[Config Support]: Config to make go2rtc streams available in HomeKit

[jerome71]

Describe the problem you are having

My config looks OK but, in Apple Home App, I do not see the go2rtc "cameras" and therefore cannot add them.

I did the recommended install of Frigate via docker compose on a 8GB Raspberry Pi 5, and it works fine with 6 1080p cameras (Coral ordered but not yet arrived).
I use 2 streams for each camera (record, detect), fetched by go2rtc as recommended.

I added the homekit config in the go2rtc section for 1 camera.
I mapped additional ports in docker-compose.yml (the usual 8971, 8554, 8555 TCP+UDP) plus 1984 for go2rtc, and 5353 (mDNS/Bonjour) and 51827 (HomeKit), with no success.

Yet the Home app on my iPhone finds no new device when I try to add one.

In the go2rtc Web UI, in the Add tab, HomeKit section, I can see the camera, but it has a strange IP address: 172.18.0.2, URL homekit://172.18.0.2:1984?device_id=4B:46:B5:FC:94:CA&feature=0&status=1.
Trying to pair it in the go2rtc webUI, I get errors
07/09/2024 14:44:49 error [homekit] unknown host: 172.18.0.2:1984
07/09/2024 14:44:49 error undefined error=tlv8: unmarshal zero data caller=github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/homekit/api.go:52

I am pretty new to Frigate, docker, these forums, so sorry if I am doing things in a bad way.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Version

0.14.1-f4f3cfa

Frigate config file

go2rtc: 
  streams:
    Escalier_Hameau:
      - rtsp://user:password@myIPcamera/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=1920x1080 
    Escalier_Hameau_small: # <- for RTSP streams
      - rtsp://user:password@myIPcamera/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360&fps=5
  homekit:
    Escalier_Hameau:                   # same stream ID from streams list
      name: Escalier      # custom camera name, default: generated from stream ID
      pin: 12345678           # custom PIN, default: 19550224

Relevant Frigate log output

Nothing special in Frigate logs.
Everything works fine except this particular issue.

Relevant go2rtc log output

07/09/2024 14:44:49	error	[homekit] unknown host: 172.18.0.2:1984
07/09/2024 14:44:49	error	undefined error=tlv8: unmarshal zero data caller=github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/homekit/api.go:52

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

CPU (no coral)

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

No response

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[NickM-27]

You have to run Frigate with host networking mode

[jerome71]

Thank you. Just added "network_mode: host" under frigate in docker-compose.yml and my camera appeared in the Home app. Great!!!
Now I just have to block port 5000 on my Pi.

[5at0ri]

hi I have the same issue but my go2rtc is an add-on for home assistant which was a os install onto my vm.
here are the go2rtc logs:

00:51:51.359	error	undefined error=hap: wrong PIN format: 123456 caller=github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/homekit/api.go:52
00:51:57.659	error	[homekit] unknown host: 10.1.2.15:1984
00:51:57.659	error	undefined error=tlv8: unmarshal zero data caller=github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/homekit/api.go:52
00:52:06.203	error	[homekit] unknown host: 172.30.232.1
00:53:26.385	error	[homekit] unknown host: 10.1.2.15:1984
00:53:26.386	error	undefined error=tlv8: unmarshal zero data caller=github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/homekit/api.go:52

here is my config:

streams:
  front_door:
    - rtsp://thisworks_live        # Stream URL from your Ring MQTT setup
    - ffmpeg:front_door#video=h264#hardware  # if your camera doesn't support H264, important for HomeKit
    - ffmpeg:front_door#audio=opus           # only OPUS audio supported by HomeKit

homekit:
  front_door:
    name: Front Door       # Name displayed in HomeKit
    pin: 12345678        # PIN to pair with HomeKit
    device_id: front_door  # Unique identifier for HomeKit
    device_private: front_door  # custom key, default: generated from stream ID

I also get this when seeing the new divide in hass