscribe .

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Hey Guys! I’ve added a wyze cam v2 to HomeKit via homebridge camera ffmpeg and it’s working honestly flawlessly. Streams is loading in >5sec, very good quality and sounds work. There’s only one feature that I don’t seem to understand and it’s the motion sensor. I’ve checked exemple online and everyone seems to simply turn the motion to true, but I don’t get much explanation. Is the motion sensor simply a dummy sensor? Or can it be tied through the software motion detection of the camera? Is the wyze v2 using HTTP? How does that work? Right now I’m running the rtsp firmware from Waze but …

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I posted this over on the Hoobs page but then thought maybe this one might get more exposure. I have updated my camera to the latest Wyze Beta RTSP firmware and am able to see the stream from VLC. I am running version 3.1.20 version of Hoobs with FFMPEG built-in. I also installed the plugin Camera-FFMPEG and have the camera recognized by Homekit but get the notification "No Response" when I open the camera from Homekit. I followed this thread to get it up and running. When I run "debug" I get the following message in the log "\[Homebridge\] \[1/20/2020, 09:52:19\] \[Camera ffmpeg\] ERROR: …

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I have Homebridge running on Ubuntu Server 18.04 using the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg plugin: https://github.com/homebridge-plugins/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg#readme I followed many guides and with a ton of trial and error i have audio working with Wyze Cam V2's using the RTSP firmware from Wyze. I had to download and compile FFMPEG with libfdk-aac. Here's what worked for me, as well as the camera settings in the Homebridge config: `### Homebridge Camera-FFmpeg Plugin ###` `### install build tools` `sudo apt-get install git pkg-config autoconf automake libtool libx264-dev` `### download and build …

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I am trying to get my security camera screenshots to appear inside of iOS notifications. Here's a quick run down of what I've got going on: HomeBridge 1.2.3 running in docker image on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 Wyze Cam v2 with RTSP firmware installed Camera is streaming via HomeBridge Camera FFMPEG. ​ Here is a copy of my config.json where the username & password have been replaced: { "platform": "Camera-ffmpeg", "cameras": [ { "name": "Lawn", "manufacturer": "WYZE", "model": "V2", "motion": true, "switches": true, "videoConfig": { "source": "-rtsp_transport tcp -i …

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This is cool but my experience with the RTSP firmware was poor at best. The v2 cams always started dropping frames and losing connection after a while.

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Following up, looks like the way to get Wyze cams working would be via flashing their RTSP firmware (which looks to include v3 cam support now) and using a plugin that supports RTSP cameras like homebridge-camera-ui or homebridge-camera-ffmpeg. I have a v3 cam as well, I will be doing this myself soon now that I know they provide a download for the firmware. I also found something about a docker container that provides a RTSP bridge for Wyze cams without requiring firmware, if that is something you prefer.

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so what cameras are y'all using with homebridge-camera-ffmpeg? i have a combination nest cameras (doorbell and stickup cam), IP cameras connected to a local NVR, and Wyzecams. I'm mostly looking to replace the Wyze cams (with beta RTSP firmware) as their RTSP capabilities seem to stop working and I have to restart them to restore them in Home app. I probably would get more Ring cams but really don't want them recording in the cloud. Would like to just add more IP cams to the NVR but 1) only have 1 more port and trying to replace two Wyze cams and 2) I don't have ethernet jacks near where the …

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Same here with multiple Wyze Cameras using homebridge-camera-ffmpeg. I submitted some feedback. Hopefully it gets addressed in later betas. Would encourage every experiencing this to submit some feedback as well.

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The Wyze plugin is for the smart home devices. You can turn cameras on and off with it, but not get video. You’ll need Wyze-bridge to provide RTSP/motion events and the camera-ffmpeg plugin for that.

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I am using my Waze V2 camera with HomeBridge via the HomeBridge-Camera-FFMPEG plugin, and I finally got the camera linked up but when I tap the still to open the video feed it takes a good 10-12 seconds. Mind you I'm running HomeBridge off my $7,000 workstation on a gigabit network. Is there any way I can speed this up? What I've tried: Several encoding methods Unbridged mode (manually added) Lowering bitrate and resolution Disabling audio Different networks Config: `"name": "Printer Camera","manufacturer": "Wyze","model": "V2","unbridge": false,"videoConfig": {"source": "-rtsp_transport tcp …

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Ok, so I have two Xiaomi cameras but when I flashed them and installed the driver to make them work with HomeKit.. they no longer show up on the Xiaomi app.... or am I doing it wrong?

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Current platform config: { "platform": "Camera-ffmpeg", "cameras": [ { "name": "Driveway", "videoConfig": { "source": "-rtsp_transport tcp -re -i rtsp://192.168.1.31/ch0_0.h264", "stillImageSource": "-i rtsp://192.168.1.31/ch0_0.h264", "maxStreams": 2, "maxWidth": 1280, "maxHeight": 720, "maxFPS": 30, "packetSize": 752, "maxBitrate": 1024, "debug": true } } ] },

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I'm running on a pi zero w and use homebridge-camera-ffmpeg for a couple of hacked Yi Home cameras. Loading the streams is pretty slow and sometimes just times out. Just curious if anyone had any experiencing suggesting upgrading to a pi 4 would significantly improve my experience.

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Running Homebridge in a Docker contained on my Unraid server. After it went down due to a power outage, my camera-ffmpeg cameras all just stopped working. No changes were made to the config. I deleted and reinstalled the Docker image and restored my config file, deleted and re-added Homebridge as a bridge in Home successfully, but still none of my cameras show up. Not sure if I'm just forgetting some setup step or if something is off in my restored config. The 3 cameras are identical, Amcrest IP3M-943B. 2 are hardwired, one is on WiFi. They work flawlessly in the manufacturer's Amcrest View …

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After upgrading my AppleTV's to tvOS16, the camera's no long work. They do work on my phone with ios16, but I can't get them to work on tvOS16. To test this, I upgraded 2 of my tv's, the camera's stopped working. On the TV that still worked, it was running tvOS15.6 and the camera's worked fine. After upgrading that tv to tvOS16, the cameras stop working and report "15minutes" as the last time it was connected (at the time of my testing) Not sure where I can start debugging but if there's anything I can do to get more info, will be glad to start grabbing/debugging.

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\[6/30/2021, 6:22:25 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[TEST\] \[tcp @ 0x7fb63ec0ce80\] \[verbose\] Starting connection attempt to 10.1.10.155 port 554 \[6/30/2021, 6:22:25 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[TEST\] \[tcp @ 0x7fb63ec0ce80\] \[verbose\] Successfully connected to 10.1.10.155 port 554 \[6/30/2021, 6:22:25 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[TEST\] \[rtsp @ 0x7fb640010200\] \[verbose\] SDP: \[6/30/2021, 6:22:25 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[TEST\] v=0 \[6/30/2021, 6:22:25 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[TEST\] o=StreamingServer 3331435948 1116907222000 IN IP4 10.1.10.155 \[6/30/2021, 6:22:25 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[TEST\] …

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By stuck image I meant it is a snapshot of the video feed. I went to the Homebridge's shell and it doesn't know `nc`; however I can ping the camera. There is a red error at the end, it seems the Home app is not able to pick the video feed: \[5/15/2023, 11:19:03 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[Hikvision - entrance\] \[info\] frame= 833 fps= 31 q=21.0 size= 1024kB time=00:00:28.03 bitrate= 299.4kbits/s dup=11 drop=0 speed=1.04x \[5/15/2023, 11:19:04 PM\] \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[Hikvision - entrance\] \[rtsp @ 0x55be48d55880\] \[warning\] max delay reached. need to consume packet \[5/15/2023, 11:19:04 PM\] …

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I am currently trying to set up a simple USB live stream in my office, so I can monitor the front of the house on a seare monitor. Currently got HOOBS build running on a Pi 3 B+ and a Logitech c920. For the life of me cannot work out why I keep getting FFMPEG Error Code 1. Here is the debug info if anyone can help. ​ \[9/22/2019, 11:11:11 PM\] \[Camera-ffmpeg\] Snapshot from Office Cam at 480x270 ffmpeg -f v4l2 -s 1280x720 -i /dev/video0 -t 1 -s 480x270 -f image2 - \[9/22/2019, 11:11:12 PM\] \[Camera-ffmpeg\] Start streaming video from Office Cam with 1280x720@299kBit ffmpeg -f v4l2 -r …

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Describe The Problem: I'm trying to make my "Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam" work with this plugin. I'm able to use the camera via ffmpeg and also kinda with the command printed by the debug logs of the plugin but there's an error that I don't know where it comes from: [code] To Reproduce: 1) Check that webcam is using with the following command: [code] This works and saves the streamed video. 2) Install the plugin in homebridge (`homebridge-camera-ffmpeg v3.0.3`) 3) Set up config like this: [code] 4) See error in logs, 5) Test printed stream command (without the filter / codec commands) …

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This. Running 720h Nanit Plus camera but ATV gets \[Camera FFmpeg\] \[Nanit\] Video stream requested: 1920 x 1080, 30 fps, 802 kbps ​ UPD: It stopped working after restart or idl. Relogin turned out out to a very short lived fix UPD: Forgetting WiFi and reconnecting is another temporary fix. It passes sleep/wake of ATV. But after restart it is No Response again

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So, once I read this tutorial (Dutch, sorry): https://raspberrytips.nl/raspberry-pi-homekit-camera/. Short version: raspberry pi, with a cheap Aliexpress camera and an image with MotionEye and HAP. I ran every step. I can see the cameras footage when I visit the webpage. But I cannot add it to HomeKit with the provided code (031-45-154; the same code as my HomeBridge setup, though). So, I thought, I install it through HomeBridge. Installed FFMpeg and added the config. `{` `"platform": "Camera-ffmpeg",` `"cameras": ` `{` `"name": "Spycam",` `"manufacturur": "Raspberry Pi",` `"model": "Motion …

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I did try rtsp but it also did not work and people were saying that the rtmp was better for reolink.

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Reolink rtsp address uses x265 not x264 to stream the main stream for this particular camera and the sub stream is x264. I’ve never been able to get the sub stream to work even for straight rtsp via VLC player. Have contacted reolink as the main stream had issues with the rtsp as well but reolink sent me link for the updated firmware which fixed the stream for me via rtsp. Sub still not working and reolink are looking into it.

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Does anyone have a tested configuration for the AT&T camera (Serrcom OC432) for Homebridge? Homebridge is running on a Raspberry Pi 3+. I can get the camera into HomeKit but doesn’t capture still image or stream. I can see the stream through VLC and the image through a browser. Not sure if it is my camera config or my Homebridge config.

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My camera doesn't work either. The reason was the camera update, version 41220220712 was installed and the rtsp stream stopped working. Homebridge is not the problem, Sonnoff is the problem

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Using camera ffmpeg plugin: "name": "Camera FFmpeg","cameras": \[{"name": "Tapo - C220","manufacturer": "TP-Link Tapo","model": "C220","unbridge": true,"videoConfig": {"source": "-re -i rtsp://user:password@IP\_add:554/stream1","maxFPS": 0,"audio": true}}\],"platform": "Camera-ffmpeg" ​ Problem has to be source line, I am using rpi4 in case is relevant

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How do you trigger a motion event from a camera? I bought a couple of sonoff cameras off takealot. They support rtsp

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Yes, \`homebridge-camera-ffmpeg\` is still the only way to go. Wyze is ok, but Aqara G2 and newer Xiaomi cameras not compatible. You need cameras with rtsp support.

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