BlinkBridge v0.1.0 — MQTT speaker playback

BlinkBridge v0.1.0 adds optional MQTT speaker playback for Blink Camera Messages over an existing IMMI live-view connection.

Features

• Discover live-view cameras and play WAV audio through correlated MQTT requests.
• Play one message at a time, up to 17 seconds, with request expiry and duplicate-request handling.
• Configure the shared broker through .env.speaker; omit BLINKBRIDGE_MQTT_HOST to leave playback disabled.

Setup

Follow the tagged setup guide and MQTT speaker instructions. Build locally with Docker Compose; this release does not publish a container image.

Validation and limitations

• GitHub CI passed lint, all 10 unit tests, and the public-tree hygiene check.
• On November 10, 2026, the running bridge was updated to the tagged v0.1.0 release and a saved greeting button was tested on a Blink Mini through Home Assistant and MQTT. Home Assistant returned success, BlinkBridge logged the audio sent, and the listener confirmed hearing the greeting.
• Frigate continued receiving video at 3.0–3.1 FPS during a 30-second observation spanning playback, with no restart of its camera video process. Frigate and MediaMTX were not restarted for the bridge update or playback test.
• A Frigate face-recognition greeting was also tested before this release.
• Live View remains experimental and unofficial. Playback requires an active IMMI connection; other camera models have not been verified.