anyone try Ubiquity cameras

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  • ConvenInteg
    ConvenInteg
    Yes, I believe so. In my experience, UniFi cameras in standalone mode appear reliably in SS but when same cameras are enrolled in Protect, the streams are not accessible to SS.
  • Spiv
    Spiv
    Earlier comment is wrong!

    If you have Unifi Protect (not the older Unifi video), it works perfectly.

    The key is to understand that you have to go into the camera configuration in the Unifi Protect web console and enable RTSP mode. That will generate a URL.

    Test that URL using VLC app to verify it is working and then you have what you need to put into SecuritySpy. (I'm not at my system right now so cannot look to tell you the exact syntax).

    You also need to understand that the Unifi camera stays in "Unifi" proprietary mode - you don't switch the camera firmware to RTSP - that would disconnect it from Unifi Protect (but be usable as a standalone camera).

    The Unifi Protect server is exposing the Unifi cameras you enable for RTSP as a virtual camera stream. So the IP address you enter in SecuritySpy will be the address of your Unifi Protect / CloudKey Gen2 Plus box, NOT the cameras themselves.

    This is really cool - let's me use Unifi Protect and the great mobile, web, and AppleTV apps for real-time viewing and clip viewing with much better UI, but still feed a copy of the feed into SecuritySpy for easy additional storage and options.

    You can use SecuritySpy to create different motion triggers and experiment with the ML/AI in parallel to the the Unifi apps.
  • ConvenInteg
    ConvenInteg
    @Spiv, thanks for the feedback and I appreciate the correction as I had been using UniFi cameras either in UniFi Video for Protect OR Standalone for SecuritySpy. I've done what you recommend, I can see a UniFi camera feed via URL in VLC.

    My URL looks something like this:

    rtsp://192.168.1.225:7447/p97YgGeRvHWR01G

    When I paste the same URL into SecuritySpy and click Apply, SS changes the address to 192.168.1.225 and I get a connection error.

    What are the steps to get this camera working in SS?

    1. what address syntax should I enter?
    2. do I enter 7447 in either of SS's port boxes?
    3. user name, password, profile stay the same?

    Anything else?

    Thanks again!
  • Spiv
    Spiv
    Here's my settings:

    Address: 10.20.9.1
    RTSP port: 7447
    Profile: Manual configuration
    Format: RTSP (video and audio)
    Request: f6Bm7SA90(etc -obfuscated here)
  • ConvenInteg
    ConvenInteg
    That exactly works! I have the same UniFi camera working in UniFi Protect and SecuritySpy simultaneously. In addition to Protect, I happen to have some older UniFi NVRs in the field. Do you happen to know if this same structure will work with UniFi Video and SS? Awesome guidance, thank you again.
  • Yositime
    Yositime
    The RTSP (video and audio) profile doesn't seem to work well for me, lots of stalls and jumps. But RTSP UDP RTSP (video and audio) is better. I also had to disable HW acceleration. Otherwise set as Spiv suggests.
  • adcen
    adcen

    Hello sorry to post on an old thread, but I am having problems setting up the G4 Doorbell Pro... I tried the settings that @Spiv posted above but I can't figure out where the request field is... I am running SS version 6.8

  • Ben
    Ben

    Hi @adcen Do you want to use this camera in SecuritySpy at the same time as a UniFi NVR?

    If you want to use it just with SecuritySpy, the camera needs to be set to "standalone mode", and then use the "UniFi" profile in SecuritySpy. Older UniFi cameras supported this, but newer ones unfortunately don't. Check the camera's web interface to see if this is supported.

    Otherwise, you'll need to obtain the URL from UniFi Protect, which will be something like this: rtsp://192.168.1.225:7447/p97YgGeRvHWR01G

    To add this to SecuritySpy:

    • Go to Settings > Cameras and click the plus (+) button to add a new camera
    • Set the Profile to "Manual Configuration"
    • Enter the IP address (in this example 192.168.1.225)
    • Enter the RTSP port (in this example 7447)
    • Enter the "Manual profile path" (in this example p97YgGeRvHWR01G)

    If the URL starts "rtsps" rather than "rtsp" this means it's an encrypted stream, and you will also have to do the following:

    • Enable the option to "Use SSL for RTSP connections"
    • Under Settings > Cameras > Setup > Advanced Options, enable the option to "Accept invalid SSL certificates"
  • adcen
    adcen
    https://www.bensoftware.com/forum/discussion/comment/17269#Comment_17269

    Thanks for the quick reply I tried and it just shows connecting my url has something at the end I tried with and without it on the Manual Path Profile


    rtsps://192.168.xxx.xxx:7441/XixEDpUsesjv559V?enableSrtp

  • ConvenInteg
    ConvenInteg

    The request that works for me in manual path is the segment after the forward slash and before the ? . Thus, in your example: XixEDpUsesjv559V

    Does this work?

  • Ben
    Ben

    Note also that:

    • Your URL is HTTPS, so you'll need to enable the option to "Use SSL for RTSP connections", and also the option I mentioned above to "Accept invalid SSL certificates"
    • The port in your URL is 7441, which will need to be provided to SecuritySpy in the "RTSP port" box
  • adcen
    adcen

    Thank you Ben...

    I figured out the link has enableSrtp at the end that needs to be removed... I had tried before by removing the ?enableSrtp but the ? needs to stay


    Ex:

    Does not work: rtsps://192.168.xxx.xxx:7441/XixEDpUsesjv559V?enableSrtp

    Works: rtsps://192.168.xxx.xxx:7441/XixEDpUsesjv559V?

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