Best Accessory for Apple Home: Raspberry Pi and Homebridge (2020)

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Apple Home is a great option for controlling your smart devices, especially if you're already invested in the Apple ecosystem.
Like most smart home hubs though, Apple Home suffers from limited device support. With a Raspberry Pi running the awesome Homebridge software you can open up your Apple Home setup to a huge array of extra devices and accessories, way beyond the set of 'officially-supported' devices.
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@tech_craft 4 года назад

The video showing how to configure security cameras in HOOBS is now live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LdcP0j9lyrw.html

@andrewboggis3174 4 года назад

Tech Craft looking to do this.. I’m a novice using a complete UniFi system. Set up all on lan works 👍🏼 now moved the pi to IOT vlan and now broke! Struggling with the firewall? A video on this would be good.. fellow Suffolk tractor boy..👍🏼

@OtRatsaphong 4 года назад

Thanks so much for producing this video. Have been thinking of home automation but wasn’t sure where to start. This video has been very informative. 👍👍👍

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Let me know if you'd like to see more home automation content and what smart devices you're interested in.

@b_1337 4 года назад

Tech Craft I loved this content

@sethrice9939 4 года назад

GPIO devices, legacy hardwired home security sensors, integration between different hubs like SmartThings, hue, and others that have the radios zwave or zigbee require, but maybe could be better controlled via ITTT or home bridge. Lights, blinds, switches, and plugs

@Travis2L 4 года назад

Yes!! This is gold! Homekit plug-ins! I’m about to erase HASSIO/Home assistant for this I think. What’s your opinion on that?

@zachzockoll3450 4 года назад

would really love your thought on using the half a dozen google homes i have. I love apple hardware devices but the homepod was just too pricey compared to the google home products. So i have 4 mini's one max and one display hub. Would prefer to run it all through apple home software but talk to the google home devices. Might not be possible but figured i'd ask. Ty for great content

@Mehmehx 4 года назад

Unifi Cameras! Also I did not manage to get Xiomi Air Purifyers to work.

@originalmagneto 4 года назад

Can you share a LGTV tutorial for configuring hoobs 3? And the cameras too 😬 you are great at explaining man, kudos!

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Thanks. I certainly can. I have both of those on my list for the near future.

@buildthehousech 4 года назад

On HOOBS v3.1.20 ffmpeg is preinstalled, so for adding cameras just add the camera-ffmpeg plugin amd teak it in the config

@razorlens 4 года назад

I too would be interested.

@jonstacchio 4 года назад

@@tech_craft I'm a Hoobs noob and struggling to get s Sony Bravia TV working. My issue is authenticating Hoobs/Homebridge with the TV - specifically getting the TVs 4-digit PIN in to the config.json file. Just curious if you encountered something similar during your LGTV configuration? Fantastic content in all your videos btw!

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Jon Stacey ah yes. I have a Bravia too. Getting this right involved basically getting the PIN to show up and then editing the config file really quickly. If you miss it, you can restart the Homebridge and have another pass.

@timfischer 3 года назад

I just spun up Homebridge on my Synology NAS about a week ago. Can't believe I didn't try this sooner... almost all of my smart home devices are not HomeKit compatible. Now I can actually use the Home app, Siri, my watch, etc to control everything.

@evanmann92 4 года назад

great video, thanks! Mine is not finding the nginx file on the latest Hoobs. Everything else was found fine. Made sure I typed it exactly as you did. Any ideas?

@stumpybloke 3 года назад

same here. Did you ever manage to resolve/find it?

@motoninja2747 4 года назад

this is good video thank you im interested in setting up APPLE based smart home but many componants are not compatable .... this seems a bit advanced but i will try and give it a go....

@M44D1 4 года назад

Hello rob, do you need a home hub for this setup to work ? For instance, can I look at my camera feed outside of my house without a home hub ? This would imply always having a second iPad/tv/HomePod at home

@magicmanchloe 4 года назад

Please do a video on getting the security cameras working!!!

@chrislucas4406 4 года назад

If you are using raspberry cameras it would be cool

@amaclellan3 4 года назад

Zeros are great for that

@buildthehousech 4 года назад

You‘re running the old User interface install v3.1.20 with the new User Interface. Greetings Bobby from HOOBs

@buildthehousech 4 года назад

Please contact me on info@hoobs.org then we can provide more info

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Tom Credible Email on the way.

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

I noticed this, too, and was going to ask about it, why this version?

@pieterjlansbergen6988 4 года назад

Not only is the shown GUI interface different, digging into the filesystem via Terminal to look at a config file I found the whole /var directory is missing hence, no chance to go look into /var/lib/homebridge. Can somebody explain? Please note, I am on Raspberrypi zero w, it's a different .img download and install albeit still v3.1.20 Thank you

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Pieterjan Lansbergen On 3.1.20 you’ll find config in /home/hoobs/.hoobs/etc

@TransitAndTeslas 4 года назад

I ended up doing regular homebridge on a small Windows 10 PC. Works great it became our home server, in our all Mac /Apple household otherwise.

@gerst73ify 4 года назад

Please create a video on setting up cameras

@LrgPicture 3 года назад

Hello there .... I’m new to all of this but i just purchased the raspberry pi 4. It comes pre installed with homebridge i think (32g min sd). It seems as though Hoobs is pretty nice and easy to follow. Which one would you recommend? Also am I connecting my raspberry to my router via Ethernet? Again I’m a noob....

@devlily23 2 года назад

Great video!! Will the 2 gb pi4 be enough for this setup?

@tech_craft 2 года назад

It depends a little on what plugins you use but you’ll be fine unless you have a gigantic setup.

@PhG1961 4 года назад

Nice video ! I'm also interested in how to retrieve the IP address of a Sonoff cam and access the cam directly from the browser and/or VLC. Can you advise on this please ?

@amaclellan3 4 года назад

Can you please show us the pi vpn home network setup. Your videos have really helped my learning with the pi and the ipad so far. Great content as usual. Thanks!

@BadgerBob 3 года назад

Thanks for this, great channel and well presented. I only set up Hoobs for the first time yesterday and some things are a bit slow. Your last tip (sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default) isn't working, it states the directory doesn't exist.

@ErikRijpkema 4 года назад

you can give an explanation once about adding a camera. greetings from the Netherlands

@geewiz70 4 года назад

Thanks for the great introduction! I installed Homebridge on my Mac Mini home server and can finally control the non-Homekit devices in our house from the Home app.

@aoalr 4 года назад

You don't need a Home Hub like Apple TV or HomePod. You can just hook up your non-HomeKit devices to Homebridge on Raspberry Pi and it'll work through all Apple devices. However, a Home Hub is required to enable automations and for remote access.

@russellmasters5764 4 года назад

Good vid, how do you setup your WiFi details if you use the downloadable image file from HOOBS? I’m guessing there is a step where you do this so your HOOBS Pi can connect to your network?

@RodrigoMMMRM 4 года назад

Thank you for that awesome video. Is it possible with this setup to control my Samsung smart tv via HomeKit?

@Travis2L 4 года назад

Think I just struck gold with your channel. I look forward to learning more about this and HomeKit plugins!

@rugburnman 4 года назад

Would love to have a video of Homebridge and video camera's especially Unifi Video/Unifi Protect

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

+1 on the cameras, I’ve been reading up, and it seems complicated...

@labalo5 3 года назад

Same here. Need a RU-vid vid with homebridge with UniFi protect

@planetmall2 4 года назад

Great video. Do you have any experience with multiroom sound with the apple home/homebridge?

@robsondias258 4 года назад

Yes plz Can you do a video on the Cctv plugin I’ve been trying to get it working for ages but failed every time

@rugburnman 4 года назад

+1 very interested in a plug in for Unifi video/Unifi Protect products. Thanks!!

@tech_craft 4 года назад

I use that at home so happy to cover that one for sure!

@gar2k3 4 года назад

Just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration, I ended up buying a Pi Zero and a few cheap WiFi lights that use the Tuya (status smart) protocol. Worked great - still having trouble with colours not being fully supported, but for lights on / off / brightness control they’re perfect!

@tech_craft 4 года назад

I'm going to cover Tuya compatible lights in an upcoming video. I'll pick up some colour ones and see how far I can get.

@gar2k3 4 года назад

Tech Craft that’s great! I look forward to seeing it!

@andrewboggis3174 4 года назад

Just found your channel and what a find, I have set up a pi with hoobs worked fine although haven’t done the ipv6 out bit yet.. but I have now segregated the devices across my vlans and now it won’t work. I have ubiquiti usg pro switch 24 along with other UniFi bits. I’m guessing firewall and port?😞 could you help or produce a video on that? Thanks

@andrewcale6100 4 года назад

Can you please do a video explaining the protected network (separation) for the smart devices. How do you control them, if your regular smartphone wifi does not content to the protected part?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Sure thing. Mostly it just works. The only system I had real issues with was Sonos and that required a ton of dicking about with the network to get right. On the whole though, it’s a nice setup.

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

Tech Craft Would be interested in knowing more about the Sonos config. Might not be video-worthy, but if you had a place to describe the fiddle settings, like GitHub or a gist, that would be really helpful.

@kennethcoulter791 3 года назад

Hello. Just added Ring to my HomeKit with hoobs. All is working well except for my ring doorbell. I can get the live feed and I can hear the sounds surrounding the doorbell but I can not talk through it. I can talk through my indoor ring camera but not my doorbell. Please advise. Thanks, Ken

@ahale1987 4 года назад

Great video! Thank you! I’m planning on heavily leveraging Homebridge once I move this summer. Do you have any experience with the Ring and IFTTT plug-ins?

@5STARRating 3 года назад

❤️❤️❤️ I really like this compilation but it is missing ( Legrand, Smart Light Switch) in my compilation the number is included. Nr1 Note that these products were ranked “best seller” at the time this article was written. Amazon’s Best Seller list is updated hourly, so for the most current list. ❤️❤️❤️

@tonyhe2k 4 года назад

love your Rob Johnson bubblehead on the desk :)

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Tony He you’re the first person to comment on that amazing piece of coding history!

@peligon1 4 года назад

Thank you for your time, efforts and talent... If it's possible to do a tutorial on Harmony setup that would be wonderful! cheers!!

@kmengvik 4 года назад

Thank you for this great video. I am on the verge to purchase the pi to install homebridge for the cause to relay my unsupported switches on to Homekit. But do you think I'll need heatsinks og fan for the cpu and ram? Or is that not at all neccesary?

@greekindiegamers56 4 года назад

I installed HOOBS on my raspberry pi 0. It is positioned a few cm away from the router and yet on the WiFi network picker my network is not shown. What gives? I tried it with 2 different raspberry pi 0s. I even re-downloaded and re flashed the OS with no avail.

@islandsnow 4 года назад

If a device is HomeKit certified should you still add it via hoobs?

@BoricuaFez 4 года назад

Thank you for this insight about Homebridge. Been researching the idea when I saw the latest Apple products HomePod Mini.

@ReidMewborne 3 года назад

I’m having trouble with Ubuntu on my raspberry pi running stupid slow. I have the 4GB version. What do you recommend, new OS, overclock?

@ruvas8451 4 года назад

Please do the video about security cameras

@shargeforce 4 года назад

Really interesting stuff. Found your channel two days ago and I love it. The videos are so clear and good to understand. Keep going. Greetings from Switzerland ✌🏻

@vidi3266 4 года назад

Cool video-thank you! Make a video on what you automated at your home and how

@craigrob11 4 года назад

I started out using home bridge then switched over to Home assistant just seen your video I may switch back is there any benefits of using Home bridge over Home Assistant? Please can you do a video on cameras please

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Video cameras coming very soon. I used Home Assistant for a while and switched to Homebridge for a more Apple Home-centric solution. Because I’m sharing the end result with my family, I like being able to present everything to them through the familiar home app.

@PhG1961 4 года назад

Now this is a really interesting video ! Great job ! Show us more of home automation please.

@Nabilsc 4 года назад

Have a look at home assistant as well, so much more versatile

@richiewoodward6301 4 года назад

Once you add these to homekit. Can you then turn them on and off with Siri?

@perutherford 4 года назад

Excellent! Please more on security camera setup!

@mariopandza 4 года назад

Fantastic channel, thank you for sharing the knowledge, much appreciated!

@Lifein-tt3km 4 года назад

i am weak in English, May I ask you that I still have to have Apple TV or Homepod for being HUB?

@JulianLoperaR 4 года назад

yeah to make scenes and automations, or accessories remotely.

@youthflyer 4 года назад

Could I make this work with MySmartBlinds? They are Alexa compatible but I would love to make them work with HomeKit as it is my preferred platform...

@bkib 3 года назад

Thank you for this contribution! Very helpful!

@ndcoach29 4 года назад

It’s be great to see how to install Black Label cameras and Zmodo doorbell!

@Abester1252 4 года назад

Loved the video! Would love to see you go through adding security camera’s, we have ring camera’s at ours! Also where are you based are you in the UK too?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

I am in the UK, out in Suffolk.

@bm4122 4 года назад

Great video! Thank you for spending the time explaining one question I have though, how is the response time compared to actual HomeKit devices? Like does it take 5 seconds from the time you click it on to go through home bridge and then finally turn on the light?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

For simple devices the response time is the same as native devices for pretty much everything. Lights and power sockets for example I cannot tell apart. My cameras have a small lag when loading, but that lag is also present in the camera native app so I don’t really think that’s an issue of Homebridge.

@bm4122 4 года назад

Tech Craft thank you for the response, as that was one of the main things stopping me from setting up a home bridge. Right now I only have a few smart devices (compatible with homekit) but I see if I wanted to buy all the switches in my house, I would save a ton of money setting up a home bridge!

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

B m Homebridge is super-easy to play with. You can even install it on a Mac, it you don’t already have a HOOBS-compatible Raspberry Pi. HOOBS is a better experience, but if free is important, it’s possible.

@michaelyoung4056 4 года назад

Useful and entertaining! I’m going to try and install this.

@paavels 4 года назад

If you use “vcodec”: “copy” in the camera setup then stream will be not transcoded and even RPi Zero can pass it to HomeKit without lags and other issues, also set stream resolution to 720p, it’s a standard resolution for HomeKit. Not only HOOBS can be easily installed, check Config-UI-X plugin - you can install Homebridge with UI-X in minutes.

@tech_craft 4 года назад

I ended up patching the unifi video plugin to use copy since the unifi cameras supply h264 as standard. For cameras that don’t supply h264 video or don’t use AAC audio then you need to transcode either the video, audio or both. At that point, the stock FFMPEG install isn’t good enough because it doesn’t have hardware accelerated h264 and it doesn’t have AAC.

@paavels 4 года назад

Tech Craft probably wrong ffmpeg buid, you can compile ffmpeg with omx hardware acceleration and aac support. Also newer versions of camera-ffmpeg plugin supports “copy” parameters.

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Yeah. The APT installed ffmpeg has no omx or aac, so as you say, I had to compile myself.

@paavels 4 года назад

@@tech_craft compiling ffmpeg is recommended if you read camera-ffmpeg github page

@MrSchnitzengiggles 4 года назад

Is the build process finally open sourced? I wanted to try hoobs but I don't trust the prebuilt image

@tech_craft 4 года назад

There's hoobs-gen: github.com/hoobs-org/hoobs-gen.

@Taxedo1221 3 года назад

Hi i have old smart LG tv and the plugins dont work on it can you please give me advice what to do ? Its with webos and it is smart !

@glenallan6279 4 года назад

My curiosity is about better IOT security. Any concerns that should be transparently addressed?

@glenallan6279 4 года назад

I mean after watching it looks like you’ve bypassed a bunch of potential security protocols to get stuff to work? Question because no ipv6? Call me ignorant because I am, but is there not a concern about IOT in this regard and why Apple is a bit of a pain to integrate?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

There was the very recent announcement about all the major players starting to work together on a spec so that device support becomes more universal. That will be interesting to follow. The security issue is a big one, and part of why I prefer - where possible - to control devices locally rather than through the cloud. Apple Home and Homebridge make this a possibility and other than my Nest I've got everything controlled over a local connection with devices on a separate network than my main home network.

@glenallan6279 4 года назад

Tech Craft ahh, I see the distinction! Yeah that’s good. I’m getting more and more interested in getting a Pi because of your videos, so good to nail down the concerns. And yeah, here’s hoping the new arrangement for a standard works out well!

@floyd1963 4 года назад

Great video. Please keep the Raspberry Pi videos coming.

@JJCoxUTube 4 года назад

- Good stuff, I appreciate the video. Any additional Homebridge topics you would like to share would be greatly appreciated.

@michaeljarcher 4 года назад

Great Video, have four Pi's always on the lookout for things to make their purchase justified to my wife! Home security cameras are very interesting, especially when using the like of Amazon Blink, and ring doorbell video speeds are just shite. Bridging closed platforms to each other looks great with Hoobs, something it looks like these big tech companies are going to attempt sometime in the future with a dumb specification. For now, I think to be interested in how the video feeds perform, and in event real-time notification would be nice to see. If work with just RTSP feeds, or even open platforms such as Onvif for more useful aspects like motion detection.

@tech_craft 4 года назад

That video is coming very soon. I’ve been away from home this weekend testing out how well the camera feeds work when streamed externally and how responsive the motion detection is. So far, so good.

@brandonfitzpatrick1797 3 года назад

I have a pi 3b+ i was wondering if there is a way to use usb instead of micro sd i am stuck in quarantine and I don't have a card reader.

@TILR 4 года назад

Dang at first I thought you were green-screen/blue-screen or remotely streaming your iPad to a monitor, but it is the iPad. Love the setup

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Heh. I do green screen the iPad screen recording on to the iPad so that I don't have to worry about where the iPad is when I'm filming.

@skulio 4 года назад

@@tech_craft Pretty cool idea. I wonder if you could make branding out of this. I mean since it's already a huge part of your videos, the background image for your greenscreen starts to set up visual tone of all your content. I wonder if you could make a background corresponding to your logo/brand colors to make easier it recognisable. (Sorry if it sounds like visual design pish posh, I couldn't rephrase it any better)

@tech_craft 4 года назад

@@skulio I had been thinking along similar lines. I want to reshoot the background and start to bring more brand elements into the mix.

@LERobbo 4 года назад

Think it's about time I look into getting a RBP. I've been expanding my smart home setup quite a bit lately and have been hitting bumps in terms of incompatibility. I'm a fan of Apple and its ecosystem, I'd like to stay there. Getting HomeBridge seems to be the way? And what model/RAM + accessoires do you recommend for the Pi?

@JulianLoperaR 4 года назад

with raspberry pi 4g its more than enough.

@nathanlevigraves 4 года назад

I’m experiencing about a 10-12 second delay on my magic home bulbs via Siri/homebridge. No delay when using the Home app. I previously had the bulbs running via the Alexa app with zero lag. Any ideas what could cause this? My pi 3b+ is connected via Ethernet

@smabacon 4 года назад

Great vid. Super helpful and well explained for this Pi first timer!

@henryoen191 4 года назад

The HOOBS download from your link above worked! However, pi install stopped at a login prompt. The admin password and admin user name does not work (; I’m stuck (; HELP!!!!

@jmichot1 4 года назад

Love your videos ! Could you share your setup for filming those videos ? Thanks !

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Sure thing. Are you interested more in the cameras and shooting process, the editing process or both?

@jmichot1 4 года назад

@@tech_craft more in the cameras and shooting process. The image is clear and the sound good, I would be interested in the gear you use :)

@shannoncampbell 4 года назад

This may be a dumb question as I am trying to decide between the prebuilt HOOBS and the way you have done above. I have a LG 5k monitor which I am sure wont work with the Raspberry PI. I am wondering once you have flashed the SD card, which I am comfortable with, on a raspberry pi, can I just plug the raspberry PI into my network and go to the hoops.local address? I am trying to build it on my own without the need of a monitor if possible? Thanks!!

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Both the pre-packaged SD card you can buy from Hoobs and the one you can flash yourself boot up with hoobs.local ready to go so you shouldn't need a monitor. If you're using Windows though, you'll need to install Bonjour for Windows so that your computer can see the .local addresses. support.apple.com/kb/dl999?locale=en_US I have an LG 5K - I can test out the Pi if needed to see if that setup is practical. I'm guessing you'll get at least HD on the monitor which will work even if it's a little fuzzy.

@shannoncampbell 4 года назад

@@tech_craft This is awesome!! Thank you, though I don't believe the 5k LG can take any other input than a thunderbolt 3, as I have the older 5k monitor.

@rpbrear 2 года назад

Great video, thanks.

@markrussell1170 3 года назад

Today all cameras have stopped working. Error is Error: spawn /home/hoobs/.hoobs/node_modules/ffmpeg-for-homebridge/ffmpeg EACCES for sending snapshots and starting Video. Any ideas?

@markrichards7533 4 года назад

will sire be able to control the smart switches ,once configured .i use ewe link smart devices , will they work

@impermanenthuman8427 4 года назад

Interested to know why you prefer the Apple products and software over all others?(at least when supplemented with raspberry pi) Have you got any vids on your philosophy of preference already?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

A lot of the reasoning is historical. I have been considering a video on my choices and how I think about technical choices. I didn’t know if that would be of interest.

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

Tech Craft It would be of interest. It will also probably draw a lot of comments, good and bad. ;-)

@impermanenthuman8427 4 года назад

Michael Alderete I would have assumed a Windows:Ubuntu dual booted surface pro would have been the best combination of qualities as far as software variety is concerned for coding and also general computing with good portability Although there must be a good reason why highly skilled professionals tend to like Apple products even with their high price tags, they are highly tested and optimized pieces of hardware+OS+software options that seem to work well reliably and with good customer support However I think the best all-round combination of qualities in an OS is Windows+Ubuntu dualbooted on separate drives which can be separately encrypted if needed, best combo of affordability, usability, software variety and compatibility, privacy and security imo

@tmj893 4 года назад

After following your instructions on disabling ipv6 through the HOOBS terminal interface I can no longer log into hoobs.local or by typing to IP address in How do I fix this?

@Toolman93 4 года назад

Interesting stuff. Add my +1 on an additional video explaining camera config.

@josuealbertoluna 4 года назад

Toolman93 +1

@buildthehousech 4 года назад

Toolman93 on HOOBS v3.1.20 ffmpeg is preinstalled, you just need to add the camera ffmpeg plugin and tweak the config to your cameras needs

@razorlens 4 года назад

Count me in.

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

@Tom Credible That _sounds_ easy, but there’s a lot hidden behind that “tweak your config” part. Do y’all have a guide?

@buildthehousech 4 года назад

Michael Alderete each camera is different so i cant give you and all for one solution. You need to figure out the rtsp stream an add that to the config.

@ParagOak 4 года назад

Can we use old laptop instead of Rpi?

@dannyvk54 4 года назад

Hi, great video! Could u do a video using the GPIO pins to control a 5v relay ?

@iPokeYou3ye 4 года назад

What happens if there is no WiFi in the house? Does it stops me from turning off and on the lights?

@treforparr3995 4 года назад

Hey mate I’m trying to find a plug-in for the hive thermostat I’m up for setting up my own home Bridge

@malcdickinson06 2 года назад

Great video as always, I’m having trouble adding Blink cameras and hive thermostat to boobs, I copy the script and add it to HomeKit but nothing shows up in HomeKit, any ideas!

@tech_craft 2 года назад

Which plugin are you using? I seem to remember there being an issue with two factor auth on the Blink cameras

@malcdickinson06 2 года назад

@@tech_craft I’m trying the Blink for Home plug-in, it’s the only one that’s certified , each time you log in with 2 factor it gives you a different code each time, so the codes won’t match or am I missing something. Thanks for reply!!

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I don't have access to a camera to test any more, but from my notes I had to: 1) Configure with username/password (no pin). This forces a login attempt and should send you a PIN 2) Now add the PIN and restart, this time it should log in and you won't get sent another PIN. You shouldn't get asked again either.

@malcdickinson06 2 года назад

Yes did exactly this but still nothing, I’ll delete everything and start again hopefully this will sort it out. Thanks for your help much appreciated and good to have you back on RU-vid!! Good luck!!

@jedwardoo 4 года назад

Is Hoobs possible to be installed in a Mac Mini or is petitioning it needed?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Not Hoobs directly but you can install Homebridge directly on the Mac Mini.

@paavels 4 года назад

Install Homebridge with UI-X, it’s very easy, but Linux is the preferred platform for Homebridge.

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

I started with installing Homebridge on a Mac mini, and it worked quite well. But updating Homebridge or your plug-ins is more work. I switched to HOOBS on a dedicated Raspberry Pi, and it’s just so clean and easy, I wouldn’t consider going back. And I have a couple of spare Mac minis laying around!

@jedwardoo 4 года назад

Michael Alderete thanks for your input. Raspberry pi with Hoobs is the way to go then.

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

Jason Ong I think it’s the best way, yes. But if you don’t mind doing a bit of work, you can try Homebridge for free, before committing funds to dedicated hardware.

@JoseFos 4 года назад

Great video!!! perfectly explained.

@treforparr3995 4 года назад

Could you try the Hive I really wanna get the Hive working but I can’t get my head around it

@BlazDGuitar 4 года назад

Brilliant content! Thanks!

@chompsr2752 3 года назад

Can I use a Raspberry Pi Zero to install the Homebridge?

@FriendlyNeighborhoodBlindKiid 3 года назад

Yes you can although I would not recommend doing it with security cameras because it will make the video super lag he or it may just crash the system. Only do this if you’re automating things like smart switches or plugs.

@zackhpittman 4 года назад

was that Ubiquiti cams running in there? How did you get that going?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

It sure was. Video on that coming soon. It works really well.

@andreizugravu9802 4 года назад

Hi! Great video. After I changed /boot/cmdline.txt, hoobs.local doesn't open anymore hoobs page, instead I should write :8080 to open it

@tech_craft 4 года назад

What change did you make to the cmdline.txt? You also need to make the changes to Avahi and to the Nginx configuration otherwise you won't be able to connect.

@andreizugravu9802 4 года назад

Budget Home Automation Its OK, it’s not a big deal, I just bookmarked the address in my browser. Thanks for reply!

@just-mitch5020 4 года назад

@@tech_craft I made all three (IPV6) changes and now I can't get connected to HOOBS.local. I'm not sure if it's my MAC or the code. It's still running, as the connected devices still respond to homekit.

@SteveHinrichs 4 года назад

What was the software to burn Hoobs to the SD card?

@BigMacBook1300 4 года назад

Can you use this with nest and ring doorbell / spotlight cam thanks 🙏🏿

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Nest yes - with some hackery. I don’t have a Ring, but there is a plugin for the Ring system that’s seeing a lot of development activity so I suspect it’s doable: www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-ring

@byrd203 4 года назад

this WEMO is supported by default Wemo Mini Smart Plug

@klmair7363 4 года назад

byrd203 same question here

@muziekkamer 4 года назад

Wow 🤩 super video😎

@GerardWassink 4 года назад

Hi Rob, would you know whether there’s a possibility to download and install HOOBS on an already running Pi 4? (Couldn’t find it on their website)

@GerardWassink 4 года назад

Never mind, found it. I could just install Homebridge native...

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Yeah. Homebridge direct is the way forward for an already running Pi.

@buildthehousech 4 года назад

Heres the direct installation guide: github.com/hoobs-org/HOOBS/wiki/2.5.2-Debian-Installation

@MichaelAlderete 4 года назад

It’s great that there’s a way to install Homebridge / HOOBS as a direct install on an existing Pi, but the HOOBS “appliance” approach, where it manages the whole Pi, is just so easy and trouble-free, it’s worth dedicating a Pi to it. They’re cheap!

@dmitrilorents 4 года назад

"Sorry, user homebridge is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/nano /boot/cmdline.txt' as root on localhost." ((((((((

@ThiagoBenedicto 4 года назад

Hi Rob, taking advantage of his knowledge with Hoobs, would you tell me why when accessing hoobs.local on my machine it doesn't work? I already installed the bonjour apple but nothing has changed!

@tech_craft 4 года назад

What’s your setup? Is it MacOS accessing the Pi on the same router?

@ThiagoBenedicto 4 года назад

Tech Craft Windows 10 accessing the Pi on the same router. I can access only by IP :(

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Ah. Can you try accessing just ‘hoobs’ rather than ‘hoobs.local’? I forget exactly how Bonjour works on Win10 but I seem to recall the local prefixing not being used.

@ThiagoBenedicto 4 года назад

Thanks Rob!

@HC-tc7gv 4 года назад

Based on your recommendation I picked up a pi 4 for for my iPad pro. Right of the bat ran into a few issues: USB C, a known issue, HDMI interference with WiFi, metal enclosure for cooling compounds WiFi issues. Not so convinced this is a great accessory as you stated.

@anymoustrend4074 4 года назад

What is the difference between Hoobs and An already running Homebridge with config-ui-x ?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Not a huge amount. The latest HOOBS comes with an ffmpeg setup that is ready for use with security cameras but you can produce the exact configuration by hand.

@quarterswede 4 года назад

In HOOBS v3 they use their own UI now.

@alliejr 4 года назад

HOOBs does seem cool and I always appreciate these types of technology bridges, but your video highlights the perils. 1000 plug-in options for a TV or light is not a feature, it’s a bug. Home automation fails its job to “automate” when the installation and maintenance effort far outweighs the manual effort to execute the task over a lifetime. (Similarly HOOBs pointing out you’re running an “old” version... unless your day job is maintain your own home automation, this kind of response is just wrong).

@tech_craft 4 года назад

I’m hopeful that HOOBS certification of plugins will make this easier. I can see a world where the HOOBS team certify enough plugins to be meaningful and will trigger auto-update of those verifies plugins.

@nicklaskarlsson7456 4 года назад

I did all the last steps disable ipv6 since I have had some issues with accessories not responding. But now I cant access hoobs.local anymore. What to do?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Which OS are you accessing from?

@nicklaskarlsson7456 4 года назад

Tech Craft IOS. But the problem seems to be that the change in ”nginx” stops the hoobs.local adress somehow. I can access it now via any browser with ”hoobs.local:8080”. Maybe put a notice on that if someone gets the same issue as I got.

@tech_craft 4 года назад

@@nicklaskarlsson7456 Interesting. I'll have to revisit that - the IPv4 configuration is still there so that _shouldn't_ happen but I can see why it might.

@rcfourie4711 4 года назад

Good morning, after i flash the hoobs img file to the raspberry pi sd card and insert back to raspberry and start up, the raspberry boots up and takes me to a hoobs network interface and i am unable to progress further or get into the raspberry window again. This takes me to a hoobs computer like log in screen (dos like). Advice please?

@tech_craft 4 года назад

Are you able to connect to hoobs.local from the browser on another machine?

@rcfourie4711 4 года назад

Tech Craft yes i can, the problem is when i run hoobs on raspberry the hoobs server screen does not disappear and let me go into raspberry pi desktop again

@tech_craft 4 года назад

I think that is intentional. The HOOBS setup is intended to be managed through the browser.