Home Assistant

The Scrypted Custom Component for Home Assistant adds support for managing Scrypted from your Home Assistant Dashboard, and creation of Scrypted NVR cards. A demo of the cards is available on the Scrypted NVR Home Assistant Demo Site.

Addon Setup

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The Custom Component must be installed even if using the Scrypted Home Assistant Addon.

If Scrypted was installed via the Home Assistant Addon, complete the following steps, otherwise continue on to Install Custom Component.

1. Navigate to the Scrypted Addon in the Home Assistant sidebar. A separate dedicated Scrypted admin must be created in Users in the sidebar menu (the default homeassistant automatic login user can not be used).

2. Now, remove the Scrypted sidebar item via the Addon configuration. The custom component will supercede the addon sidebar item.

Install Custom Component

The Scrypted Custom Component repository can be found on github.

1. Install the custom component using the Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) by adding the Custom Repository:

https://github.com/koush/ha_scrypted

2. In the HACS panel, select Scrypted from the repository list and select the INSTALL button.
3. Go to Settings > Devices & Services > Add Integration and select Scrypted.
4. Enter the host, username, and password for your Scrypted server, as well as a name and icon for the side panel link in the Home Assistant menu.

Setting	Sample Configuration
Host	192.168.2.124:10443
Username	admin
Password	swordfish!

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If Scrypted was installed as a Home Assistant Addon, there is no default login. A dedicated admin account will need to be created for the custom component. The Host will be 127.0.0.1:10443.

Scrypted can now be accessed in the Home Assistant side panel.

Card Setup

Scrypted NVR provides Home Assistant cards that feature low latency playback and two way audio. The NVR app is also deeply integrated into the Home Assistant UI.

There are several types of cards available:

• Single Camera Card
• Camera Grid Card
• Event Reel Card

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Configuring multiple cameras within a single Camera Grid Card dramatically improves performance and load times.

Follow the instructions below, and then substitute the card URL appopriately.

1. Open Scrypted NVR inside Home Assistant using a desktop browser.
2. Navigate to the camera.
3. Open the the Camera Settings.
4. Copy the Scrypted NVR Card Webpage URL. (Substitute this with Camera Grid or Event Reel URL if desired.)

WARNING

If the Home Assistant Integrate configuration is unavailable, verify the following:

1. Scrypted must be opened from inside Home Assistant. The Home Assistant integration configuration is only available from inside Home Assistant.
2. The Custom Component (and Addon setup, if applicable) must correctly be completed prior to setting up the cards.
3. The Integration URL is available within the camera's settings reachable by clicking the settings icon under the camera playback view. Not to be confused with the primary NVR app settings.

5. Add the following Webpage Card in Home Assistant and replace/paste the previously copied Scrypted NVR Card Webpage URL below:

type: iframe
url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>
allow_open_top_navigation: true
layout_options:
  grid_columns: full
  grid_rows: 4.25

Camera Card Options

The Scrypted NVR card behavior can be configured using query string parameters on the Webpage URL.

Auto Play

Play the card video on load.

live=true

url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>?live=true

Image Click

The parameter imageClick can be used to customize how click events are handled when the snapshot is clicked.

Value	Description
ha	Open the Home Assistant companion app when clicked.
app	Open the Scrypted NVR app when clicked.

Example: Open Scrypted NVR Timeline in Home Assistant when the still image is clicked.

imageClick=ha

url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>?imageClick=ha

Video Click

The parameter videoClick can be used to customize how click events are handled when the live video is clicked.

Value	Description
ha	Open the Home Assistant companion app when clicked.
app	Open the Scrypted NVR app when clicked.

Example: Open Scrypted NVR Timeline in Home Assistant when the playing video is clicked.

videoClick=ha

url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>?videoClick=ha

Resolution

By default the Card live stream will use the low-resolution stream: it loads fast, uses minimal resources, is thus best suited for a small frame. The resolution can be changed with the destination parameter. Supported destination values include low-resolution, remote, and local.

WARNING

Using the high resolution stream (local) for a Cards is not recommended, as it can cause the Home Assistant Dashboard to become sluggish with multiple cards.

destination=local

destination=remote

url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>?destination=local

Audio

By default the Card live stream will mute both the microphone and the speaker (two way audio).

WARNING

Browsers will prevent autoplay with audio playback and microphone access prior to user interaction via a click event. The dashboard must be set to Allow on Chrome and Safari.

microphone=on

speaker=on

url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>?speaker=on&microphone=on

Scrollable

By default the Camera Grid is not scrollable. Use the following to make it scrollable:

scrollable=true

type: iframe
url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframegrid?ids=1,2,3&scrollable=true
allow_open_top_navigation: true

Multiple Parameters

Multiple parameters may be combined using &.

url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/<id>?imageClick=ha&videoClick=ha&live=true

Camera Grid Card

Multiple cameras can be configured within a single Webpage Card. Configuration is similar to the single camera card, albeit a slightly different url format. The iframe url is:

Card Type	URL Fragment
Single Camera (Reference)	...#/iframe/<id>
Camera Grid	...#/iframegrid?ids=<id1>,<id2>

The ids parameter is a comma separated list of device ids to display in the camera grid. The grid card works best in a Panel View, but can be adjusted for Masonry View by using fixed column values.

For example:

type: iframe
url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframegrid?ids=<id1>,<id2>
allow_open_top_navigation: true
layout_options:
  grid_columns: full
  grid_rows: 9.5 # 4.25 * number of rows that will be shown

The Camera Grid card has additional parameters that can be used to used to customize the layout based on the device type and screen orientation:

Name	Device Type	Screen Orientation	Default Value
phonePortraitCols	Phone	Portrait	1
phoneLandscapeCols	Phone	Landscape	2
tabletPortraitCols	Tablet	Portrait	2
tabletLandscapeCols	Tablet	Landscape	3
desktopMinWidth	Desktop Browser	N/A	480 (pixels)
cols	All Devices	N/A	N/A
focus	All Devices	N/A	N/A

Use desktopMinWidth to set the minimum width of a camera within the grid and controls the cell wrap behavior. For example, with the default value of 480, if the screen is 960 pixels, the grid will be 2 columns. If the screen is 1920 pixels, the grid will be 4 columns.

Use cols to set a fixed number of columns for all screen sizes and orientations.

Use focus to focus on cameras that have ongoing motion. When there is no activity on the selected cameras, all cameras will be shown as the default state.

Event Reel Card

The Event Reel shows the recent highlighted events in a scrollable reel. Configuration is similar to the single camera card, albeit a slightly different url format. The iframe url is:

Card Type	URL Fragment
Single Camera (Reference)	...#/iframe/<id>
Event Reel	...#/iframeevents?ids=<id1>,<id2>

The Event Reel card has additional parameters that can be used to used to customize the cameras and events shown:

Name	Default Value	Description
ids	All Cameras	The camera ids shown in the reel. The ids parameter is a comma separated list of device ids to display in the camera grid. If this parameter is ommitted, all are shown by default.
hiddenDetections	Motion	The detection types to hide in the reel. Person, Vehicle, Animal, etc. All except generic Motion are shown by default.
cols	Responsive	The number of columns in the event reel.
count	cols	The total number of items to show in an event reel page. Can be combined with cols to create a reel with multiple rows.
aspectRatio	1/1	The aspect ratio of a detection thumbnail.
click	ha	The app that will be opened when clicked. Valid values include ha (Home Assistant) and app (Scrypted NVR App)

For example, for a 4x1 grid of events:

type: iframe
url: >-
  /api/scrypted/<token>/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframeevents?ids=<id1>,<id2>&cols=4
allow_open_top_navigation: true
type: iframe
url: >-
  /api/scrypted/3713673acab4bdd3214e673700fe48d4/endpoint/@scrypted/nvr/public/#/iframe/41?cols=1&videoClick=ha&live=true
allow_open_top_navigation: true
layout_options:
  grid_columns: full
  grid_rows: 2.3

Notifications

WARNING

The Custom Component (and Addon setup, if applicable) must correctly be completed prior to setting up notifications.

Scrypted NVR Notifications can be delivered to the Home Assistant Companion app.

1. Install and configure the Scrypted Cloud plugin. This is necessary to receive notification images.
2. Install the Home Assistant Plugin for Scrypted.
3. Configure the Home Assistant Long Lived Access Token (this is not the same token used in the previous steps) and Address in the Plugin Settings.
4. The Home Assistant notify (Notify Service) entities should sync.
5. Find the companion app Notify Service entity within the Home Assistant Plugin. It will be named something similar to mobile_app_iphonex.

• Enable the Scrypted NVR Users extension.

6. Configure the following settings within the mobile_app_iphonex device.

• Assign a Scrypted User.
• Paste the Scrypted Token used by the Home Assistant Custom Component.
• Click Save.

6. After the settings have been saved, click the Link Companion App button. A notification will be sent to the companion app.
7. Click the notification to complete linking and allow customization of notifications from the companion app.
8. The Notification options can also be configured in the Scrypted Management Console.