Always render a view even if default is unsupported.

src/camera-manager/frigate/camera.ts

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class FrigateCamera extends Camera {
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     cameraConfig: CameraConfig,
   ): Promise<PTZCapabilities | null> {
-    if (!cameraConfig.frigate.camera_name) {
+    if (!cameraConfig.frigate.camera_name || isBirdseye(cameraConfig)) {
       return null;
     }
 

src/camera-manager/store.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface CameraManagerReadOnlyConfigStore {
 
   getCameraIDs(): Set<string>;
   getVisibleCameraIDs(): Set<string>;
+  getDefaultCameraID(): string | null;
 
   getAllDependentCameras(cameraID: string): Set<string>;
 }
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ export class CameraManagerStore implements CameraManagerReadOnlyConfigStore {
     return this.getVisibleCameraIDs().size;
   }
 
+  public getDefaultCameraID(): string | null {
+    return this._cameras.keys().next().value ?? null;
+  }
+
   public getCameras(): Map<string, Camera> {
     return this._cameras;
   }

src/card-controller/initialization-manager.ts

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class InitializationManager {
       if (hasViewRelatedActions) {
         this._api.getQueryStringManager().executeViewRelated();
       } else {
-        this._api.getViewManager().setViewDefault();
+        this._api.getViewManager().setViewDefault({ failSafe: true });
       }
     }
 

src/card-controller/view-manager.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 import { ViewContext } from 'view';
-import { FrigateCardConfig, FrigateCardView, ViewDisplayMode } from '../config/types';
-import { View } from '../view/view';
+import {
+  FRIGATE_CARD_VIEW_DEFAULT,
+  FrigateCardConfig,
+  FrigateCardView,
+  ViewDisplayMode,
+} from '../config/types';
 import { log } from '../utils/debug';
 import { executeMediaQueryForView } from '../utils/media-to-view';
+import { View } from '../view/view';
 import { CardViewAPI } from './types';
 
 interface ViewManagerSetViewDefaultParameters {
   cameraID?: string;
   substream?: string;
+
+  // When failSafe is true, the view will be changed to an "always-works" view
+  // (e.g. `live`) if the proposed view is unsupported. By default the view will
+  // just not be changed.
+  failSafe?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ViewManagerSetViewParameters
@@ -75,8 +85,16 @@ export class ViewManager {
           cameraID = cameras.keys().next().value;
         }
       }
-      const viewName = params?.viewName ?? this._view?.view ?? config.view.default;
-      if (cameraID && viewName && this.isViewSupportedByCamera(cameraID, viewName)) {
+      let viewName = params?.viewName ?? this._view?.view ?? config.view.default;
+      if (cameraID && viewName) {
+        if (!this.isViewSupportedByCamera(cameraID, viewName)) {
+          if (params.failSafe) {
+            viewName = FRIGATE_CARD_VIEW_DEFAULT;
+          } else {
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+
         const displayMode =
           this._view?.displayMode ??
           this._getDefaultDisplayModeForView(viewName, config);