Camera feed not working on macOS latest (works on iOS companion app) | Home Assistant | Page 1

fading owl Nov 10, 2024, 4:25 PM

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Camera feed not working "on macOS latest (works on iOS companion app) ..no idea what's happening.

Just updated to latest Testflight beta. It all works more or less fine (sometimes I have to reload).

I am displaying the live feed, no screenshot.

2024-11-10 17:24:33.645 WARNING (MainThread) [haffmpeg.core] FFmpeg isn't running!

this warning pops up everytime I refresh the app/dashboard.

Any idea? Help appreciated!

candid crag Nov 11, 2024, 9:23 AM

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mac app is a port from iOS, (Mac Catalyst), which is not compatible with WebRTC (which HA uses now), so that must be the issue that you are facing, although it should fallback to HLS

fading owl Nov 11, 2024, 11:25 AM

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candid crag mac app is a port from iOS, (Mac Catalyst), which is not compatible with WebRTC ...

okay, thanks for the answer. too bad .. so it's a snapshot from now on then 😄 was nice using webrtc on the phone though for instant live view (but as I said ... it still was a tiny bit buggy with the Tapo cam – which is probably also the fault of the Tapo sometimes not liking the credentials or something)

carmine latch Nov 14, 2024, 2:02 PM

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Hey, I do have the same problem. Using Frigate, exposed WebRTC ports in my modem and I can stream for my iOS app and Web Browser very smoothly in both internal and external network, but not on the macOS app. Is there any fix/alternative?

candid crag Nov 14, 2024, 2:10 PM

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Not really, using custom components that default to something else than HLS could be a solution. In the past I used 'custom:webrtc-camera'

carmine latch Nov 14, 2024, 8:43 PM

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And that worked in the MacOS app? Even without supporting WebRTC? I wonder why it works on the iOS companion app....

candid crag Nov 14, 2024, 8:53 PM

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It default to another protocol if I recall correctly

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It doesn’t work on Mac because it is a Mac Catalyst app, there is no explanation for that, Apple just didn’t add webrtc support for it unfortunately :/

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If the app were native macOS app it would work

carmine latch Nov 15, 2024, 12:38 AM

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Thanks for the detailed explanation! I will try to find a way to make the feed at least a little smoother in the mac app...

fading owl Nov 15, 2024, 11:14 AM

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carmine latch Thanks for the detailed explanation! I will try to find a way to make the feed a...

I switched to non-live 😦

fading owl Nov 15, 2024, 7:52 PM

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just wanted to say: I saw a live feed in my dashboard after I clicked on the not displaying video feed – then the popup video feed opened, instantly started playing and after that it worked on the dashboard as well

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sooooooooo it's possible 😄

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but it only worked once

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