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brutella / hkcam

Open-Source HomeKit Surveillance Camera
https://hochgatterer.me/hkcam/
Apache License 2.0
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How do I access the video stream remote, when I'm not on my local network? #121

Closed destinationsound closed 2 years ago

destinationsound commented 3 years ago

I have everything working great and can view the feed from my home app, but only when I'm locally on the wifi.

Is there a way to get the feed at all times when I'm away from the house?

thanks

timoschilling commented 3 years ago

Do you own a AppleTV, iPad or HomePod? If yes you need to configure them as Home Hub, then you can access the Cam and all your HomeKit devices from remote like in your local network.

destinationsound commented 3 years ago

Do you own a AppleTV, iPad or HomePod? If yes you need to configure them as Home Hub, then you can access the Cam and all your HomeKit devices from remote like in your local network.

Thanks! That worked.

Are you familiar with a way to record/save the video that gets recorded?

timoschilling commented 3 years ago

For that you need HomeKit Secure Video, maybe it requires a paid iCloud account and it requires support on the Cam, which is not implemented in this project. Details: https://github.com/brutella/hkcam/issues/33