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Donny F edited this page May 27, 2024 · 16 revisions

Stream Assist integration is used to receive the RTSP stream from the Android device to do wake word detection. Stream Assist depends on a Home Assistant Assist being configured.

Detailed install video: https://youtu.be/DkRCgv2LzR8

Stream Assist project repo: https://github.com/AlexxIT/StreamAssist

Install Home Assistant Community Store (HACS): https://github.com/dinki/View-Assist/wiki/Install-Home-Assistant-Community-Store-(HACS)

Installation and configuration

To install Stream Assist:

  • Open HACS
  • Go to Integrations
  • Click the 3 dots (upper top corner)
  • Choose Custom repositories
  • Copy paste AlexxIT/StreamAssist
  • Go to Category: Integration
  • Click Add
  • Choose Stream Assist
  • Click Install To configure Stream Assist:
  • Go to settings
  • Choose devices and services
  • Click + Add Integration button at bottom right
  • Search for Stream Assist
  • Give the device a name (eg streamassist-livingroom)
  • Enter the Stream URL for the microphone software you are using being sure to replace the example IP address with your IP tablet device's IP address
    • Example format for RTPMic rtp://192.168.0.152:55555
    • Example format for IPWebcam rtsp://192.168.0.152:8080/h264_ulaw.sdp
  • The media player device should be set to the device you'd like the audio to play from. I am using the media player device exposed from Fully Kiosk (eg media_player.tabletfullkiosk )
  • You can choose a sound effect to alert when Assist is expecting a command. You can find many free sound effects at Pixabay. Here is one you may like. Pixabay has tons of free sounds. The one I chose for testing is:

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/system-notification-199277/

Enter this value to add it to your configuration media-source://media_source/local/system-notification-199277.mp3

For help finding your tablet's IP address, see this guide: https://github.com/dinki/View-Assist/wiki/Find-IP-of-Android-device

Additional installation and configuration can be found here: https://github.com/AlexxIT/StreamAssist?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

Also, be mindful that the mic switch is on. I have seen this turn off when rebooting the Android device and need to write an automation to ensure it is always on on boot.

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