🎉 Next Version of camera.ui: Development Update & Community Input 🎉

[seydx]

Hello camera.ui community!

I'm excited to share that the next version of camera.ui has been in active development for some time now, although not publicly visible. I want to keep you all in the loop and involve you in the process moving forward.

📋 What's happening:

• Ongoing development of new features and improvements
• Regular preview posts to showcase progress (coming soon)
• Gathering community feedback and ideas

🗓️ What to expect:

• Periodic updates on this issue
• Preview screenshots and feature highlights
• Announcements for alpha/beta releases

🙋‍♀️ I want to hear from you!
Your input is invaluable. Please use this issue to:

• Share your ideas and feature requests
• Discuss potential improvements
• Ask questions about the upcoming version

I'll be monitoring this thread closely and look forward to your contributions. Let's make the next version of camera.ui amazing together!

Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for your continued support!

seydx

Update - 30.07.2024

• Previews
• HomeKit Preview

Update - 12.08.2024

I quickly put together a Discord server to improve communication about the next version. It's not super busy right now, but feel free to use the server to post ideas or suggestions. I'll also be sharing new updates there from time to time. The Alpha version is currently being tested by a few people.

Discord: https://discord.gg/8F22ZgmQs9

[mkz212]

🎉🎉🎉 long waited for this!

[grzegorz914]

Nice to see that You continue development of this incredible plugin, I’m awaiting on first public beta test.

[IkiaeM]

The first alpha version has been tested and the first corrections have already been introduced by author. HomeKit is added without a problem. The configuration is very simple. In my opinion, it works and looks great - there is definitely something to look forward to. 🎉🚀
A question for all - on which device would you like to have camera ui installed?:

• Raspberry Pi (only for camera.ui)
• Raspberry Pi (with Homebridge installed)
• Raspberry Pi (with Home Assistant installed)
• macOS, Windows, Linux (using simple terminal command)
• macOS, Windows, Linux (native app)
• Docker / Portainer
• Synology NAS
• Something else? (what?)

And second question - how many cameras and by which manufacturer do you have in your setup?

For my part, it will be on an Ubuntu machine, probably 22.04 or 23.04 (maybe 20.04 is worth testing too, as I had no trouble installing V1).
And between 10 and 20 cameras for me, from different brands, hikvision, ezviz, iSmartgate, eufy, etc... I have all RTSP sources and JPG sources (url snapshot link)

You prefer Docker / Portainer method or Node and NPM method?

There's no preference for what you find easiest, but Node/NPM suits me perfectly.

[seydx]

I would love it if there was a sensor that would trigger when an animal was detected. I would like to run an automation when my cat is detected. Unfortunately HSV only allows to create automations for general movements

That can be easily added to the HomeKit integration, I'll add this to my to-do list 👍

[Bergruebe]

In my setup I have 3 reolink cameras and camera.ui is running on an old Mac mini with Proxmox.
Currently I'm only running home bridge for camera.ui to get HSV, so I would prefer if the next version could also be use as add-on in Home Assistant.

[seydx]

Hey everyone! I quickly put together a Discord server to improve communication about the next version.

It's not super busy right now, but feel free to use the server to post ideas or suggestions. I'll also be sharing new updates there from time to time.

The Alpha version is currently being tested by a few people.

Discord: https://discord.gg/YDRSqbCZ

[Tombra1889]

A question for all - on which device would you like to have camera ui installed?:

Raspberry Pi (with Homebridge installed)

And second question - how many cameras and by which manufacturer do you have in your setup?

Two INSTAR IN-5907HD-PoE

[mkz212]

A question for all - on which device would you like to have camera ui installed?:

Raspberry Pi (with Homebridge installed)

And second question - how many cameras and by which manufacturer do you have in your setup?

Two INSTAR IN-5907HD-PoE

Just ending testing the installation on Raspberry Pi with Homebridge. 😉

[mkz212]

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

Good news!!!

Installation on macOS, Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Raspbian, etc. will take place using only one simple command in the terminal!

Installation on Raspberry Pi where Homebrridge is already installed, also using one simple command in the terminal (only a little different command).

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[martinsefcik]

Will new version be open sourced?

Would it be possible to add support for camera events over ONVIF protocol ? There is npm packages which can be reused https://www.npmjs.com/package/onvif for this purpose.

[saket424]

@seydx
Is there a way to join your alpha test group? I tried joining your discord but it said the invite had expired

Thanks

It'll be cool to add support for OpenAI compatible API backends to annotate the recordings

[seydx]

@seydx Is there a way to join your alpha test group? I tried joining your discord but it said the invite had expired

Thanks

It'll be cool to add support for OpenAI compatible API backends to annotate the recordings

https://discord.gg/8F22ZgmQs9

[seydx]

Will new version be open sourced?

Would it be possible to add support for camera events over ONVIF protocol ? There is npm packages which can be reused https://www.npmjs.com/package/onvif for this purpose.

• Yes
• Next version will come with full onvif support

[Kositch]

What will happen with current cameras in legacy Camera.UI via homebridge when there will be public update available to this new version? Will they be deleted or will they transfer to new version?

[mkz212]

What will happen with current cameras in legacy Camera.UI via homebridge when there will be public update available to this new version? Will they be deleted or will they transfer to new version?

The new version is written from scratch, so I suspect it will not be an update, but the installation of a new version, and setup from scratch. But the current version will certainly not update automatically - nothing will happen without your action.

[Kositch]

What will happen with current cameras in legacy Camera.UI via homebridge when there will be public update available to this new version? Will they be deleted or will they transfer to new version?

The new version is written from scratch, so I suspect it will not be an update, but the installation of a new version, and setup from scratch. But the current version will certainly not update automatically - nothing will happen without your action.

Thanks and what is correct procedure to uninstall old Camera.UI from homebridge and system (server running on Mac OS). When I uninstall just HB plugin, will it also stop Camera.UI server and uninstalls it?

[mkz212]

What will happen with current cameras in legacy Camera.UI via homebridge when there will be public update available to this new version? Will they be deleted or will they transfer to new version?

The new version is written from scratch, so I suspect it will not be an update, but the installation of a new version, and setup from scratch. But the current version will certainly not update automatically - nothing will happen without your action.

Thanks and what is correct procedure to uninstall old Camera.UI from homebridge and system (server running on Mac OS). When I uninstall just HB plugin, will it also stop Camera.UI server and uninstalls it?

• if you uninstall homebridge-camera-ui it will also uninstall camera ui (old version).
• new version of camera.ui can be installed next to Homebridge so you can have homebridge-camera-ui at the same time.
• new version is in alpha stage, but every option that is at this moment implemented works much better than in old plugin (e.g. HomeKit, Motion detection, Web panel) but not all options are implemented yet (eg. Local recordings will be soon).

[Tombra1889]

Is it possible to publish a beta version now? Could this then be installed in the usual way via Homebridge?

[mkz212]

Is it possible to publish a beta version now? Could this then be installed in the usual way via Homebridge?

• At this moment new version of camera.ui can be installed via NPM on each device, so also next to Homebridge (Homebridge plugin is planned).
• New version is in alpha stage, but it is very stable and every option that is at this moment implemented works much better than in old plugin (e.g. HomeKit, Motion detection, Web panel), but not all options are implemented yet (eg. Local recordings will be soon).
• If you want to try new alpha, join Discord channel and check installation channel: https://discord.gg/8F22ZgmQs9

[Tombra1889]

I think I will wait for the Homebridge plugin.

[BigslimVdub]

I think I will wait for the Homebridge plugin.

Same

[donjalex2]

As requested from @seydx comment above, "Gathering community feedback and ideas..." I read a post on Reddit wrt Camera Ui --> https://www.reddit.com/r/homebridge/comments/saz4f5/camera_ui_and_hksv/ Will there be updates/features to avoid having this? ----> "Apple/HKSV needs some time to sync, the best would be after enabling HKSV in your config.json to restart your Hub and disable/enable „Stream & Record“ within Home App multiple times"

[donjalex2]

I think I will wait for the Homebridge plugin.

Same

Which plugin?

[Tombra1889]

I think I will wait for the Homebridge plugin.

Same

Which plugin?

https://github.com/seydx/homebridge-camera-ui this is the old Plugin. Will there be a new plugin or an update?

[donjalex2]

I'm moving onto Scrypted. Camera ui won't allow notifications for my Armcrest cameras.