Folks with cameras, I’m curious if you have tried out LL HLS yet. In particular set
ll_hls: Truein you configuration.yaml under stream. This can get your latency down to 3sec or so.
I only now discovered this. Massive improvement in my Nest cameras. Sad that I’ve gone so long without noticing it. Thank you!
This is surprising – ll_hls: True has been the default for quite awhile now so it should have already been enabled. I assume you are running a somewhat recent version of home assistant?
This is surprising –
ll_hls: Truehas been the default for quite awhile now so it should have already been enabled. I assume you are running a somewhat recent version of home assistant?
Yes, 2023.9.2
So maybe the placebo-effect in action.
I will add that the Nest documentation still mentions having to enable it. Google Nest - Home Assistant
The config I added was:
stream:
ll_hls: true
part_duration: 0.75
segment_duration: 6
which I took from: Stream - Home Assistant
Can anyone in here help me with this: Having problems with Nest devices. Ongoing issue I thought I'd fixed with GRPCIO
I had everything working beautifully, and now I’m stuck with it not working, winter is coming, and I want to switch my heating automations back on.
Any and all help appreciated.
Any way to change media nest directory? I want save the events photos in /media/nest instead /config/nest and avoid backup save all nest media.
Hello Miguel,
Here’s what I do:
In my configuration.yaml I define this:
homeassistant:
media_dirs:
local: /media/local
nest: /media/nest/event_media
Then I copy, for every release of Home Assistant Core, the nest component in my custom_component folder:
I keep everything the same and I just modify these two files:
manifest.json in which I just add a dummy version property for it to work as a custom component:
media_source.py in which I modify/add the following lines as such:
Here’s the few lines added for you to copy/paste:
if DOMAIN in hass.config.media_dirs:
media_path = hass.config.media_dirs[DOMAIN]
_LOGGER.debug(media_path)
Upon restart, this gives me the following media source which is not in the config path but in the media path as per my configuration above:
Hope this helps!
Thanks you!
Maybe you should sent a PR to HA, I think that we need it as oficial feature
I don’t know how to do that 
So, when I have any time I will send it
Wasn’t sure where to post this but… Does anyone know how to have the ‘Eco’ mode as a heating mode and not a seperate preset. In other words so that the green leaf is in the same row as Heat and Off.
With the tile card, you have two options for climate-preset-modes:
style: dropdown
or
style: icons
and it has to be a row by itself…
Correct, was wondering if it was possible to make it an ‘hvac_mode’ in some way?
Because it’s confusing to users for Eco and Heat to be set at the same time. Just as preset_mode ‘none’ is pointless too. So Heat, Eco and Off as hvac_modes would be ideal if at all possible.
Think for a second about what you’re asking. This is how all Nest devices are designed. You would have to try & convince Google to somehow change it, which is really an impossibility as they will just tell you to educate your users on how the Nest works. Think of ‘Eco’ as a preset temperature rather than a mode.
preset_mode: none means not Eco which restores the target temperature to the previous target temp before preset_mode: was set to eco. It is independent of the hvac_mode and is a completely different temperature when A/C is added to the mix, in which case hvac_modes can be off, heat or cool. If you try and add eco in there, what does that mean? 16°C (heat) or 25°C (cool)???
You can have:
hvac_mode: off = off
hvac_mode heat & preset_mode off = 20°C
hvac_mode heat & preset_mode eco = 16°C
hvac_mode cool & preset_mode off = 22°C
hvac_mode cool & preset_mode eco =26°C
Any idea if the official API allows one to set the Target Humidity for a Thermostat?
Hi,
This is how all home assistant climate thermostats work with an eco mode. It may be possible with a custom card that hides this, but it’s not specific to nest.
No, that is not an available API option in the SDM API
Here’s something for you to have a look at and play around with.
It’s not ideal but may give you some ideas…
type: vertical-stack
cards:
- features:
- type: target-temperature
type: tile
entity: climate.living_room
name: Dining Room
icon: mdi:heat-wave
vertical: false
hide_state: false
state_content:
- current_temperature
- state
- hvac_action
- preset_mode
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- show_name: false
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: climate.turn_off
target:
entity_id: climate.living_room
entity: climate.living_room
name: 'Off'
show_state: true
icon: mdi:toggle-switch-variant-off
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
- show_name: false
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: climate.turn_on
target:
entity_id: climate.living_room
entity: climate.living_room
name: 'On'
show_state: true
icon: mdi:toggle-switch-variant
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: climate.set_preset_mode
target:
entity_id: climate.living_room
data:
preset_mode: none
entity: climate.living_room
name: Eco off
show_state: false
icon: mdi:leaf-circle-outline
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: climate.set_preset_mode
target:
entity_id: climate.living_room
data:
preset_mode: eco
name: Eco on
show_state: false
icon: mdi:leaf-circle
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
styles:
card:
- border: none
- background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)