SS camera stopped working on Home kit

Phasels
Phasels
in SecuritySpy

When I first discovered Homebridge and set up ffmpeg plugin it worked fine. Today it stopped working in SS and HomeKit. I reset it in SS and spent hours restarting the server, reinstalling plugin etc I decided to reinstall the codes from the SS url generator. I notice the codes are shorter than they were.

The original videoConfig was rtsp://localhost:8000/stream?cameraNum=2&auth=!2c592e9440d5c86d42d96341adb28680437bdf561c21a8ff".

The new code doesn’t have the &auth= and long string following.

It is rtsp://localhost:8000/stream?cameraNum=2

The camera still doesn’t wKit in HomeKit! It works fine in SS though. Any ideas please.

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  • pgh
    pgh
    edited April 2023

    Worksi fine here. Dont Forget to select an user in the URL Generator.

    you can also write : rtsp://user:password@localhost:8000/stream?camaraNum=2

  • Phasels
    Phasels


    https://www.bensoftware.com/forum/discussion/comment/15310#Comment_15310

    Ok thanks, All working. I’d not set authentication! Sorry.

    I have now moved SS to another Macmini. I performed the necessary registration so now works ok until using the url creator. I select client location as Local Network which produces a link starting //xxxx.local:8000/ (xxxx being computer name), however it doesn’t work. Is there something else I need do. Both MacMinis are on the same Wi-Fi network. I’ve put SS in the Security and Privacy Firewall.

    Thanks

  • pgh
    pgh

    You could try to replace the computer name by the ip adress.

  • Phasels
    Phasels
    https://www.bensoftware.com/forum/discussion/comment/15312#Comment_15312

    Thanks I’ll give it a try.

  • Ben
    Ben

    Note that to use the IP address directly, the Mac running SecuritySpy needs to have been assigned a static IP address (either in the router with a DHCP reservation, or with a manual configuration on the Mac at System Preferences > Network). Otherwise, this IP address could change from time to time. If the Mac doesn't have a static IP address assignment, you should use the Bonjour addresses (the one ending ".local"), as this will continue to work even when the underlying IP address changes.

    But, trying the IP address would be useful for debugging purposes - if this works, and the Bonjour name doesn't, then you know the problem is down to addressing. If both fail, the problem is elsewhere in the setup.

  • Phasels
    Phasels

    Thanks Ben

    Both my Macminis and numerous devices have static addresses for the reasons you stated.

    I tried using the ip address but still no luck.

    I reverted back to having SS on the same Macmini as homebridge as that does work.

    Thanks for your help.

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