homebridge-unifi-protect VS homebridge-camera-ffmpeg

For several years I've been relying on an authentication mechanism with my main UDM (v3.1.16) that relies on the X-CSRF-Token header returned when doing a GET request directly to the UDM's IP address, as per the instructions found here (https://github.com/hjdhjd/homebridge-unifi-protect/blob/main/docs/ProtectAPI.md).

Nice suggestions using relays as. Alternatively, if you can use a Protect Chime (may require multiple as they are not very loud) - https://eu.store.ui.com/collections/unifi-accessories/products/smart-chime or if you are feeling adventurous, you can use existing smart speakers as chimes with a Home Assistant (https://johnzanussi.com/posts/unifi-g4-doorbell-chime-with-sonos) or Homebridge integration (https://github.com/hjdhjd/homebridge-unifi-protect).

I also have only HSV cameras or Ubiquiti ones for this reason. Everything I care about is stored on-site or in the cloud with end-to-end encryption, no privacy or surveillance state enablement concerns.

There's a great HomeBridge plugin which enables HomeKit Secure Video on my UniFi Protect cameras: https://github.com/hjdhjd/homebridge-unifi-protect

Which Homebridge Unifi Protect plugin did you try? This one worked well for me, but I eventually got tired of maintaining 2 camera systems and gave up on HKSV. My wife actually prefers the Unifi Protect app anyway since it has continuous history and a decent UI- so why bother with HK?

This one https://github.com/hjdhjd/homebridge-unifi-protect

For the plug-in ? There’s the repository.

How does scrypted compare to https://github.com/hjdhjd/homebridge-unifi-protect ? This works pretty well but does have some delays loading cams at times.

Homebridge UniFi Protect

homebridge-camera-ffmpeg hasn't been updated in several years and it was having issues even back then. I'd probably consider it to be a dead plugin.

So I bought a couple TP-link C100 cameras and paired them with Homebridge and Homekit with the camera-ffmpeg plugin. Everything works fine, except motion detection. I’ve tried the suggested workaround creating a dummy companion switch for the cameras, the switch gets created but only triggers a notification if I trigger it manually.

I am using the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg package https://github.com/Sunoo/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg

Here is an Instar Camera example config from somebody who . I tried it, but it doesn't work.