It will then show up below (same screen) as a switch that you then need to configure. I just typed in a name like 'Test Switch'. In the Dummy Switch Plug-in Settings, I clicked 'Add Dummy Device (shell script)'. So I was able to trigger HKSV to record by using a Scrypted Dummy Switch. Increasing the multiplier to 8 sets a rate of about 2400 kbps, which appears to have minimal overhead on my system and streams usually kick in within 3-5 seconds of selecting them in the Home app. HomeKit always requests video at a max bitrate of "299" and this results in a mushy slideshow. On the HomeKit Transcoding tab I have both "Transcode Streaming" options ticked and these settings for "Video Decoder Arguments" and "FFmpeg arguments" respectively: Sadly, I do appear to need to use HomeKit Transcoding to make the video reliable, otherwise it just never loads.
These are the URLs I use for the snapshot and live video respectively:
#Securityspy homekit full#
You can also downscale your video with minimal overhead, which I've found is necessary, as HomeKit chokes if I send the full resolution. That way you're not doubling your network traffic and load on the cameras. Could be a useful backup, I For my use fetching direct from SecuritySpy has been the best solution, as Scrypted is running on the same machine. though there is some argument that this is pointless given SecuritySpy is likely also handling all your capture needs too.
#Securityspy homekit how to#
What I'd like to figure out is how to trigger the virtual motion sensors with a script fired by SecuritySpy. I've discovered that a motion sensor of some description can be tied to a camera to enable HomeKit Secure Video, but it's pointless running that motion detection through Scrypted as SecuritySpy is likely already processing this for you. Also, whatever weird bug had recently begun preventing live video from working at all is not present in Scrypted, so two points up. That's one element which works just fine with Scrypted. For whatever reason the Homebridge solution never worked with audio, ever. Played with this a bit last week, on the whole I'd say Scrypted is indeed a better solution for getting SecuritySpy cameras into HomeKit than using Camera FFMPEG under Homebridge. Guess it's just one to keep an eye on unless somebody has a brainwave.
#Securityspy homekit mac#
The h264_videotoolbox setting is probably a good idea on any recent Mac to use hardware encoding. I have no idea what has broken, but it's not SecuritySpy. It doesn't work well, but it sometimes shows a slideshow of images. "stillImageSource": "-i &cameraNum=0&width=1600&height=1200",īasically, the bitrate seemed to be awfully low, so I forced it up and brought the packet size down. "videoProcessor": "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg", The only way I got some sort of choppy video to work was with these sort of settings: Okay, I've had a mess around and something is just plain weird. The only time I review audio tends to be from the recorded file, which is one of the things I use the SecuritySpy iOS app for. Sadly, every time I try to enable audio the feed falls over, though as this is going through FFMPEG there is bound to be a way to fix that, I'm just not bothered enough to try. They work extremely reliably via Homebridge now with stills and instantly starting video in the Home app. The cameras I'm using all output 2560x1920 (4:3) into SecuritySpy and I only use 10 fps. I don't know why doing it this way works better, but it does. I have this working well, though without audio, using the "Authentication in URL" method described in the web server docs.
Any other general thoughts on the setup?.Does the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg plugin create a "motion sensor" accessory in HomeKit from your SecuritySpy's camera motion detector? (I don't think so but would like to confirm.).What about two-way audio? Like sending audio back from HomeKit to your camera's speaker (if your camera has a hardware speaker of course).Are you able to get audio (in addition to video) from your SecuritySpy cameras when viewing them in HomeKit?.Approx how long does it take in HomeKit for a live stream of one of your SecuritySpy cameras to start playing back?.If anyone is currently running this, mind weighing in on the following? Curious if anyone here is using the Homebridge plugin "homebridge-camera-ffmpeg" to view their SecuritySpy cameras in HomeKit? I am considering this set up and would love to hear if anyone has any experience with it and what it's like day-to-day.Īccording to the Tested Configurations page it looks like it's a pretty simple process to connect SecuritySpy -> HomeKit through Homebridge:
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