Does Eufy ever work with Home Assistant

Third party integrations
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I thought I had done my homework and bought Eufy Cameras.

Now I find they work with Home assistant for a minute if at all when you open the dashboard and then go off line with a spinning circle.

Has any one just got them to work with no problems? I use a combination of Web RTC camera card and the RTSP link. Seem to work by magic, if it wants too.

I am fed up with Eufy. Could anyone recommend a Reolink camera that has no monthly subscrption, has pet detection, just works with Home assistant (on a dashboard via RTSP) and can store video on a Synology NAS.

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If you invest in Reolink’s Home Hub(worth it!), almost all cams integrate well with HA. If you focus on individual Reolink cams, avoid battery powered cams.

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This is more likely a result of your hardware and network. Your hardware must decode the video then restream it over web.

Is there a different result local vs remote? Do you have problem if you connect directly.

Eufy may add more since I think those will connect through eufy server but Reolink may not significantly improve this.

All this said. It’s said that Reolink has video stream issue and I recommend amcrest POE models. Reolink image is good but contrast seems poor,on POE units I tried. Amcrest proven was similar and video streams work well.

Any unit that can stream local will be able to do this. Question is how you accomplish this.

Whatever you do I highly suggest buy 1 camera a test at least 1 month in manner you plan to use it. It’ll save you money and headache.

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Do you have additional info on this statement? I do not have any streaming issues with my Reolink cams.

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Read here

Ultimately they work fine. My reasoning was based on above link and my past experience with Reolink. Honestly Reolink has best bang for buck feature wise and daytime image is great. It is VERY dark where I live due to lack of house/street lighting. Reolink is not as good in dark or shadowy areas from my checking. Thats why i recommend buy, test, return what you don’t like.

Cameras and speakers are hard to judge from spec alone and minor differences make some better for one environment while other works best in another. For simplicity we buy all same but all area don’t have same visual/sound property. Testing in your space helps find a middle ground based on your needs/preferences. Ultimately all of above is just a preference.

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I’ll share some of my night images. I think you may change your opinion.

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I have a Eufy 2k indoor cam that has worked since day one and used for years. Ditch any app or Eufy integration and just setup rtsp and use webrtc.

Now also using Frigate and it has been working reliably. Avoid doorbell and any Eufy solar as rtsp is not supported.

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Did you need to use app to enable RTSP?

Is there any outdoor eufy that support RTSP?

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The Eufy app is where you configure RTSP and set the credentials for the stream.

I believe any of the battery or solar panel cameras do not support rtsp, or any continuous live feed. A wired outdoor camera should work.

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For me this is part of the problem

Factory reset may lead to a uselesss device if they take away this ability in the future.

Eufy does have great cameras with amazing image quality. I recommend these for all my non-DIY people(pretty much anyone I know that isn’t me).

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Maybe I am not following, rtsp is software defined and not hardware defined, like say hdmi. Any of these camera manufacturers can do what they want at any time and release a firmware or software update to the app to remove or add features.

I have one of the first Eufy 2K indoor cameras, and has been in use for years. I have tried Eufy, Wyze, Tapo, Amcrest cameras and all have had rtsp.

Wyze stripped rtsp from newer cameras, Amcrest reminds me of foscam or chinese whitebox IP cameras that all have same specs for the 100 different brands out there. Still works but nothing fancy.
Tapo camera is my latest camera and it is similar to Reolink and Eufy Ecosystem. The multistream has worked great for NVR and motion detection, while allowing live streams at 2k resolutions

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So after reading seberal post, your saying
1/ keep the Eufy App on your iPhone to set up RTSP. And
2/ Delete the Eufy Security Integration (Do you mean this causes issues with the other integrations?
3/ Assume you mean use the Generic Camer Integration and add the devices to it
4/ Or is the WebRTC Camera integration better, but you cannot add the eufy cameras as devices to it?
4/ Or is the Go2RTC add on causing confusion?
5/ Or is the RTSPtoWeb - WebRTC addon the trouble maker?

Just need a little more clarity, please.

Any if your 2K camera has been working since day one, what integration did you use as there are a few differeent types. Mine have never since Day One.
Any tips you did to get it to work would be appreaciated

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1 - Use the Eufy app to setup RTSP on your Eufy camera. If you don’t use the app to look at the camera or change any settings, it can be removed from your device.

2 - Eufy Security Integration? Not needed, unless your looking to use features outside of just streaming the feed.

3 - I have rtsp within ffmpeg but the Generic Camera platform works the same.

- platform: ffmpeg
  name: Garage
  input: -rtsp_transport tcp -i rtsp://username:password@EufyCameraIP/live0
  extra_arguments: -q:v 15 -r 24 -vf -codec:v copy -codec:a copy

4 - WebRTC is probably the best way since it is built in.

I am now using Frigate for my cameras and setup go2rtc to restream from Frigate to Home Assistant.

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Thanks. Will try this on the weekend

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Replaced four of my Eufy cmaeras with Tapo cameras.
They just work. They stream first go and two backup to the NAS.
Would never buy Eufy again.