ONVIF camera - no longer works in new update

Configuration
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I started a new home assistant install at version 0.114.4. My old install was version 0.109.6. I had defined an onvif camera on my old configuartion.yaml like this:

camera:

  # first camera
  - platform: onvif
    name: outside_cam_1
    username: xxxx
    password: xxxxxxxx
    host: 192.168.1.x
    port: 80

  # second camera
  - platform: onvif
    name: outside_cam_2
    username: xxxx
    password: xxxxxxxx
    host: 192.168.1.xx
    port: 80

But on version 0.114.4, having this in configuration.yaml doesn’t make available an entity by that name. It works fine on the older version. So my entities list doesn’t list this ONVIF camera (but I have other cameras defined using the generic platform that does show up in entities list and is available to add to UI).

I read that ONVIF platform requires ffmpeg to be in the configuration (I didn’t have that in my old HA install), so I put

ffmpeg:

right above the “camera” in my config, but that didn’t solve the issue.

Interestingly, when I go to my “integrations” page on the new install, there is a ONVIF camera integration, and I think maybe that got discovered automatically? But the weird thing is, the integration has the text “outside_cam_1 - xx:yy:cc:xx:”, which is the correct MAC address of my camera as well as the name I gave it in my configuration (I blur out the mac address in the shot below, but it’s there). So it connected somehow and grab the mac address fine, but hasn’t made an entity by that name.

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I don’t see any errors in the logs.

2

Remove the ONVIF code from your config and enter the camera details via the Integrations GUI

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Try deleting your yaml config for the cameras, its not supported anymore

restart and see if the integration is picked up

4

That worked. But I’m confused why it worked. I didn’t enter the username/password to access the onvif feed. The integration got picked up automatically and the camera feed is visible right away. But my camera’s ONVIF feed should have a username/password protection on it.

I don’t even see a username/password field in the ONVIF integration UI element.

5

It worked because ONVIF config using YAML was removed and you can only do it via the Integrations GUI now. As for not needing the username / password… :man_shrugging: I can’t remember if I had to enter those details or not

6

Hi @automationjunkie,
i followed exactly what you wrote above but i still get the situation like your post, I cannot get an entityor device from Onvif :frowning:
Can you help me a bit!
Thanks so much!

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I wrote a long detail but cannot upload it successfully, I replied here my configuration image for another newcomer like me to reference, I used chinese camera name yoosee, not at all types of cameras can be added to HA so you need to find a suitable type before doing this. In my case, I cannot add my Xiaomi camera to HA :slight_smile: