vdx vs homebridge-camera-ffmpeg

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vdx		homebridge-camera-ffmpeg
	Project
1	Mentions	29
1,654	Stars	1,057
-	Growth	-
3.6	Activity	0.0
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

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vdx

Posts with mentions or reviews of vdx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-06.

Ffmpeg from Zero to Hero [Book]
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Mar 2021

This was posted a couple of months ago here.
https://github.com/yuanqing/vdx - An Intuitive CLI for processing video, powered by FFmpeg.

homebridge-camera-ffmpeg

Posts with mentions or reviews of homebridge-camera-ffmpeg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-28.

Trying to get 3 Momentum cams I got from Walmart several years ago to work with the Homebridge Camera Ffmpeg plugin. Any help?
1 project | /r/homebridge | 4 Dec 2023
Doorbell CHIME Notification Sound? Does anyone know how I can play a Chime or Doorbell sound (or a hack) when my Doorbell notification is sent. I have so many notifications, and my doorbell needs a Chime to get my attention.
2 projects | /r/HomeKit | 28 May 2023
No camera video feed, only snapshot first frame
1 project | /r/homebridge | 15 May 2023

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.
Can’t get Homekit motion detection with camera-ffmpeg to work?
2 projects | /r/homebridge | 10 Feb 2023

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.
Tp-Link Tapo C310 HomeKit Integration through Homebridge
1 project | /r/homebridge | 7 Oct 2022

I am using the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg package https://github.com/Sunoo/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg
EufyCam 3 and New Homebase - Anyone using with Scrypted or Homebridge to HomeKit yet?
2 projects | /r/EufyCam | 3 Oct 2022
Wyze RTSP stream issues with FFmpeg
1 project | /r/homebridge | 25 Jul 2022
Is Camera-ffmpeg compatible with HKSV yet?
1 project | /r/homebridge | 3 Feb 2022
homebridge-camera-ffmpeg with Instar IP-Camera not connecting
1 project | /r/homebridge | 13 Jan 2022

Here is an Instar Camera example config from somebody who . I tried it, but it doesn't work.
Homekit Secure Video for (almost) any RTSP capable camera
5 projects | /r/HomeKit | 13 Jan 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vdx and homebridge-camera-ffmpeg you can also consider the following projects:

ffmpeg-python - Python bindings for FFmpeg - with complex filtering support

homebridge-camera-ui - Homebridge plugin for RTSP Cameras with HSV, motion detection support, Image Rekognition, Web UI to manage/watch streams and WebApp support

video-everyday - Automatically create a '1 second everyday' video

homebridge-eufy-security - Work in progress

yt_clipper - Mark up YouTube videos and quickly generate clipped webms.

scrypted - Scrypted is a high performance home video integration and automation platform

Video-Hub-App - Official repository for Video Hub App

secure-video-specification - Documentation and examples of the HomeKit Secure-Video Specification

m4b-tool - m4b-tool is a command line utility to merge, split and chapterize audiobook files such as mp3, ogg, flac, m4a or m4b

node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged - Node-RED Contribution - HomeKit Bridged : Node-RED nodes to simulate Apple HomeKit devices.

video-gif-converter - Video to GIF and viceversa converter using ffmpeg and gifski

homebridge-unifi-protect - :video_camera: Complete HomeKit integration for all UniFi Protect device types with full support for most features including HomeKit Secure Video, and more. https://homebridge.io