RTSP feed for P1S? -- To get Camera feed on Apple HomeKit/Apple TV?

Bambu Lab P1 Series General Discussions
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Is there a way to use an RTSP URL to access the live camera feed from the P1S?

I’ve been trying ffplay -hide_banner rtsps://bblp:@:322/streaming/live/1 and also trying to open the rasps url in VLC, but keep getting Connection Refused. I do have Home Assistant conencted and can view video there(I still get the connection refused even with the Home Assistant integration disabled).

Ultimately I’d like to get Video to work on my Apple TV with Apple Home Kit. If I can get to the P1S camera via rtsp I can take it from there. The camera does currently (via Home Assistant) work on my iPhone with HomeKit.

Can anybody confirm if RTSP works (I know, not officiall supported) with the P1S?

Thanks

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I’m sure I would use this functionality if present.

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An esp32 cam board, such as Diymore 2pcs ESP32-CAM-MB WiFi Bluetooth Development Board, ESP32 Dual-core Wireless Development Board with OV2640 Camera TF Card Module : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories is a better alternative to the P1S camera, and it will work fine on your network, giving a superior video, for not much cash.

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In case this helps anybody else, here’s what I did after a few hours working on this.

Pulled this down from Docker Hub: kur1m/p1stream:1.0.3

This takes the camera feed and converts it to regular RTSP. Then configured Scripted to consume that rtsp feed.

I don’t know if all these settings are necessary, but these are what I have and they work.

Transcoding enabled for local stream and Remote (Medium Res stream). Out of Band codec parameters enabled.

It’s not lightening fast but works good enough for my needs – the ability to pull this up on my Apple TV so I can spot monitor prints without getting up off the couch.

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I like the idea of a better camera with no intermediate work arounds.

I have the P1S with the glass walls and top. How do I get power to this ESP camera? Do you just mount it with zip ties?

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Originally I used an external USB power supply, and the camera is mounted above the printer, viewing through the glass lid. I printed a little case and a few ball jointed rods. I then, after a while, ran an USB lead to the socket inside the case, and brought the lead through the slot on top rhs of the frame. The camera is fine outside the P1s case. The camera comes pre programmed with interesting video commands, including face recognition (which I have not explored). Iirc you use the arduino ide to set up the ISP address, (can’t remember, but UTUBE will tell you), but get the one like I linked too (I bought two of them plus a few without the programming interface).