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Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by ancorevard »

rcdemski wrote: post #30
wil421 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does Homebridge not have a plug in for Nest? The one for Unifi cameras is just ok and takes forever to load an image. The doorbell notification is better than the camera experience.

For Unifi cameras I switched from Homebridge to Scrypted. The streams load near instant when on the same network. All around a much more polished experience.

I recently just made the opposite switch, from Scrypted to Homebridge. Just less maintenance with Homebridge.

As long as you have enough memory (Raspberry Pi 4+) it's a great experince.

Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by CharlesW »

justinsaccount wrote: post #16

Is there a SIMPLE way to have a small python or go program act as a "switch" that shows up in Google home? The last time I tried looking at the matter stuff even checking out the git repo required gigabytes of storage and it seemed the opposite of simple.

> Is there a SIMPLE way to have a small python or go program act as a "switch" that shows up in Google home?

You can create virtual devices using Homebridge plug-ins. Here's an example: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-dummy

Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by tw04 »

throw0101a wrote: post #14
malfist wrote: post #4

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Probably the same reason video is always hard, there's 7 million codecs. Might also be privacy

> Probably the same reason video is always hard, there's 7 million codecs. ONVIF has specifications/profiles for management, functionality, and codecs (S and T): * https://www.onvif.org/profiles-add-ons-specifications/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONVIF

Sure but none of it seems to work for battery powered cameras which is a giant missing piece.

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Post by fidotron »

adocomplete wrote: post #3

Step in the right direction, but I wonder what's taking so long on getting support for cameras. That's my biggest use case at the moment. Having a bunch of Nest cameras that don't natively incorporate with HomeKit and having to do all sorts of work arounds to get a still generally crappy experience is killing my excitement for the smart home. And I won't buy new ones until they support Matter and there is true intero…

Probably philosophical differences over the use of CODECs which require patent licensing. The hardware universe looks on these things very differently from the web one.

Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by ArchOversight »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #26
MaKey wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here you go: https://matter-smarthome.de/en/benefits/benefits-of-matter-4...

As I understand it, there is no tradable token, it’s literally just a shared database.

Which is exactly what Blockchain is good at.

Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by judge2020 »

adocomplete wrote: post #3

Step in the right direction, but I wonder what's taking so long on getting support for cameras. That's my biggest use case at the moment. Having a bunch of Nest cameras that don't natively incorporate with HomeKit and having to do all sorts of work arounds to get a still generally crappy experience is killing my excitement for the smart home. And I won't buy new ones until they support Matter and there is true intero…

Unfortunately the options for HKSV doorbells is fairly limited. The Logitech circle view Doorbell looks like the best candidate but it has a spotty review history, with the biggest complaint being it breaking in direct sunlight.

I’m about to buy some cameras and I’m thinking of just buying Nest and using https://scrypted.app to bridge to HKSV.

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Post by woleium »

dataminded wrote: post #37

It is still very hard to find matter devices. We wanted recessed downlights and ended up with Zigbee. My air conditioner just died, would be great if a matter compatible one became available.

What did you pick? I’m looking at the moment..

Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by jamesbvaughan »

greyskull wrote: post #32

Off-topic, but what's with the strange font in the image at the top of the article? I see it's based off of the "csa" logo. I can't explain why but it's almost uncomfortable to read it with those connected glyphs.

I'd guess that it's Space Grotesk with those extra bits added manually.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Space+Grotesk

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