I found that for HKSV, it is better to leave the following Camera UI stream configuration parameters blank - max width, max height, max framerate, max bitrate. Then the parameters will default to whatever is requested by Homekit. This resolved the problems I had with Hikvision ip cameras
I want to say thank you. We just built our dream home. I went full HomeKit smart home. One exception was the generic ip cameras my networker used. I tried for weeks to integrate them until I found this video. Works flawlessly now. Thank you. Earned a sub from me!!!
Thank you so much! I had been trying to get a different plugin working for days before I found this video. I like this plugin much better! Thank you for the specific instructions.
Hey Joey - I,ll need to flash and setup HOOBS to test the plugin - will need sometime. However, for HSV to work - at its heart HOOBS must use Homebridge 1.4.0 - if not HSV will not work. Another issue with HOOBS is the files structure of the system - plugins like these strictly follow the Homebridge documentation. I found one closed issue in Github that has a HOOBS user successfully installing it - github.com/seydx/homebridge-camera-ui/issues/116 Please give it a try and open an issue with HOOBS to get the plugin to work with its system.
Thanks for this vid! It let me set up a $30 Wyze v3 on my Home app with an old Raspberry Pi I had sitting around from 6 years ago. Now I can keep an eye on my dogs in the backyard 2 Qs: 1) do you know if Wyze v3 Pro supports the RTSP demo firmware? 2) I can hear through the mic on the camera in the Home app, but I’m not getting the mic button to send audio through the camera speaker in the Home app. Good news is that function works normally in the Wyze app
Hello Don .. Glad to know you got them working. Well the Wyze cams dont have talk back. And currently does not support the pro versions due to lack of RTSP support. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza again, thanks for all the help I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “talk back”. I set up my v3 (not Pro) with both Wyze’s app and Homebridge. In the Wyze app, there’s a mic button I can use, and audio that I speak Into the phone plays on the speaker of the camera. Confuses my dogs to no end! Just curious if there’s a way to get that function to work with Homebridge and Homebridge camera ui plug in. If not, no worries!
Hey Eddie, your videos have been really helpful! I was wondering if you have ever run into a situation like I am experiencing? My wyze cameras work in the camera.ui interface but the stream doesn’t work in the homebridge preview window or in HomeKit. Logs say the connection is successful and sending data but the video never comes through and then forces the stream to quit.
Hello Ryan ... Please check the stream link via VLC so as to confirm the stream broadcasts with no issue. And also the video configuration - must be between the range of 1980 x 1080
hello Eddie, thank you for the wonderful video 🙏 Just a quick question please: where do you find the "HomeKit setup code" to enter in home when setting up the camera. you go real quick in your video and dont say where to find this code. many thanks for a quick reply if possible.
@@EddieDSouzaEddie, wonderful ! many thanks for the super fast reply 🙏 I managed to install my first camera through camera ui and it shows up all good in HomeKit Secure Video ... wonderful !
Its an additional configuration and its not needed as the rtsp_transport was added in the video stream plus it tells the plugin that the video link is using the real time transport protocol (RTSP) to decode the feed. Cheers
Please do a vid for Ring.. I did setup all.. straight forward, but can’t figure out how to record ( no time line is showing) not sure if my ring subscription is the reason
Hey Thair.... I got the ring setup thru Scrypted and i can see a timeline however will wait for it to capture more events based on Specific motions is detected selection. Cheers
Through the camera UI - you can only automate the recordings based on Type & Time. However from Homkit - I was able to finally automate scenes using the sensor built into the Wyze Cam. Its better to create the automation witin HomeKit. Cheers
Hi Eddie, many thanx for your awesome work and help you give to us. I have an issue with one of my ezviz camera that i don't know how to resolve. Can you help me? i've 2 ezviz c6n correctly working on homebridge with ezviz plugin, i've installed a new c1c-b with same configuration of the others one. in Home app i see the snapshot but when i go to stream the new camera it goes offline, and homebridge report this: [EZVIZ] STREAM: To ignore this, add a trailing '?' to the map. i don't know how does it mean. Thanx for all and to waste your time. Best regards from Italy.
Hello Andy ... please use this website www.ispyconnect.com/camera/ezviz to firstly search for *c1c* and wil see that there are many models that have multiple protocols & path. Please generate a new RTSP link and then use VLC player to test it - to check if the stream works. Thats the way i would do it.
Awesome video! I am getting this error....thoughts on the issue? [9/14/2022, 3:36:43 PM] [CameraUI] ERROR Left: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - Unrecognized option 'rtsp_transport'. - Error splitting the argument list: Option not found - [9/14/2022, 3:36:43 PM] [CameraUI] Left: Restart prebuffer session..
Eddie good evening good, I was able to integrate my cameras to homekit following your instructions Just a detail that I can't see it when I'm away from home in the home application did i do something wrong? or am I missing some command very happy I'm thank you I need nest cameras and thermostat but hombridge was updated and it is not as you indicate in your video I hope you can make a new one Thank you very much and I wish you the best James
Hi James .... Glad to know your setup is up and running. However - i dont have a nest device to do a video :( But i can assist you remotely to set it up. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza Eddie thanks for answering ok i understand I like your proposal to help me remotely just give me instructions how and when I live in Monterrey, Mexico right now it's 7:00 pm Tuesday so that you tell me the time and the day that could be done And by the way, could you help me with the cameras because they can only be seen when you are at home? they don't see each other outside the house in fact inside the house in another wifi network that I have the one with the mesh tp link they are not visible Well, I have the pi connected to the router of my internet distributor ok, waiting for your instructions I don't know much written English I use google translate to write to you I hope I'm not an impediment Again, thank you very much my best wishes James
hi!! excellent videos!! I wanted to ask a question: how can I configure for hombridge if I only have IP cameras? I have 4 IP cameras - IPC-P120-DW thanks advance
Great video. It helped me get my Dahua security cams on HomeKit. I'd like to use the Homebridge Camera UI to setup a separate display, but the cameras only show up offline. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Awesome Video, Eddie!! Just a few questions, if I want to use my NVR would I still keep the settings the same in terms of the HKSV? Also for the resolution if I want to have everything save to the NVR would I just keep it at the 4k or 1080p as is? Thank you again!
You can standardize it as 1080p across the board that is NVR as well as HSV. If you do it on the NVR level - the 1080p stream is transported natively to HSV with no more processing required. I have been doing that for my customers = 1080p at NVR level
Anyone know how to do this if your cameras are plugged into an NVR? The only Ip address available for access is that of the NVR and not the individual cameras.
Hello Eddy .... Please provide the NVR and will send you the link ... its the tail end of the IP address that you need to change the value to every camera starting from 1, 2, 3 , 4 etc
Great video but I fall at the first hurdle (not using an RTSP broadcast). I'm currently using Apple's HomeKit simulator to simulate a security camera running an old USB webcam which adds directly into HomeKit, but it doesn't use Secure Video. Possibly this is as I'm running it on High Sierra, so getting this running instead via RTSP would be useful.. but am unsure of how to broadcast the webcam feed via RTSP - any ideas or recommendations?? I should then be able to follow the rest of the tutorial... :D
I should elaborate a little - removing the simulator is the best option but I don't know the process to find the right device for the external webcam ( ls -l /dev doesn't give a video result) so using something like VLC which needs the device name to start the RTSP broadcast. Any thoughts to broadcast a regular wired USB webcam via RTSP? Thanks...!
@@eddiedsuza great thanks - just managed to get it running on my local Mac but will check it out with the system at home when I get back. I'd heard about restreamer before but for some reason didn't check it. Will report back :)
@@eddiedsuza argh... seems like the usb cam only works with the linux docker image and not osx so it's not appearing. I could use OBS to stream it to restreamer but that would put a heavy load on the system and consume a lot of power...
Is there a way to add Wyze to Homekit without needing to keep the Wyze app? Because if I turn the camera off in the app it seems to not work in Homekit.
Hello Archie .... depending on the model ... you can flash the custom firmware and use the RTSP link to connect to HomeKit via Homebridge or Scrypted. Cheers
Thank yo u so much for this video… I was able to add a Reolink PoE doorbell to HKSV. I can see it on my phone and on my iPad but when I try to access the doorbell on any of my Apple TV’s it does not work. I can only stream and record the video but I cannot use the doorbell as a doorbell. My main objective has been to add my doorbell to HKSV so that when I am watching something on any of my apple tv’s and the doorbell is rung, I can see the video pop up on my tv and I can answer it through my Apple TV
I have that option checked but it’s still not working… I’ve messed around with those options and nothing… do you offer consultations… where you can review my work? Maybe on a zoom call?
Hello Eddie! When I try to switcht the streaming and record options on HomeKit to Stream & Allow Recording it says that a Home Hub is Required and it doesn't allow me to record and only stream.
Hi Eddie, first of all, great and easy to understandable videos. Thx I do have a problem with my Tapo C320WS to get broadcasted to camera.ui oder any other plugin in homebridge. RTSP works and got tested with vlc succesfully. Unfortunately I dont't get the rtsp-stream in camera.ui and therefore in homebridge. Any suggestions of you guys what to do or how to solve that issue? Cheers and thx
Hey Eddie - thanks to your videos I have installed homebridge on my Synology NAS and have managed to see 2 Eufy cameras through the Eufy plugin - then I wanted to go ahead and use homebridge camera UI and add all my 4 cameras like you showed in the video using the RTSP stream. I have working rtsp links (checked with VLC) - but I cannot see the videos through the homebridge UI plugin - cameras don't connect (they show up in Home - but not working). Can you help me here?
@@eddiedsuza Hey Eddie - many thanks for your quick answer. All this is set (as you mentioned that in the video) - I have the feeling that this again has something to do with the fact, that they are battery powered and they maybe get switched off by the BaseStation. As I am not too programming savvy I will stop the efforts for the Dufy cameras here... many thanks anyways
Eddie, one more question on Camera UI and HSV if I may ? when I add several cameras, my CPU usages maxes out pretty fast at over 90% .... is there a way to reduce CPU load ? Any suggestions ? Do we have to leave "video analysis" active checked in order to have motion detection or can I uncheck that ? would that reduce CPU load ? Should I set up a lower resolution video for the motion detection in the "video substream" ? If you confirm that would help with CPU, I am really not sure how to do that. Would you know where I can find a tutorial on how to do that ?
The CPU & camera usage goes up to keep in line with Apple HomeKit Secure video requirements - that is take and record a snapshot. This needs some processing by the Pi instead of the camera.
Question. I have a nest indoor cam. If I want to follow these steps to activate HKSV, would I need to continue to keep my nest subscription active or could I cancel my subscription after configuration? (I use HOOBS by the way)
If i am not mistaken - the Nest cams do not use RTSP as the video feeds are broadcasted via an active internet connection using their cloud services. To enable HKSV - you will need to use scrytped and install the nest plugin to get that feature. Now scrypted is another platform that works independantly.
Wow, you’re awesome; sub’d for sure. Question: What if when adding to Homekit (as you describe near end of video), it says “This accessory has not been certified to work with HomeKit, so some features may not be available.”? It does not give the option to stream and record for me. I just did this, so maybe Apple figured out how to prevent recording from Hoobs/FFmpeg bridge?
HA! I’m a moron. The entire purpose of this video is to use Camera UI instead of FFmpeg for this exact reason! I was so excited about gettin the video to work, I skipped around and missed it. thanks!!
So, there is not a “Visual” setting for HSV. I went into the script and changed the “hsv”: to true from false. I also completely uninstalled the mmpeg Plugin. I then connected to the bridge which identified the camera in homekit. Works perfectly! If I wasn’t a noob on hoob, this would have gone faster than 40 minutes. Your video is by far the best on youtube! Thank you!
Hoping I could get my Reolink Wi-Fi cameras working too. No major issues with my Reolink POE cameras. I was reading that the Wi-Fi Reolink cameras use a different type of stream. I spy doesn’t have the models listed 🤷🏻♂️
Hey, I have got a Trolink camera with no name, it connects to Tuya App, and I can access the RSTP stream, But the sound doesn't work, I have look everywhere for many years, but I don't know how to access it besides the tuya app u.u. Do you know something I can do about it?
Hello Giovanni - may be the camera doesnt support Audio and if the Tuya app does allow it - then it seems the RTSP link is limited with video broadcast only.
I apologize for being vague in my question. In fact, I'm looking for the RTSP URL of my camera. I can't find it anywhere on the internet. I have 10 cameras of the Hamell brand, model: HW-RH59M. I also read on forums that it was possible to search for the RTSP link using something like Wireshark, but I tried without success. My DVR is connected to my router (JFEYE brand DVR), and I can view my cameras with 4G or Wi-Fi using the JFeye mobile application. I really appreciate it if you can give me an idea of how to find the RTSP link.
Thank you for the great videos, Eddie. Problem: my cameras are showing live streams in Homekit just fine, but nothing gets recorded in Homekit. Any ideas?
So this is very cool. Insulation configuration was pretty straightforward. Thanks to your video. The problem I have though is it seems to miss a lot of recordings. It’s really to the point that I could see myself on the live feed and it’s simply just doesn’t record it. I’m seeing this across multiple cameras. Is there anything I could do to make it better or more reliable. I was using scripted, but for some reason, it has an incredible high usage rate of resources.
great information thankyou. I am definitely going with Home kit now. Also I think I am happy with UniFi Protect system. Watched a couple of your videos I happy with the features.
How can I generate a Jennov IP camera URL? otherwise well the VLC It does not recognize the previous URL ip that it does recognize and I could see my cameras I'm totally lost before if it was possible and I have saved the ip URLs what if they worked and now they don't again thank you very much my best wishes James
James my friend - please try out this link to generate a RTSP link. www.ispyconnect.com/camera/jennov please select your model and populate the IP, admin and password info
@@eddiedsuza Thanks a lot for helping me Eddie I have many problems with the hoobs box I'm already in talks with them I will do it as you indicate thanks, again I don't know if I can buy a RASPBERRY PI with you ready to be able to add the pluying if you can it would be great let me know and we agree I ask you because I'm not very good at this I am learning you young people are very good ok again thank you very much my best wishes jamie
Thanks for the video, One question im running my cameras through NVR system brand by Dahua and i done the steps to configure the camera ui once it is done it is only showing the first camera only. later i tried to add by the camera IP it self and it functioning in the camera ui interface but in the prebuffering showing invalid for the second cam the first one which has been used the IP of the NVR working fine Valid so what is the best option to configure. and sorry for the long question im new to this world and im trying to learn. thanks again
I found the issue i logged in for each camera individually and adjusted the settings now all cameras working in Homekit app, I noticed if i add the camera in the camera ui it transfer direct to homekit. thanks for your videos
@@eddiedsuzaOther questions please for the Homebridge time zone how to sync it because the raspberry it match my time zone but the homebridge not i tried to search the web i didnt find how i can sync or edit the correct timing.
Hi Eddie, I did not see in your video if we should select the option "video Analysis" because when I do everything goes fine with the recording, when this is not selected, the recorded from HSV does not work.. it is something related?
Ciao Eddie, ho seguito la tua guida e ho aggiunto le telecamere a Homekit tamite Camera UI. Inizialmente hanno funzionato bene ma aggiungendo altre telecamere, tutte uguali, noto che non registrano più. come mai? Camera UI quante telecamere supporta per homekit? Grazie
@@eddiedsuza Ho risolto il problema, avendo attivo in Interface - At Home Switch, non mi partivano le registrazioni. Disattivandolo è tutto ok. Il mio pano è da 200GB, 5 telecamere. Grazie
@@vibe27vibe the camera.ui plugin can be found only in Homebridge. Within Scrypted you'll need to add in the RTSP & Homekit plugins and then configure it from there
Hi Eddie, I have the homebridge installed and rstp setup for my Wyze cam years ago. I’ve watched your couple of videos and it seems that you used different kinds of plugins/software to enable the homekit secure video for Wyze cam. Can you tell me what’s the best plug-in to use for Wyze as of now? Is it cameraUI? Thanks in advance!
Hi Eddie Thanks for your sharing. I have some issue. My all camera appear in My Apple Home in same network, But I using mobile data when I haven't at home the all camera are No Response. Have a some sloving the problem? Thanks
Hi Eddie, Thanks for the video and making our community and smart homes that bit better, as you always do. I am pulling my hair out on this one. I am using Annke I91BM Cameras (They are in H265) and cant seem to get things working. No video shows at all. the cameras add to homekit but also blank. What do i do?
@@eddiedsuza Hi Eddie! Thank you so so much for getting back to me. You have no idea how much that means! Sadly the camera can only be set to h265 it would seem. Any ideas where to go from here?
@@maxtimmsforthewin I am not aware of any other way to recode to h264... If you are within the return window - swap it for another model. The model doesn't support H264
If you have an NVR and wondering how to get the rtsp. There is a direct route to the camera through the NVR and you can find it for your particular NVR by searching for rtsp address for your particular brand NVR. It took quite a bit of research and reading to finally get the rtsp address for my cameras, but once I had that it was smooth sailing....not really. You still need to make sure your homebridge version and the node.jsn is up to date enough to handle camera ui (this was a lot more complicated than just updating). Lots of great tutorials in the homebridge community forum. If you have a uniview dvr here is the rtsp address: •NVR: rtsp:// [USER] : [PASS] @ [ADDRESS] : [RTSP PORT] /unicast/c [CH] /s[STREAM TYPE]/live. Example: rtsp://admin:123456@192.168.1.180:540/unicast/c3/s1/live Where: Address=nvr address on your network, rtsp port is in the network info of your nvr, CH is the number of the camera on your nvr, Stream type is just a number referrering to your main stream (1) or your sub stream (2). Note: Eddie says to enter the info into the stream config- stream source as rtsp_transport tcp -I (rtsp address). That did not work for me unfortunately. I used the template the app suggested which was just -I (rtsp address). Without the stuff at the beginning.
I have Arlo vmc2050 outdoor essential camera. How can I connect to HomeKit. It doesn’t connect to their hub and WiFi only and doesn’t seem RTSP enabled. Any options?
Some heroes don't wear capes. Eddie, you're my hero man. Although I am very familiar with HomeKit, I am new to the Homebridge Game... Question for the video. I am adding 4 cameras the same way, but I am not getting camera listening on port 8082. Instead, it shows: CameraName: Restart prebuffer session.. for each camera and those 4 messages keep repeating... Also, I am seeing the accessories as available to add, but then the codes are not present and I can't add them. Even if I do, they are not streaming... Any advice?
Appreciate the feedback .. Some recommendations - check the camera rtsp links using VLC player. Additionally also reserve the camera IP addresses in your router settings. If you running homebridge on a Mac - then you will need to install ffmpeg manually. Lastly with regards to the port 8082 - that can be checked / updated in the plugin configuration.
how do i fix a "CAM_4: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - Unrecognized option 'rtsp_transport'. - Error splitting the argument list: Option not found - " error for wyze cam, the stream does work on vlc
Hello, i bought a tp link tapo tc65. I see the camera to HomeKit but the motion alerts and the recording will only work when the tapo app is installed on iPhone. When I uninstall the app i can open HomeKit and stream the camera but i get no notifications. Is this right or is there any way to make it work without the app? Thank you so much for the help
You will need to access the camera settings in Apple home - under recording - change to stream and record. Under Home settings > go to notifications > enable the notification for the camera
Is there any chance to setup cctv with p2p connection by registering with cloud id, similar like if registering the cctv to xmeye mobile apps? I have situation when I plan to add my parent cctv at their home, but cannot using rtsp protocol since the ISP is blocking this service.
Hi Eddie! I've been following your videos for a while now, keep it up! I am trying to add 4x Yale CCTV Cameras but they lag and freeze up in stream... I tried lowering the resolution but then the CPU usage was crazy high (I think because it was converting the input with FFMPEG) and would only run two cameras at a time with the others not responding.... I then set everything to 0 to stream the original video feed but now it only updates the picture every 20-30 seconds on the Home App, any suggestions would be highly appreciated :D
Please try using a 1080p resolution (which is default in the config) secondly you want to test the RTSP link using the VLC player to ensure the cameras are real time transporting over your network.
@@eddiedsuza I got it running! I fixed it by turning off video analysis and motion sensors in Homebridge which I didn’t really need. All 4 Camera’s now run on Home-bridge using about 20% of the cpu and smoothly. Thank you for your help.
So if I use 4 Reolink Duo 2’s on the outside of my home but I decide to use 2 Lorex Cameras inside my home all over Poe. I should be able to integrate them all regardless of company correct?
Apparently there is a problem with Camera.UI and homebridge, I got "Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/homebridge'" and it reboots itself. The directory already exists and the rights are correct... There are more people with this problem in internet. Any solution ? I have tried to reinstall the plugin but when you create some config in the plugin then it doesn't work anymore.
@@eddiedsuza Thanks for pointing this issue at github. The error you mentioned is about not finding /users folder but in my case it is the /homebridge folder which is the main folder and it is already there! no idea what to do. I will try to create a user called homebridge but i think is not the solution.
Philip this is definitely got to do with configuration and also on what device you are running the camera ui plugin. If its a Mac then you will have an issue with ffmpeg which needs to be mapped to your homebridge install
If I enable audio the live stream in homekit does not work. I get and error "ffmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - unknown encoder 'libfdk_aac' -: on the status page.
Hi there! I know this is not a new video ans maybe nobody will answer this question, but I’ll do it anyway LOL… I tried to configure as shown and it worked, but some issues occurred: cameras video freezing frequently, not only at HomeApp, but also in the camera.ui interface itself… I’m running homebridge on a Raspberry 3, with 1gb ram. How much gb should be necessary on raspberry to allow this plugin to works perfectly? Thank you..
Great video, all working good only problem is with HSV any idea what is wrong? “The recording process was aborted by HSV with reason "UNEXPECTED_FAILURE"”
I can't add my Wyze Cam v3 because I think there is an issue with my credentials. The wizard asks for a username, but Wyze uses an email to log in. So how did you configure your login info in the wizard?
Hey man! Trying to follow this tutorial but my cameras actually have a password. When I use ONVIF device manager to see the cameras, the user is admin and the password is one that I set. How can I input these into camera.ui?
Based on the camera model. Use the site to generate the rtsp link www.ispyconnect.com/cameras which includes the IP address as well as the username & password. Then use that generated link in the camera ui config.
Hi Eddie -- I've just had a message come up in my homebridge log that homebridge-ring now wants me to add camera separately. Will this work with homebridge doorbell cameras?
@@eddiedsuza thank you! Got it working. Now big question for you - do you know what changes are coming in homebridge 2.0? Will is run quite happily on my somewhat elderly raspberry pi 4?
@@イエンスヨハンセン happy to know everything is up n running. With homebridge 2.0 be prepared for plugins not being compatible. In fact you can see a green tick sign for plugins that are compatible with 2.0. I have a test environment and encountered quite a few issues with plugins 😅
Olá Eddie! Novamente obrigado pelos vídeos, são de ótima qualidade e muito bem explicados! Tenho o mesmo Synology DS218+ utilizando Homebridge e Scrypted por Docker e estou tendo alguns problemas de otimização de minhas câmeras no Home Kit, são duas reolinks e duas dahua. Sempre que acesso as câmeras pelo aplicativo no Iphone, existe um enorme atraso para carregamento, em torno de 40 segundos e as vezes trava e não carrega, você tem tido estes problemas? Nos aplicativos nativo das cameras tem funcionado perfeitamente, o que parece ser algum problema de configuração dentro do scrypted. Qual tem sido sua preferencia nas questões de uso das cameras, usar o plugin ui.camera direto no homebridge ou scrypted? Obrigado e muito sucesso com o canal!
After following your steps, wyze cam on sonoff ihost bridge realize that the CPUs running so high and I host bridge it’s just losing connection every time, so what’s the problem with that? What is the solution?
eddie hole I have a problem with ISPY i did an exercise before and it worked very well ipcamera url, but now my camera model number no longer appears before yes but not today Jennov is the brand of my camera what I do I was stunned my best wishes jaime perez ps you can add the NVR and see the cameras?
Hi hope you’re OK… Good Video.. Is it for BLINK too? I use the Plugin, but since a few months I can’t stream videos Over Homebridge to HomeKit.. 🤔🤔. 🍻🍻
Hey Jimmy - I am doing good and yourself ? Well when feeds dont work - you will see the plugin registering some logs and providing information on why its not working. You may want to take a look there to debug the issue
I have followed your video to view unifi protect cameras in apple home with home bridge , it used to stream when i am out side the home network but now i can only stream in apple home when i am at home why its like this now
@@eddiedsuza I HAVE IT WAS STREAMING BEFORE BUT SUDDENLY STOPED STREAMING LIVE ONLY WHEN I AM USING MOBILE NETWORK ( means when am out side of home network ) I have apple tv
Please help!! I can’t find any info on how to unlink the app from a cloud project. It only allows two. I am trying to start fresh. I have two linked cloud projects to my app but no devices show up. I messed up somewhere. Can you help?
@@eddiedsuza thank you. I have enjoyed following you for the past year. Scrypted running side by side on a pi with HomeBridge would take it to the next level
@@barrylapthorne8017 thanks for the compliment and am in the final testing stages to have a combined Scrypted / Homebridge setup on the same hardware and the video is scheduled 07/10 - Spoiler alert lolz
Looks promising, Nice and informative video. Question - Does it send Notifications per se on Telegram when you're away and motion is detected by the camera stream ?
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I found that for HKSV, it is better to leave the following Camera UI stream configuration parameters blank - max width, max height, max framerate, max bitrate. Then the parameters will default to whatever is requested by Homekit. This resolved the problems I had with Hikvision ip cameras
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I want to say thank you. We just built our dream home. I went full HomeKit smart home. One exception was the generic ip cameras my networker used. I tried for weeks to integrate them until I found this video. Works flawlessly now. Thank you. Earned a sub from me!!!
Thank you and enjoy the new home. We just moved into ours as well .... Cheers
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I had been trying to get a different plugin working for days before I found this video. I like this plugin much better! Thank you for the specific instructions.
Your welcome... Cheers
Whether we can stream on apple home from outside of home network.
As long as you have a Apple TV or an Homepod mini - then yes you can access the video stream remotely or via a celular network. Cheers
Another great video Eddie. Any tips on setting this up through HOOBs instead of Homebrige? I'm having trouble setting it up
Hey Joey - I,ll need to flash and setup HOOBS to test the plugin - will need sometime. However, for HSV to work - at its heart HOOBS must use Homebridge 1.4.0 - if not HSV will not work. Another issue with HOOBS is the files structure of the system - plugins like these strictly follow the Homebridge documentation. I found one closed issue in Github that has a HOOBS user successfully installing it - github.com/seydx/homebridge-camera-ui/issues/116
Please give it a try and open an issue with HOOBS to get the plugin to work with its system.
Great video!
Can you share the Wyze Can 2 configuration (video source) that you used?
Yes I can. I used this one sunoo.github.io/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg/configs/Wyze-Cam-v2-and-Pan.html
thank you for the video! everything you shoot is relevant for me!
Your welcome Volodymyr ... Cheers 😇
Thanks for this vid! It let me set up a $30 Wyze v3 on my Home app with an old Raspberry Pi I had sitting around from 6 years ago. Now I can keep an eye on my dogs in the backyard 2 Qs: 1) do you know if Wyze v3 Pro supports the RTSP demo firmware? 2) I can hear through the mic on the camera in the Home app, but I’m not getting the mic button to send audio through the camera speaker in the Home app. Good news is that function works normally in the Wyze app
Hello Don .. Glad to know you got them working. Well the Wyze cams dont have talk back. And currently does not support the pro versions due to lack of RTSP support. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza again, thanks for all the help I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “talk back”. I set up my v3 (not Pro) with both Wyze’s app and Homebridge. In the Wyze app, there’s a mic button I can use, and audio that I speak
Into the phone plays on the speaker of the camera. Confuses my dogs to no end! Just curious if there’s a way to get that function to work with Homebridge and Homebridge camera ui plug in. If not, no worries!
where do you get the 8-digit code that to be put for configuring the camera in the Home app ?
Go to the Homebridge Status page and the code is under the QR image
Follow me on instagram as well instagram.com/eddie_dsuza/
Hey Eddie, your videos have been really helpful! I was wondering if you have ever run into a situation like I am experiencing? My wyze cameras work in the camera.ui interface but the stream doesn’t work in the homebridge preview window or in HomeKit. Logs say the connection is successful and sending data but the video never comes through and then forces the stream to quit.
Hello Ryan ... Please check the stream link via VLC so as to confirm the stream broadcasts with no issue. And also the video configuration - must be between the range of 1980 x 1080
hello Eddie, thank you for the wonderful video 🙏
Just a quick question please: where do you find the "HomeKit setup code" to enter in home when setting up the camera. you go real quick in your video and dont say where to find this code. many thanks for a quick reply if possible.
Appreciate the comment - please use the same numbers under the QR code that's on the Homebridge dashboard. Cheers
@@EddieDSouzaEddie, wonderful ! many thanks for the super fast reply 🙏 I managed to install my first camera through camera ui and it shows up all good in HomeKit Secure Video ... wonderful !
Awesome thanks .
Is the rtsp_transport needed? And what’s the benefit of using that stream?
Its an additional configuration and its not needed as the rtsp_transport was added in the video stream plus it tells the plugin that the video link is using the real time transport protocol (RTSP) to decode the feed. Cheers
Please do a vid for Ring.. I did setup all.. straight forward, but can’t figure out how to record ( no time line is showing) not sure if my ring subscription is the reason
Hey Thair.... I got the ring setup thru Scrypted and i can see a timeline however will wait for it to capture more events based on Specific motions is detected selection. Cheers
Thanks Eddie for the great tutorial, is it possible with camera UI to run automation based on motion detection from WYZE cam?!
Through the camera UI - you can only automate the recordings based on Type & Time. However from Homkit - I was able to finally automate scenes using the sensor built into the Wyze Cam. Its better to create the automation witin HomeKit. Cheers
Hi Eddie, many thanx for your awesome work and help you give to us. I have an issue with one of my ezviz camera that i don't know how to resolve. Can you help me? i've 2 ezviz c6n correctly working on homebridge with ezviz plugin, i've installed a new c1c-b with same configuration of the others one. in Home app i see the snapshot but when i go to stream the new camera it goes offline, and homebridge report this: [EZVIZ] STREAM: To ignore this, add a trailing '?' to the map.
i don't know how does it mean.
Thanx for all and to waste your time. Best regards from Italy.
Hello Andy ... please use this website www.ispyconnect.com/camera/ezviz to firstly search for *c1c* and wil see that there are many models that have multiple protocols & path. Please generate a new RTSP link and then use VLC player to test it - to check if the stream works. Thats the way i would do it.
Awesome video! I am getting this error....thoughts on the issue?
[9/14/2022, 3:36:43 PM] [CameraUI] ERROR Left: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - Unrecognized option 'rtsp_transport'. - Error splitting the argument list: Option not found -
[9/14/2022, 3:36:43 PM] [CameraUI] Left: Restart prebuffer session..
Please check your RTSp link and config... seems like the error is currently pointing there.
@@eddiedsuza I have the same. Works fine in VLC. What else could it be ?
@@stewartpedler652 Can you try removing any video sub stream source and use the default configuration thats required for the plugin
3:54 "So let's log into this IP camera." What does that mean? How did you get to that interface and is it specific to that particular camera?
its specific to that camera only
Eddie
good evening
good, I was able to integrate my cameras to homekit
following your instructions
Just a detail that I can't see it when I'm away from home in the home application
did i do something wrong? or am I missing some command
very happy I'm thank you
I need nest cameras and thermostat
but hombridge was updated and it is not as you indicate in your video
I hope you can make a new one
Thank you very much and I wish you the best
James
Hi James .... Glad to know your setup is up and running. However - i dont have a nest device to do a video :( But i can assist you remotely to set it up. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza
Eddie thanks for answering
ok i understand
I like your proposal to help me remotely
just give me instructions how and when
I live in Monterrey, Mexico right now it's 7:00 pm Tuesday
so that you tell me the time and the day that could be done
And by the way, could you help me with the cameras because they can only be seen when you are at home?
they don't see each other outside the house
in fact inside the house in another wifi network that I have the one with the mesh tp link
they are not visible
Well, I have the pi connected to the router of my internet distributor
ok, waiting for your instructions
I don't know much written English I use google translate
to write to you
I hope I'm not an impediment
Again, thank you very much
my best wishes
James
@@jaimegpppz3552 please use this link to book a session. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza hello EDDIE AN APOLOGY NOT OF WHAT LINK YOU MEAN TO YOURPAGE AN APOLOGY FOR MY IGNORANCE
@@jaimegpppz3552 calendly.com/eddie-dsouza/schedule-a-30-min-session?month=2022-12
Insanely helpful video!
Thank you 🎉
Thanks Eddie clear and easy to follow instructions (as always)!
Thanks Matt ! Glad it helped
hi!! excellent videos!!
I wanted to ask a question: how can I configure for hombridge if I only have IP cameras?
I have 4 IP cameras - IPC-P120-DW
thanks advance
Hey JB - this video takes you thru the process of adding your IP cams to Homebridge. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza Yes ! but you have UI cameras with UI app in my case I have hilook cameras with hikvision app, is it the same procedure?
@@jbgrenouille2527 Its the same procedure. The UI camera is the name of the plugin. Cheers
Great video. It helped me get my Dahua security cams on HomeKit. I'd like to use the Homebridge Camera UI to setup a separate display, but the cameras only show up offline. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Please check the logs and assisgned IP address as well to the cameras
@@eddiedsuza Thanks and I'll check other interweb sources.
Awesome Video, Eddie!! Just a few questions, if I want to use my NVR would I still keep the settings the same in terms of the HKSV? Also for the resolution if I want to have everything save to the NVR would I just keep it at the 4k or 1080p as is? Thank you again!
You can standardize it as 1080p across the board that is NVR as well as HSV. If you do it on the NVR level - the 1080p stream is transported natively to HSV with no more processing required. I have been doing that for my customers = 1080p at NVR level
Anyone know how to do this if your cameras are plugged into an NVR? The only Ip address available for access is that of the NVR and not the individual cameras.
Hello Eddy .... Please provide the NVR and will send you the link ... its the tail end of the IP address that you need to change the value to every camera starting from 1, 2, 3 , 4 etc
@@eddiedsuza Hey Eddie! I have the same question if you’re able to assist. RLK8-800D4.
This was great for my Wyze cams! Thanks! Will it work with the old spy ip cams that used the now “nonexistent “ bvcam app?
Please refer to this link to know which cams you can generate a RTSP Link www.ispyconnect.com/cameras
Great video but I fall at the first hurdle (not using an RTSP broadcast). I'm currently using Apple's HomeKit simulator to simulate a security camera running an old USB webcam which adds directly into HomeKit, but it doesn't use Secure Video. Possibly this is as I'm running it on High Sierra, so getting this running instead via RTSP would be useful.. but am unsure of how to broadcast the webcam feed via RTSP - any ideas or recommendations?? I should then be able to follow the rest of the tutorial... :D
I should elaborate a little - removing the simulator is the best option but I don't know the process to find the right device for the external webcam ( ls -l /dev doesn't give a video result) so using something like VLC which needs the device name to start the RTSP broadcast. Any thoughts to broadcast a regular wired USB webcam via RTSP? Thanks...!
Hi pete - i found this to enable RTSP for USB cams (never knew it was possible) - datarhei.github.io/restreamer/docs/guides-usb-camera.html
@@eddiedsuza great thanks - just managed to get it running on my local Mac but will check it out with the system at home when I get back. I'd heard about restreamer before but for some reason didn't check it. Will report back :)
@@eddiedsuza argh... seems like the usb cam only works with the linux docker image and not osx so it's not appearing. I could use OBS to stream it to restreamer but that would put a heavy load on the system and consume a lot of power...
@@PeteDraperVFX Oh yes ... not worth it. Cheers
Is there a way to add Wyze to Homekit without needing to keep the Wyze app? Because if I turn the camera off in the app it seems to not work in Homekit.
Hello Archie .... depending on the model ... you can flash the custom firmware and use the RTSP link to connect to HomeKit via Homebridge or Scrypted. Cheers
Thank yo u so much for this video… I was able to add a Reolink PoE doorbell to HKSV. I can see it on my phone and on my iPad but when I try to access the doorbell on any of my Apple TV’s it does not work. I can only stream and record the video but I cannot use the doorbell as a doorbell. My main objective has been to add my doorbell to HKSV so that when I am watching something on any of my apple tv’s and the doorbell is rung, I can see the video pop up on my tv and I can answer it through my Apple TV
In the configuration please check the doorbell option
I have that option checked but it’s still not working… I’ve messed around with those options and nothing… do you offer consultations… where you can review my work? Maybe on a zoom call?
Hello Eddie! When I try to switcht the streaming and record options on HomeKit to Stream & Allow Recording it says that a Home Hub is Required and it doesn't allow me to record and only stream.
Aha ... You will need an apple TV or a homepod Mini or a Ipad running as a Hub to run automations as well as run HSV. cheers
Hi Eddie,
first of all, great and easy to understandable videos. Thx
I do have a problem with my Tapo C320WS to get broadcasted to camera.ui oder any other plugin in homebridge. RTSP works and got tested with vlc succesfully. Unfortunately I dont't get the rtsp-stream in camera.ui and therefore in homebridge.
Any suggestions of you guys what to do or how to solve that issue?
Cheers and thx
Can you check if its broadcasting video as H265 or H264
Hey Eddie - thanks to your videos I have installed homebridge on my Synology NAS and have managed to see 2 Eufy cameras through the Eufy plugin - then I wanted to go ahead and use homebridge camera UI and add all my 4 cameras like you showed in the video using the RTSP stream. I have working rtsp links (checked with VLC) - but I cannot see the videos through the homebridge UI plugin - cameras don't connect (they show up in Home - but not working). Can you help me here?
Please check if the cameras are broad casting using the H264 format and also the video size should be at a minimum 1080p
@@eddiedsuza Hey Eddie - many thanks for your quick answer. All this is set (as you mentioned that in the video) - I have the feeling that this again has something to do with the fact, that they are battery powered and they maybe get switched off by the BaseStation. As I am not too programming savvy I will stop the efforts for the Dufy cameras here... many thanks anyways
@@bltzrwrnr you're welcome. cheers
Eddie, one more question on Camera UI and HSV if I may ? when I add several cameras, my CPU usages maxes out pretty fast at over 90% .... is there a way to reduce CPU load ? Any suggestions ?
Do we have to leave "video analysis" active checked in order to have motion detection or can I uncheck that ? would that reduce CPU load ?
Should I set up a lower resolution video for the motion detection in the "video substream" ? If you confirm that would help with CPU, I am really not sure how to do that. Would you know where I can find a tutorial on how to do that ?
The CPU & camera usage goes up to keep in line with Apple HomeKit Secure video requirements - that is take and record a snapshot. This needs some processing by the Pi instead of the camera.
@@eddiedsuza Many thanks Eddie !!
Question. I have a nest indoor cam. If I want to follow these steps to activate HKSV, would I need to continue to keep my nest subscription active or could I cancel my subscription after configuration? (I use HOOBS by the way)
If i am not mistaken - the Nest cams do not use RTSP as the video feeds are broadcasted via an active internet connection using their cloud services. To enable HKSV - you will need to use scrytped and install the nest plugin to get that feature. Now scrypted is another platform that works independantly.
@@eddiedsuza ahhh, okay thank you! Did you ever end up making a video on scrypted? I apologize if you have and I just missed it lol
@@TheJaybird95 here you go cheers ua-cam.com/video/YU8aOUHRsN0/v-deo.html
Wow, you’re awesome; sub’d for sure. Question: What if when adding to Homekit (as you describe near end of video), it says “This accessory has not been certified to work with HomeKit, so some features may not be available.”? It does not give the option to stream and record for me. I just did this, so maybe Apple figured out how to prevent recording from Hoobs/FFmpeg bridge?
The VLC media player was the breakthrough point for me. It allowed me to make sure I had the network stream dialed-in first. Much appreciated.
HA! I’m a moron. The entire purpose of this video is to use Camera UI instead of FFmpeg for this exact reason! I was so excited about gettin the video to work, I skipped around and missed it. thanks!!
Camera UI didn’t work either for Recording in homekit. I’ll keep watching!
HSV Support (HomeKit Secure Video) is key.
So, there is not a “Visual” setting for HSV. I went into the script and changed the “hsv”: to true from false. I also completely uninstalled the mmpeg Plugin. I then connected to the bridge which identified the camera in homekit. Works perfectly! If I wasn’t a noob on hoob, this would have gone faster than 40 minutes. Your video is by far the best on youtube! Thank you!
Hoping I could get my Reolink Wi-Fi cameras working too. No major issues with my Reolink POE cameras. I was reading that the Wi-Fi Reolink cameras use a different type of stream. I spy doesn’t have the models listed 🤷🏻♂️
Can you please provide the model and will check it out for you if theres a recommended streaming link.
Hello , I'm having a trouble getting my Eufy SoloCam E40 stream to work. The stream generator didn't provide a correct link. Any suggestions
Hey Jason - is the username / password correct and I would use the options from other models mentioned in this link www.ispyconnect.com/camera/eufy
Hey, I have got a Trolink camera with no name, it connects to Tuya App, and I can access the RSTP stream, But the sound doesn't work, I have look everywhere for many years, but I don't know how to access it besides the tuya app u.u. Do you know something I can do about it?
Hello Giovanni - may be the camera doesnt support Audio and if the Tuya app does allow it - then it seems the RTSP link is limited with video broadcast only.
Hello Eddie , what about a DVR with simple coaxial cable camera, is it the same step ?
Unfortunately not cause its not assigned a IP address from your Router. This video is applicatble for Cameras that broadcast over the network
@@eddiedsuza
I apologize for being vague in my question. In fact, I'm looking for the RTSP URL of my camera. I can't find it anywhere on the internet. I have 10 cameras of the Hamell brand, model: HW-RH59M. I also read on forums that it was possible to search for the RTSP link using something like Wireshark, but I tried without success. My DVR is connected to my router (JFEYE brand DVR), and I can view my cameras with 4G or Wi-Fi using the JFeye mobile application. I really appreciate it if you can give me an idea of how to find the RTSP link.
@@lepastresgentil9447 please use this link www.ispyconnect.com/cameras to look for the brand and model to generate the RTSP links
I got an authorization failed though I did every step you mentioned here for the Amcrest.
You'll need to check the username and password to access the camera feed via VLC ... If no video loads - check also the assigned IP address
Got it to finally work. Thanks.
@@RichAbe23 Lovely ... What was the issue 😅
Thank you for the great videos, Eddie. Problem: my cameras are showing live streams in Homekit just fine, but nothing gets recorded in Homekit. Any ideas?
It takes sometime for the timeline to be populated.
I’m having the same problem its set to stream and record, the little dot is red but nothing is recording after 12 hours😮
So this is very cool. Insulation configuration was pretty straightforward. Thanks to your video. The problem I have though is it seems to miss a lot of recordings. It’s really to the point that I could see myself on the live feed and it’s simply just doesn’t record it. I’m seeing this across multiple cameras. Is there anything I could do to make it better or more reliable. I was using scripted, but for some reason, it has an incredible high usage rate of resources.
All you can is restart the plugin or restart the Apple home hubs. It’s an Apple feature for HKSV to work within Apple home app.
Eddie this was very educating. Can you tell me if I can I use Lorex cameras with home kit?
Your welcome. Please access the link to generate your RTSP links for the supported Lorex cameras www.ispyconnect.com/camera/lorex
great information thankyou. I am definitely going with Home kit now. Also I think I am happy with UniFi Protect system. Watched a couple of your videos I happy with the features.
@@M13creativemedia Awesome. Cheers
hello, it happens to me that after a few hours I start to have a very very long delay of up to almost 1 minute, any solution?
Please check the network connection as well as the configuration that is resolution and frame rate
How can I generate a Jennov IP camera URL?
otherwise
well the VLC
It does not recognize the previous URL ip that it does recognize and I could see my cameras
I'm totally lost
before if it was possible and I have saved the ip URLs
what if they worked and now they don't
again thank you very much my best wishes
James
James my friend - please try out this link to generate a RTSP link. www.ispyconnect.com/camera/jennov
please select your model and populate the IP, admin and password info
@@eddiedsuza Thanks a lot
for helping me Eddie
I have many problems with the hoobs box
I'm already in talks with them
I will do it as you indicate
thanks, again
I don't know if I can buy a RASPBERRY PI with you
ready to be able to add the pluying
if you can it would be great
let me know and we agree
I ask you because I'm not very good at this
I am learning
you young people are very good
ok again thank you very much
my best wishes jamie
Thanks for the video, One question im running my cameras through NVR system brand by Dahua and i done the steps to configure the camera ui once it is done it is only showing the first camera only. later i tried to add by the camera IP it self and it functioning in the camera ui interface but in the prebuffering showing invalid for the second cam the first one which has been used the IP of the NVR working fine Valid so what is the best option to configure. and sorry for the long question im new to this world and im trying to learn. thanks again
I found the issue i logged in for each camera individually and adjusted the settings now all cameras working in Homekit app, I noticed if i add the camera in the camera ui it transfer direct to homekit. thanks for your videos
@@Sul6an31 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF DIY . A little of patience and debugging - I am glad you them working... Cheers
@@eddiedsuzaOther questions please for the Homebridge time zone how to sync it because the raspberry it match my time zone but the homebridge not i tried to search the web i didnt find how i can sync or edit the correct timing.
Hello Sir.. Can Tuya Smart Camera integrate with Homebridge?
Well if it uses RTSP - Then yes
Please provide the website you used for Generic IP Camera configuration
www.ispyconnect.com/cameras
Hi Eddie,
I did not see in your video if we should select the option "video Analysis" because when I do everything goes fine with the recording, when this is not selected, the recorded from HSV does not work.. it is something related?
Hello Ivan ... I didnt select that. I just enabled the HSV option and it works
@@eddiedsuza Thanks in advance for your help and videos!! are awesome!!
@@ivansardo7206 your welcome. Cheers 🍻
Ciao Eddie, ho seguito la tua guida e ho aggiunto le telecamere a Homekit tamite Camera UI. Inizialmente hanno funzionato bene ma aggiungendo altre telecamere, tutte uguali, noto che non registrano più. come mai? Camera UI quante telecamere supporta per homekit? Grazie
Please check your icloud storage to support unlimited cameras - 50 GB - 1 Cam / 200 GB - 4 Cams / 2TB - Unlimited Cameras.
@@eddiedsuza Ho risolto il problema, avendo attivo in Interface - At Home Switch, non mi partivano le registrazioni. Disattivandolo è tutto ok. Il mio pano è da 200GB, 5 telecamere. Grazie
Hi, I use an old iPhone as an IP camera with rtsp address, is it possible to integrate it in homekit. Thanks
Yes you can add it to Homekit. Use the VLC app to confirm the RTSP link is working and you are good to go to add it into the camera.ui plugin. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza hi, I have the iPhone RTSP link, I don’t find the camera.ui.plugin in scrypted. Can you help me to figure it out ? Thank you
@@vibe27vibe the camera.ui plugin can be found only in Homebridge. Within Scrypted you'll need to add in the RTSP & Homekit plugins and then configure it from there
@@eddiedsuza I’m gonna try, thanks
Hi Eddie, I have the homebridge installed and rstp setup for my Wyze cam years ago. I’ve watched your couple of videos and it seems that you used different kinds of plugins/software to enable the homekit secure video for Wyze cam. Can you tell me what’s the best plug-in to use for Wyze as of now? Is it cameraUI? Thanks in advance!
Hello Robin ... yes via the camera ui plugin ...
@@eddiedsuza so it's better than the method you used in this video? ua-cam.com/video/ePr-k15se6A/v-deo.html
Hi Eddie
Thanks for your sharing. I have some issue. My all camera appear in My Apple Home in same network, But I using mobile data when I haven't at home the all camera are No Response. Have a some sloving the problem?
Thanks
You will need a Apple Home Hub such as a Apple TV or HomePod or mini to access your cameras using your celullar conenctivity.
@@eddiedsuza Thanks. All camera ok.
Hello, Eddie trying to connect Lorex cameras. I can’t seem to find the model number on I spy.
You can try and test from one of the models listed here www.ispyconnect.com/camera/lorex
Hi Eddie, Thanks for the video and making our community and smart homes that bit better, as you always do. I am pulling my hair out on this one. I am using Annke I91BM Cameras (They are in H265) and cant seem to get things working. No video shows at all. the cameras add to homekit but also blank. What do i do?
Appreciate the feedback. Access the Annke Camera directly using a web browser and change video to H264 ... it should be under video configuration.
@@eddiedsuza Hi Eddie! Thank you so so much for getting back to me. You have no idea how much that means! Sadly the camera can only be set to h265 it would seem. Any ideas where to go from here?
@@maxtimmsforthewin The only way is - if its within the return window - do it as the only way to stream videos in the apple home app is H264
@@eddiedsuza I am still struggling with this. Do you know if there is a way to encode in this system from h265 to h264
@@maxtimmsforthewin I am not aware of any other way to recode to h264... If you are within the return window - swap it for another model. The model doesn't support H264
Hi, where can I find the code to add the camera in the Home app after the plugin configuration? Thanks
You can click on the homebridge dashboard to get the code
Hi Eddie, this is truly informative and educational. How can we do a live session ?
Yes we can and you can connect with me here calendly.com/eddie-dsouza/schedule-a-30-min-session
@@eddiedsuza Thanks brother, I'll do the same.
If you have an NVR and wondering how to get the rtsp. There is a direct route to the camera through the NVR and you can find it for your particular NVR by searching for rtsp address for your particular brand NVR. It took quite a bit of research and reading to finally get the rtsp address for my cameras, but once I had that it was smooth sailing....not really. You still need to make sure your homebridge version and the node.jsn is up to date enough to handle camera ui (this was a lot more complicated than just updating). Lots of great tutorials in the homebridge community forum.
If you have a uniview dvr here is the rtsp address: •NVR: rtsp:// [USER] : [PASS] @ [ADDRESS] : [RTSP PORT] /unicast/c [CH] /s[STREAM TYPE]/live.
Example: rtsp://admin:123456@192.168.1.180:540/unicast/c3/s1/live
Where: Address=nvr address on your network, rtsp port is in the network info of your nvr, CH is the number of the camera on your nvr, Stream type is just a number referrering to your main stream (1) or your sub stream (2).
Note: Eddie says to enter the info into the stream config- stream source as rtsp_transport tcp -I (rtsp address). That did not work for me unfortunately. I used the template the app suggested which was just -I (rtsp address). Without the stuff at the beginning.
Thanks for the tip .. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza thank you for making the video for us to know this was possible. Prior to this my cameras were not in my HK
@@eddynaime5798 Your welcome .. Cheers
I have Arlo vmc2050 outdoor essential camera. How can I connect to HomeKit. It doesn’t connect to their hub and WiFi only and doesn’t seem RTSP enabled. Any options?
This is the only plugin that supports Arlo cams but no HSV support www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-arlo-v2
@@eddiedsuza Thank you. but it says only support doorbells. Will wait then.
Some heroes don't wear capes. Eddie, you're my hero man. Although I am very familiar with HomeKit, I am new to the Homebridge Game...
Question for the video. I am adding 4 cameras the same way, but I am not getting camera listening on port 8082. Instead, it shows: CameraName: Restart prebuffer session.. for each camera and those 4 messages keep repeating... Also, I am seeing the accessories as available to add, but then the codes are not present and I can't add them. Even if I do, they are not streaming... Any advice?
Appreciate the feedback .. Some recommendations - check the camera rtsp links using VLC player. Additionally also reserve the camera IP addresses in your router settings. If you running homebridge on a Mac - then you will need to install ffmpeg manually. Lastly with regards to the port 8082 - that can be checked / updated in the plugin configuration.
how do i fix a "CAM_4: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - Unrecognized option 'rtsp_transport'. - Error splitting the argument list: Option not found - " error for wyze cam, the stream does work on vlc
Please check the RTSP config via the VLC player
@@eddiedsuza I can view the stream in VLC player
@@AG-go1eo please remove any sub video configuration and please use the default bit rate / video stream size
Hello, i bought a tp link tapo tc65. I see the camera to HomeKit but the motion alerts and the recording will only work when the tapo app is installed on iPhone. When I uninstall the app i can open HomeKit and stream the camera but i get no notifications. Is this right or is there any way to make it work without the app? Thank you so much for the help
You will need to access the camera settings in Apple home - under recording - change to stream and record. Under Home settings > go to notifications > enable the notification for the camera
Hi Eddie I have 3 tapo cameras and only 1 is running normally HSV the other 2 just live feed what do you suggest me to do?
Thanks✌🏻
Defintely take a look at the HomeKit Secure Video are enabled for the other 2
Defintely take a look at the HomeKit Secure Video are enabled for the other 2
So when I go into home and get the accessory, I don’t see the camera that I added, but it’s working in Homebridge?
You will need to add it as a accessory.
Is there any chance to setup cctv with p2p connection by registering with cloud id, similar like if registering the cctv to xmeye mobile apps? I have situation when I plan to add my parent cctv at their home, but cannot using rtsp protocol since the ISP is blocking this service.
RTSP is meant to working locally unless you work with port forwarding etc....
Hi Eddie! I've been following your videos for a while now, keep it up! I am trying to add 4x Yale CCTV Cameras but they lag and freeze up in stream... I tried lowering the resolution but then the CPU usage was crazy high (I think because it was converting the input with FFMPEG) and would only run two cameras at a time with the others not responding.... I then set everything to 0 to stream the original video feed but now it only updates the picture every 20-30 seconds on the Home App, any suggestions would be highly appreciated :D
Please try using a 1080p resolution (which is default in the config) secondly you want to test the RTSP link using the VLC player to ensure the cameras are real time transporting over your network.
@@eddiedsuza thank you! I’ll try this.
@@eddiedsuza I got it running! I fixed it by turning off video analysis and motion sensors in Homebridge which I didn’t really need. All 4 Camera’s now run on Home-bridge using about 20% of the cpu and smoothly. Thank you for your help.
@@alexgess7265 Cheers
So if I use 4 Reolink Duo 2’s on the outside of my home but I decide to use 2 Lorex Cameras inside my home all over Poe. I should be able to integrate them all regardless of company correct?
Thats is Absolutely correct ... Mix and Match - Brands n Models that use the RTSP protocol.
Can you please share a tutorial for cameras ui with hoobs
I'd love too but I no longer do videos using HOOBS as I found issues with plugins like these to work well with HOOBS
Thanks for your response. I agree with you. I got hoobs box but nothing seems to work
Apparently there is a problem with Camera.UI and homebridge, I got "Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/homebridge'" and it reboots itself. The directory already exists and the rights are correct... There are more people with this problem in internet. Any solution ? I have tried to reinstall the plugin but when you create some config in the plugin then it doesn't work anymore.
Please check this issue and see if it fixes your issue ... github.com/seydx/homebridge-camera-ui/issues/148
@@eddiedsuza Thanks for pointing this issue at github. The error you mentioned is about not finding /users folder but in my case it is the /homebridge folder which is the main folder and it is already there! no idea what to do. I will try to create a user called homebridge but i think is not the solution.
Hi Eddie, do you know why my cameras work on Scrypted and not on Camera UI?
Philip this is definitely got to do with configuration and also on what device you are running the camera ui plugin. If its a Mac then you will have an issue with ffmpeg which needs to be mapped to your homebridge install
I have a NVR, and only can get one camera. It is possible to get all the cameras in the NVR?
Yes it is possible ... Add the RTSP link here and will show you on how it can be done or send the NVR you are trying to expose
Can we do same setup on home assistant using NVR
I havent tried that yet
If I enable audio the live stream in homekit does not work. I get and error "ffmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - unknown encoder 'libfdk_aac' -: on the status page.
If you are running homebridge on a Mac then you will see the error
Hi there! I know this is not a new video ans maybe nobody will answer this question, but I’ll do it anyway LOL…
I tried to configure as shown and it worked, but some issues occurred: cameras video freezing frequently, not only at HomeApp, but also in the camera.ui interface itself… I’m running homebridge on a Raspberry 3, with 1gb ram. How much gb should be necessary on raspberry to allow this plugin to works perfectly?
Thank you..
1GB should be good enough. You need to make the cameras have a reserved IP address, broadcast in H264 format and in 1080p.
I am having trouble getting HomeKit notifications through Camera UI what could I be missing, I'm using an eufy outdoor cam pro
Within Apple Home app > Go to Home Settings > Cameras & Doorbells > Select the camera & enable Acitivity Notifications
Good morning Eddie .. My IP camera is H.265 and i don’t see any option to change it to H.264. would it still work for scrypted ? thanks for your help
For Homekit - the option is H264 & 1080p quality
Hi eddie, are HOOBS also support HKSV with this plugin
Hello Henky - i am not sure if HOOBS 4 supports it - but you can use this plugin to get that HSV feature
Thank you Eddie
You make my day!
My pleasure! cheers
@@eddiedsuza Not sure if im the only one.. but on the dashboard, my camera framerate is perfect,,, but on homekit,,, its like 1fps..
@@martinphaneuf3083 please check the camera config frame rate ... somethings not right for Homekit
Great video, all working good only problem is with HSV any idea what is wrong? “The recording process was aborted by HSV with reason "UNEXPECTED_FAILURE"”
In such cases - please restart scrypted and check the config again
I can't add my Wyze Cam v3 because I think there is an issue with my credentials. The wizard asks for a username, but Wyze uses an email to log in. So how did you configure your login info in the wizard?
You have the create the RTSP credentials within the advanced section. refer to this video - ua-cam.com/video/jURs95pQzms/v-deo.html
Hey man! Trying to follow this tutorial but my cameras actually have a password. When I use ONVIF device manager to see the cameras, the user is admin and the password is one that I set. How can I input these into camera.ui?
Based on the camera model. Use the site to generate the rtsp link www.ispyconnect.com/cameras which includes the IP address as well as the username & password. Then use that generated link in the camera ui config.
Hi Eddie -- I've just had a message come up in my homebridge log that homebridge-ring now wants me to add camera separately. Will this work with homebridge doorbell cameras?
Yes it will work normal
@@eddiedsuza thank you! Got it working. Now big question for you - do you know what changes are coming in homebridge 2.0? Will is run quite happily on my somewhat elderly raspberry pi 4?
@@イエンスヨハンセン happy to know everything is up n running. With homebridge 2.0 be prepared for plugins not being compatible. In fact you can see a green tick sign for plugins that are compatible with 2.0. I have a test environment and encountered quite a few issues with plugins 😅
@@eddiedsuza seems like there’s a general lack of info and confusion out there about v2.0. Why not do a video on this?
Olá Eddie! Novamente obrigado pelos vídeos, são de ótima qualidade e muito bem explicados! Tenho o mesmo Synology DS218+ utilizando Homebridge e Scrypted por Docker e estou tendo alguns problemas de otimização de minhas câmeras no Home Kit, são duas reolinks e duas dahua. Sempre que acesso as câmeras pelo aplicativo no Iphone, existe um enorme atraso para carregamento, em torno de 40 segundos e as vezes trava e não carrega, você tem tido estes problemas? Nos aplicativos nativo das cameras tem funcionado perfeitamente, o que parece ser algum problema de configuração dentro do scrypted. Qual tem sido sua preferencia nas questões de uso das cameras, usar o plugin ui.camera direto no homebridge ou scrypted? Obrigado e muito sucesso com o canal!
Bom Dia Lucas - com o DS218+ pode usar Scrypted para ter suporte de HSV e boa otimização. Agora sobre atraso - Para os camera - favor reservar os IPs.
After following your steps, wyze cam on sonoff ihost bridge realize that the CPUs running so high and I host bridge it’s just losing connection every time, so what’s the problem with that? What is the solution?
eddie hole
I have a problem with ISPY
i did an exercise before
and it worked very well
ipcamera url,
but now my camera model number no longer appears before yes but not today
Jennov is the brand of my camera
what I do
I was stunned
my best wishes
jaime perez
ps you can add the NVR
and see the cameras?
You can get the RTSP links from this link www.ispyconnect.com/camera/jennov
cheers
I'm wondering. Is there some option to do it on Home Assistant?
Yes you can add it via RTSP. However for HSV support - you will need this plugin or scrypted (i did a video to include the addon)
@@eddiedsuza Thank you :)
how to put xiaomi camera in homebridge? old generation xiaomi camera not aqara camera
Hello Trong. Please check if the cameras can be accessed by RTSP which I have explained the video ... If yes - then by all means they will work.
Hi hope you’re OK… Good Video..
Is it for BLINK too?
I use the Plugin, but since a few months I can’t stream videos
Over Homebridge to HomeKit..
🤔🤔. 🍻🍻
Hey Jimmy - I am doing good and yourself ? Well when feeds dont work - you will see the plugin registering some logs and providing information on why its not working. You may want to take a look there to debug the issue
Would be interested in doing this with Scripted, but thanks for this content.
Your Welcome. Cheers
hey Eddie u have any idea why I am keep getting this error message ( DDE6] The image snapshot handler for the given accessory is slow to respond!)
Please try using the VLC to access the camera feed. This checks if your RTSP link is correct. If it works fine ... then ignore the error.
Is it possible to record on the synology?
Thru Synology Survellance Station then yes otherwise HomeKit secure video for 10 days
How do you get around 2FA I have a blink camera that has 2FA
If you using this plugin - then there is a brief explanation on getting around the 2FA www.npmjs.com/package/@crb2nu/homebridge-blink-cameras
I was able to add cameras however on homekit, when you open camera, it is not able to play livestream.
Hey Sanjay - please check the logs - if there are any errors or kill the Home app and load again.
Thanks that worked. I also enabled recordings however they are not working at all.
I have followed your video to view unifi protect cameras in apple home with home bridge , it used to stream when i am out side the home network but now i can only stream in apple home when i am at home why its like this now
You will need a Apple TV or a HomePod mini to view the feeds from a cellular network
@@eddiedsuza I HAVE IT WAS STREAMING BEFORE BUT SUDDENLY STOPED STREAMING LIVE ONLY WHEN I AM USING MOBILE NETWORK ( means when am out side of home network ) I have apple tv
Ismartalarm ISC5 Spot HD Wi-Fi Smart Home Video Camera doesn't work boss, i am very upset. its same as wyze cam but doesn't work
Open VLC and check if the RTSP link works... thats where i would start
@@eddiedsuza can I get in touch with you by any chance ?
Please help!! I can’t find any info on how to unlink the app from a cloud project. It only allows two. I am trying to start fresh.
I have two linked cloud projects to my app but no devices show up. I messed up somewhere. Can you help?
The Camera UI plugin does not use any cloud projects. Are you referring to Tuya ?
Please do a video for Scrypted running side by side with home bridge on raspberry pi
Hey Barry - thanks for the feedback .... Will schedule it soon. Cheers
@@eddiedsuza thank you. I have enjoyed following you for the past year. Scrypted running side by side on a pi with HomeBridge would take it to the next level
@@barrylapthorne8017 thanks for the compliment and am in the final testing stages to have a combined Scrypted / Homebridge setup on the same hardware and the video is scheduled 07/10 - Spoiler alert lolz
@@eddiedsuzaeta not let the cat out of the bag. I’ll ensure that day I am free to see if you post anything …… 😃
Looks promising, Nice and informative video.
Question - Does it send Notifications per se on Telegram when you're away and motion is detected by the camera stream ?
Yes you can set them up using telegram plugin and a BOT
@@eddiedsuza thanks Eddie. You’ve made my day 😀
@@mandeepmails Cheers 🍻
Is IPv6 supported? For example, an IP camera with only an IPv6 address.
Only IPv4 is supported
question dose this work with the wyze og?
If the camera supports RTSP - then it will