Can't get to work with Hoobs

[kkissane0328]

I have Camera FFmpeg set up on Hoops working fine.

I set this up on Hoobs but upon start up I receive the log error

1/19/2022, 3:57:30 PMSmtp Motion BridgeSMTP MotionERRORThe homebridge-camera-ffmpeg plugin must be installed and configured.

Seems like setup may be different on Hoobs vs Homebridge. Any help is appreciated.

[Sunoo]

Can you share your config for both this and Camera FFmpeg?

[kkissane0328]

Camera FFmpeg Bridge:

{ "platform": "Camera-ffmpeg", "name": "Camera FFmpeg", "cameras": [ { "name": "frontyard", "manufacturer": "Amcrest", "model": "5MP UltraHD", "serialNumber": "AMC060D3099705C467", "unbridge": false, "videoConfig": { "source": "-i rtsp://user:pw@IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0", "stillImageSource": "-i http://user:pw@IP/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?chan=1", "maxWidth": 0, "maxHeight": 0, "maxFPS": 0, "maxBitrate": 4096, "forceMax": true, "vcodec": "copy", "audio": true, "debug": true }, "motion": true, "switches": false }, { "name": "backyard", "manufacturer": "Amcrest", "model": "5MP UltraHD", "serialNumber": "AMC060333D89805428", "unbridge": false, "videoConfig": { "source": "-i rtsp://admin:Kk032890@192.168.0.133:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0", "stillImageSource": "-i http://admin:Kk032890@192.168.0.133/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?chan=1", "maxWidth": 0, "maxHeight": 0, "maxFPS": 0, "maxBitrate": 4096, "forceMax": true, "vcodec": "copy", "audio": true, "debug": true }, "motion": true } ], "porthttp": 8080 }

Smtp Motion Bridge { "platform": "smtpMotion", "name": "SMTP Motion", "smtp_port": 2525, "log_emails": true }

[kkissane0328]

[Sunoo]

Interesting, it does sound like there is some issue with this plugin and HOOBS then. In the meantime, you could try setting override_http to 8080 in the config for SMTP Motion and see if that gets you working.

[kkissane0328]

I actually tried that and I do get the confirmation email line but the motion on the camera doesn't actually trip

1/20/2022, 1:05:07 PMSmtp Motion Bridge starting 1/20/2022, 1:05:12 PMSmtp Motion BridgeLoaded plugin 'homebridge-smtp-motion' 1/20/2022, 1:05:12 PMSmtp Motion BridgeLoading 1 platforms... 1/20/2022, 1:05:12 PMSmtp Motion BridgeBridge is running on port 51886. 1/20/2022, 1:07:53 PMSmtp Motion BridgeSMTP Motion[frontyard] Email received.

[Sunoo]

If you set debug to true on the camera, it should log when motion alerts are received. Can you try that and see if anything shows up in your logs? I can’t think of a reason that HOOBS should break that…

[kkissane0328]

Even with the logs enabled I don't see a motion event. Even tried triggering the motion event with the switches. I can see motion in HomeKit but no evidence in logs. Very strange

[Sunoo]

Interesting, let me see what I can find out. I haven’t tested this as thoroughly on HOOBS as I have on Homebridge, but it should work…

[kkissane0328]

Any help is appreciated! You rock!

[effpi]

@kkissane0328 : for what it is worth, here is how I solved the issue which I encountered as well. As my camera could also use FTP to send alert, I installed the ftp plug-in (https://github.com/Sunoo/homebridge-ftp-motion) and it is working flawlessly.

[kkissane0328]

Not sure what changed but motion sensor is working all of a sudden

[Sunoo]

Interesting, I guess we can close this out for now. If you ever figure out what happened, let me know and maybe I’ll add it to the documentation or something.