Local realtime person detection for RTSP cameras

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@blakeblackshear here’s an easier method in the MQTT binary sensor that gives the best of both worlds:

Take this, which worked with the original ON/OFF payloads:

- platform: mqtt
  name: "Motion BYC Person"
  state_topic: "frigate/byc/person"
  payload_on: "ON"
  payload_off: "OFF"
  device_class: motion
  availability_topic: "frigate/available"

…and change it to this:

- platform: mqtt
  name: "Motion BYC Person"
  state_topic: "frigate/byc/person"
  payload_on: "ON"
  payload_off: "OFF"
  device_class: motion
  availability_topic: "frigate/available"
  value_template: >
    {% if value == "0" or value == '' %}
      OFF
    {% else %}
      ON
    {% endif %}

Tested it quite a bit and it seems to work fine. If it’s NULL or 0, the binary sensor stays off. Anything else, e.g. 1 or 10 objects detected, and it turns to on.

FYI your work on Frigate has been outstanding. I basically replaced the brains in Blue Iris with Frigate via MQTT integration. It works amazingly well. Thanks much!

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