New and unable to get Nest Integration working

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Hey everyone. I was into Home automation years back around the time of the initial Wink hub and Smartthings, but over the years, I have let my system go by the wayside. Recently, I rediscovered Home Assistant, and it piqued my interest in home automation again. I played with it a little years back, but I never really delved into it. Anyways, I just setup Home Assistant, and the first thing I wanted to do was add my Nest devices. One thermostat and one indoor camera. I have gone through the integration steps multiple times, and it appears to be working as it should, until I complete it and got to integrations. It shows “Google Nest” and says “Failed to setup”.

I have tried this probably 5 times, even with starting a fresh install of HA and I get stopped at this point each time. If anyone could help, I would be greatly appreciative. May be something simple, but for the life of me, I cannot figure it out.

Here are the logs:

Logger: homeassistant.config_entries
Source: D:\Apps\Home Assistant\python-3.12.3.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\config_entries.py:624
First occurred: 7:04:15 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 7:04:15 PM

Error setting up entry Home for nest
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “D:\Apps\Home Assistant\python-3.12.3.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\config_entries.py”, line 551, in async_setup
result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “D:\Apps\Home Assistant\python-3.12.3.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\components\nest_init_.py”, line 194, in async_setup_entry
subscriber.cache_policy.transcoder = await async_get_transcoder(hass)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “D:\Apps\Home Assistant\python-3.12.3.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\components\nest\media_source.py”, line 93, in async_get_transcoder
ffmpeg_manager = get_ffmpeg_manager(hass)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “D:\Apps\Home Assistant\python-3.12.3.amd64\Lib\site-packages\homeassistant\components\ffmpeg_init_.py”, line 117, in get_ffmpeg_manager
raise ValueError(“ffmpeg component not initialized”)
ValueError: ffmpeg component not initialized

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To be clear…

Are your thermostat and camera registered to a Google account? The integration doesn’t work with the old Nest accounts. If you’ve had your devices for a while you will probably have migrated at some point.

Have you paid your $5 and gone through the whole business of creating and configuring a cloud project successfully?

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Yes, I migrated to my Google account years ago. I’ve had the thermostat since around the time they first came out and the camera I got like a year ago free when they discontinued support for dropcam.

I have followed the written instructions and the video multiple times and everything happens the way it’s shown in the instructions. It’s not until I finish the setup and go to Settings > Integrations that I see “Failed to setup” and the errors in the log

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Google Device Access Console
Google Device Access Console1843×913 49.8 KB

Just wanted to add that the Device Access Console looks like it is setup properly and is has access to my devices

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For anyone who may have a similar issue in the future. I was running HASS directly on Windows. I started over using VirtualBox and it worked right away. I have very little knowledge about Linux, but I will learn as I go. Just glad I got it working :grinning: