Hello, I am now using the new unifi integration and have a question about it, I want to stream when my G4 camera when it rang. What cheap ways would I have to display it to me on my dashboard? It is a mini pc with a monitor. Thanks a lot
Iām unaware of ability of PC operating systems to act as media players. There was software called āGoogle Cast for Educatorsā that allowed MS Windows to present the Google Cast functionality to a network, but this is no longer available.
Usually if you want an automation to stream a camera to a display you would use a Google Cast (Audio and video) capable device. e.g. Google Nest Hub Max, even a Chromecast on a TV screen.
You might be able to use DLNA client software to turn your PC into a DLNA client. Best Windows 10 DLNA Client Download Free
DLNA Digital Media Renderer - Home Assistant
Have a look at browser_mod, you can have a pop up in your lovelace dashboard when the button is pressed
@brot123 rot
There you go. GitHub - thomasloven/hass-browser_mod: š¹ A Home Assistant integration to turn your browser into a controllable entity - and also an audio player
A few months ago, the streams into HomeKit for my phone froze ā it was a bug/issue on Appleās part. Nothing has otherwise changed in my setup, HomeKit app on my phone no-longer streams and is frozen from 2 days ago. Iāve upgraded HA, rebooted, etc and no change. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks
Is the camera G3? If so, have you updated to the latest Protect Application?
My G3 instant froze up a few times and I had to power cycle to resolve it each time. Once I updated my Protect App the issues was resolved.
See release notes/bug fixes below:
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-Application-1-21-4/b0c494ef-a768-4aae-8ac1-e70851de4290
No, unfortunately thatās not it. Updated to the latest Protect version. The cameras all are able to stream in Home Assistant no problem, seems related to HomeKit. Thanks though.
HomeKit video randomly started working again w/ Unifi Protect a few days ago.
Hi,
I have the HA Unifi Protect integration working. I added HK integration and all was well. Weeks later, I notice the camera thumbnail shown when on the room in the Home app isnāt updating and shows No response. It shows 1w, etc. old. I tap on the camera and it streams fine and it updates the thumbnail, but not when I go to the room. The Arlo cam in the same room updates the thumbnail just fine.
This may be related to me putting the Unifi Protect cameras on their own VLAN. Anyone else experience this issue?
Hi. Is this still an issue? Iām still running v0.9.1 and I have recording completely turned off but still use the cameras as motion sensors. So this directly affects my use case.
This is a long time ago, and was related to the UniFi Protect version you are running and not HA. If you are running the supported versions of UniFi Protect, motion sensors work without having recording enabled.
But I can only recommend that you update your Home Assistant entity as this Integration is now part of Core and the HACS version is no longer maintained nor supported.
I see. I made a mistake. I meant to say that Iām running the latest version of the firmware supported by v0.9.1. If updating wonāt make my current usage break, Iāll do it soon. Thanks!
It should not break that feature. Make sure you read the section about upgrading from the HACS version to the core Integration: GitHub - briis/unifiprotect: Control and monitor your Unifi Protect Cameras from Home Assistant
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Anyone know if thereās a way to add a feature/product request for this integration on GitHub? The Smart Chime could be a game changer if it could be used as a Media Player.
Awesome, thank you!
Hello. I recently ran into an issue with Protect.
I am running Protect 2.0.0-beta.7
I have no updates in HA so I assume Iām running the latest version.
I had Protect setup this morning. I upgraded Protect and everything was working fine for a few hours. I had an issue with a camera not showing in HA so I removed the integration and went to add it and was unable to complete the setup. I get āFailed to Setupā and the error log below.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I receive the following error when I try to add the Protect integration.
Logger: homeassistant.config_entries
Source: components/unifiprotect/data.py:94
First occurred: 8:41:37 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 8:41:37 PM
Error setting up entry NVR for unifiprotect
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 335, in async_setup
result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/__init__.py", line 81, in async_setup_entry
await data_service.async_setup()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/data.py", line 74, in async_setup
await self.async_refresh()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/unifiprotect/data.py", line 94, in async_refresh
updates = await self.api.update(force=force)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/api.py", line 507, in update
self._bootstrap = await self.get_bootstrap()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/api.py", line 676, in get_bootstrap
return Bootstrap.from_unifi_dict(**data, api=self)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 111, in from_unifi_dict
data = cls.unifi_dict_to_dict(data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/bootstrap.py", line 152, in unifi_dict_to_dict
return super().unifi_dict_to_dict(data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 343, in unifi_dict_to_dict
data[key] = cls._clean_protect_obj_dict(data[key], unifi_dicts[key], api)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 288, in _clean_protect_obj_dict
items[key] = cls._clean_protect_obj(value, klass, api)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 272, in _clean_protect_obj
return klass.unifi_dict_to_dict(data=data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/devices.py", line 699, in unifi_dict_to_dict
return super().unifi_dict_to_dict(data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 617, in unifi_dict_to_dict
return super().unifi_dict_to_dict(data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 333, in unifi_dict_to_dict
data[key] = cls._clean_protect_obj(data[key], unifi_objs[key], api)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 272, in _clean_protect_obj
return klass.unifi_dict_to_dict(data=data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/data/base.py", line 326, in unifi_dict_to_dict
data[key] = convert_unifi_data(data[key], cls.__fields__[key])
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/utils.py", line 160, in convert_unifi_data
value = [convert_unifi_data(v, field) for v in value]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/utils.py", line 160, in <listcomp>
value = [convert_unifi_data(v, field) for v in value]
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyunifiprotect/utils.py", line 176, in convert_unifi_data
value = field.type_(value)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/enum.py", line 384, in __call__
return cls.__new__(cls, value)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/enum.py", line 702, in __new__
raise ve_exc
ValueError: 'package' is not a valid SmartDetectObjectType
Understood. Thank you for linking how to downgrade. I couldnāt find it anywhere on the Ubiquiti forums.
Sorry Iām new to HA and just trying for get everything figured out.
Just a short correction to the downgrade procedure: The version number you need to use is 2.0.0~beta.5 and not 2.0.0-beta.5. Note the ~ sign.
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Anyone on here managed to use Home Assistant to stream feeds to Alexa Echo Shows? Have been using Monocle Gateway, however Unifi seem to have broken that in the latest EA release and trying to find an alternative.