From 947daa7ef748b4c1027377e884672a66eba642f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Koushik Dutta Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 11:36:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update iOS-15.5.md --- plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md index f7c8ed8ce..8443292ae 100644 --- a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md +++ b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -# iOS 15.5 Home App Regression +# iOS 15.5 Home App Camera Bug -A new minor homekit plugin was just released to address severe performance bugs in the newly released iOS 15.5. TL;DR: Apple broke things. To work around it, update your Scrypted camera's HomeKit settings to use "Accessory Mode", and pair the camera with HomeKit. +A new minor #homekit plugin was just released to address severe performance bugs in the newly released iOS 15.5. TL;DR: **Apple broke things. To work around it, update your Scrypted camera's HomeKit settings to use "Accessory Mode", and pair the camera with HomeKit.** -Details: +**Details**: -iOS 15.5 was released. Apple changed the Home app connection behavior on iOS devices (but not Mac for some reason) to always route accessory bridge (like Scrypted) connections through the active Home Hub, even when the iOS device is on the same network. This means, all video streams from Scrypted to HomeKit route data through your Home Hubs before going to the iOS Home app. +iOS 15.5 was released. Apple changed the Home app connection behavior on iOS devices (but not Mac for some reason) to **always** route accessory bridge (like Scrypted) connections through the active Home Hub, **even when the iOS device is on the same network**. This means, all video streams from Scrypted to HomeKit route data through your Home Hubs before going to the iOS Home app. This extra network hop causes major performance issues, particularly when the HomeHub is a wireless HomePod: * The HomePod receives a video stream over wifi. @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ The problem again may compound itself if the HomePod is creating a recording at After extensive testing, I've found that the same Scrypted cameras in Accessory Mode retain their original behavior: the iOS Home app will connect to them directly, providing snappy and stable streams. Users are encouraged to migrate to Accessory Mode ASAP. This will become the new default soon. -Another benefit of running cameras in Accessory Mode is that the Rebroadcast plugin and Home app will send you notifications if the camera stream goes offline. +Another benefit of running cameras in Accessory Mode is that the Rebroadcast plugin and Home app will send you notifications if the camera stream goes offline. From 619343f84f424ceda224ec03d4dd9895a3da2aa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Koushik Dutta Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 11:37:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update iOS-15.5.md --- plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md index 8443292ae..63cb4ea21 100644 --- a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md +++ b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # iOS 15.5 Home App Camera Bug -A new minor #homekit plugin was just released to address severe performance bugs in the newly released iOS 15.5. TL;DR: **Apple broke things. To work around it, update your Scrypted camera's HomeKit settings to use "Accessory Mode", and pair the camera with HomeKit.** +A Scrypted HomeKit plugin was released to address severe performance bugs in the newly released iOS 15.5. TL;DR: **Apple broke things. To work around it, update your Scrypted camera's HomeKit settings to use "Accessory Mode", and pair the camera with HomeKit.** **Details**: From fcc0bd959de866b1322ad9aeb1f142ee26ca8ec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Koushik Dutta Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 11:38:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update iOS-15.5.md --- plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md index 63cb4ea21..d6f25f1c3 100644 --- a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md +++ b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ The problem again may compound itself if the HomePod is creating a recording at After extensive testing, I've found that the same Scrypted cameras in Accessory Mode retain their original behavior: the iOS Home app will connect to them directly, providing snappy and stable streams. Users are encouraged to migrate to Accessory Mode ASAP. This will become the new default soon. Another benefit of running cameras in Accessory Mode is that the Rebroadcast plugin and Home app will send you notifications if the camera stream goes offline. + +![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/73924/169710579-3412dfe9-70d7-491f-be80-704e24233dc5.png) From 2430474f382b6be8faa220e45fd37162d96af558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Koushik Dutta Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 11:40:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update iOS-15.5.md --- plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md index d6f25f1c3..319a52771 100644 --- a/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md +++ b/plugins/homekit/notes/iOS-15.5.md @@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ After extensive testing, I've found that the same Scrypted cameras in Accessory Another benefit of running cameras in Accessory Mode is that the Rebroadcast plugin and Home app will send you notifications if the camera stream goes offline. -![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/73924/169710579-3412dfe9-70d7-491f-be80-704e24233dc5.png) +