Please Add ONVIF Support. - UniFi Protect 5.0 now Supports Third Party Camera's.

[StoneLegion]

Describe the bug

I'm wondering if anyone able to get it to work? It says any camera that uses ONVIF Support, not sure if we emulate or can emulate such a feature?

I have a Dream Machine Pro, and tbh I love to get away from Blue Iris.

Affected Bridge Version

0.0

Bridge type

Docker Run/Compose

Affected Camera(s)

No response

Affected Camera Firmware

No response

docker-compose or config (if applicable)

No response

[Dudleydogg]

The current known bug with unifi is you can't authenticate the onvif it fails even if you have correct credentials apparently they are aware but no fix date is posted yet

[StoneLegion]

The current known bug with unifi is you can't authenticate the onvif it fails even if you have correct credentials apparently they are aware but no fix date is posted yet

I think still Wyze Docker would not work because it does not output or provide a working onvif protocol? Unless I'm not understanding that.

[mrlt8]

I have an old local build with some basic support for ONVIF - auto discovery only works on a linux host as it seems to require the host network_mode.

I don't have any ubiquiti gear to test it with, but I can try to clean up some of that code.

[StoneLegion]

I have an old local build with some basic support for ONVIF - auto discovery only works on a linux host as it seems to require the host network_mode.

I don't have any ubiquiti gear to test it with, but I can try to clean up some of that code.

Thank you, I guess I will have to learn to set it up on Linux hehe. I think for me getting away from the costly Blue Iris would be a really nice deal and I already had a UDM Pro already so this is pretty cool. Thanks for looking into it.

[thereal-BLKMGK]

BI's new licensing where if you go out of support they stop recording is pushing me to look elsewhere too although I suspect it'll be something closer to Frigate that Unifi although I run some of their hardware (not their NVR). The Wyze-bridge runs GREAT in a container on Linux!

Wish something like this was available for the Ring lights I inherited - grr!

[mrlt8]

I pushed a new onvif image that should have some basic support for ONVIF. I decided to disable to ws-discovery stuff for now, but it should still work without the auto discovery if you point your client to your bridge and work on all platforms even without host mode.

This is still very basic and doesn't support any auth stuff yet, so you may have to set WB_AUTH=false.

[idaband]

I pushed a new onvif image that should have some basic support for ONVIF. I decided to disable to ws-discovery stuff for now, but it should still work without the auto discovery if you point your client to your bridge and work on all platforms even without host mode.

This is still very basic and doesn't support any auth stuff yet, so you may have to set WB_AUTH=false.

sorry still reading through the code ...did you have a separate port / url that will be used to stream a particular camera ect?

[mrlt8]

You should be able to point it to your bridge on port 5000.

[idaband]

Looking into seeing if its a firewall issue now. Does anyone else out been able to test this too?

https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/26301104828439-Third-Party-Cameras-in-UniFi-Protect

Preparing a Third-Party Camera

1. Reference the OEM user manual for instructions on how to set up a specific camera. Generic steps are provided below.
2. Connect the camera to the network and lookup the camera IP address in the UniFi Network app.
3. In your browser, navigate to the camera’s local web server.
4. Log in to the camera with default credentials and configure a username and password.
5. Check if the camera requires a firmware update. Apply any updates available.
6. Enable ONVIF in the camera and configure an ONVIF username and password. This is enabled automatically on some cameras and the global username and password are used.
7. Configure the date, time, and timezone on the camera. Some cameras will fail authentication if the time is not set correctly.
   7a If applicable, ensure the authentication is set to Digest&ws-username token

[StoneLegion]

As far as I know mrlr8 said discovery is disabled so Unifi is not going pickup anything till that is added.
"I decided to disable to ws-discovery stuff for now"

So I assume, not sure if it's correct, but it should not work on the unifi stuff yet.