Google cast not casting rtsp video

Questions & Help
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So i’ve got a Fascom V1 video doorbell and a google home. When i tell my google home to stream the doorbell it streams the doorbell video just fine.
Now i want to stream the doorbell stream on my google home when someone rings the door. But i can’t seem to get it to really stream the video. Can’t find many topics about this specific cause. But this is what i’ve tried so far and what it did:

  • I can choose some options based on the stream:
  1. rtsp://username:pwd@IP address:RTSP port/videoMain
  2. rtsp://username:pwd@IP address:RTSP port/videoSub
    These links work when i try to stream them inside a mediaplayer on my pc.
    When i use google cast video url with these links set up it gives a google sound and it looks like it tries to start a stream. The google cast icon is showing but it won’t go any further then that.

  • I read somewhere about this link:
    http://IP:PORT/videostream.cgi?user=USERNAME&pwd=PASSWORD&resolution=32
    But that one only gave a black screen.

  • I read somewhere else to first make a card to let google stop casting on that device and then start the cast card. But that one also didn’t make any difference.

  • Download onvif app on Homey. But it doesn’t have a ‘then’ trigger in google cast to cast it’s video signal.

  • I can cast an image from the doorbell camera.

  • I tried the Synology’s survaillance station share stream patht function but rtsp as rtsp to http both give the same results.

  • Tried to create a virtual device (same name app in homey) for a button, light and speaker but altough they show up in Google Home’s devices they aren’t available in Google Home as a trigger in automations.

When i use the cast video, website or youtube cars with these url’s i get either a google cast or homey icon on the google home but that’s it. It doesn’t seem to be loading any video.

I’m out of ideas right now and i hope someone else has an anwser or some advise on this matter :slight_smile:

2

Did you test with cast variants, like cast video, cast Youtube video, cast website?
Sometimes the “not obvious” one works.

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Yes, i tried casting website, youtube video, video url. Website and video url both gave a google cast icon on the google home. The youtube video gave a homey logo wich kept circling.
But nothing seems to happen…

I notice the cast image function. I can set the tag for the doorbell image wich works fine.
I also googled some more. Noticed people using the share stream path function from Synology’s Survaillance Station. Tried both rtsp and rtsp over http links but all gave the same outcome as in my first post :frowning:

I now downloaded the onvif camera app to my Homey. Connected it without issues to my doorbell. But google cast doesn’t see a tag to cast it’s video stream to a google device.

I edited OP with this info.