The card claimed a camera's ONVIF audio backchannel in two places that
had
nothing to do with a call: the capability probe at camera init
(`µphone`),
and a pre-armed `sendonly` audio transceiver on every live WebRTC offer.
Merely
looking at a dashboard occupied the camera's speaker line. Outbound
audio now
travels on its own audio-only WebRTC connection, opened when a call is
answered
and closed when it ends.
- The backchannel is claimed only for the duration of a call. Idle
viewing
claims nothing.
- Two-way audio now works in `mse`, `mp4` and `mjpeg` modes (note: the
outbound
audio still traverses WebRTC).
- No renegotiation and no video blink at call start or end.
- A call that cannot carry audio now reports it and ends, instead of
showing a
live microphone that goes nowhere.
- `live.microphone.always_connected` is now purely about the browser
microphone
permission prompt.
- Call setup measured at 66ms (LAN) and ~260ms (cellular) for ICE and
DTLS, plus
~300ms for `go2rtc` to open an RTSP backchannel.
Verified against a live Frigate + `go2rtc` instance, and by unit tests
at 100%
coverage.
- Closes#2691
- Closes#2039
- Closes#2178
Ref #2299 -- the probe no longer opens a backchannel, but it still runs
per
camera on every load and reconnect, and still dials the camera on the
direct-`go2rtc` path. Caching remains to be done.
Ref AlexxIT/go2rtc#1860 -- once a call has opened a backchannel,
`go2rtc` keeps
that media set up on the camera's RTSP session for the life of the
producer.
Diagnoses #2678
- Closes: #2679
BREAKING CHANGE: `selected` and `unselected` are removed from
`live.microphone.auto_unmute` / `auto_mute`. A camera change ends any
call and the microphone only carries audio during a call, so neither
were useful.
The microphone is connected when a call needs it and released the moment
that
call ends, so the browser stops reporting it as in use at hangup rather
than
`disconnect_seconds` later.
Existing configurations are migrated automatically by the visual editor.
- Closes: #2681
BREAKING CHANGE: `live.microphone.disconnect_seconds` is removed. The
microphone is released when a call ends, so there is no idle countdown
to
configure. Use `live.microphone.always_connected` to hold it open
instead.
BREAKING CHANGE: The `microphone_connect` and `microphone_disconnect`
actions
are removed. The card owns the microphone lifecycle; `microphone_mute`
and
`microphone_unmute` remain.
BREAKING CHANGE: `call` is removed from `live.microphone.auto_mute`,
whose
default is now `[]`. The microphone is muted when a call ends regardless
of
this option.
BREAKING CHANGE: `microphone_unmute` has no effect outside a call.
Nothing
carries the audio at any other time, so the request is ignored rather
than
opening the microphone.
- Closes#2556
- Closes#2450
**Key intended features:**
- go2rtc compatible
- 100% test coverage to significantly improve ability to test, maintain
and work around browser weirdnesses (e.g. Safari).
- Written from the ground up in the style of the rest of the project.
**To use:**
- Change `live_provider` from `go2rtc` to `go2rtc-experimental`.
Draws significant inspiration (and direct styling) from
https://github.com/dermotduffy/advanced-camera-card/pull/2447 . Thank
you @Maudfer !
BREAKING CHANGE:
The microphone condition previously bundled two unrelated signals —
whether a two-way-audio session was connected and whether the microphone
was muted. Connection state is now its own dedicated call condition, and
microphone is reserved purely for mute state. Configs are upgraded
automatically (the card rewrites affected conditions under overrides,
elements, and automations). If you maintain config by hand, convert as
follows:
If you only used connected:
# Before
```yaml
condition: microphone
connected: true
```
# After
```yaml
condition: call
call: true
```
If you used both connected and muted — they must be split into two
conditions, since they no longer live together:
# Before
```yaml
condition: microphone
connected: true
muted: false
```
# After
```yaml
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: call
call: true
- condition: microphone
muted: false
```
Whilst the Frigate support in this card is the best among camera
engines, the name incorrectly suggests that Frigate is a requirement.
Instead, to broaden the appeal, change to more camera agnostic name.
This does not suggest any change in priority, role or support for
Frigate.
This change is likely to be bug prone, due to the size of the rename --
the code contains 1500+ references to "Frigate" most of which make sense
to rename, some which do not, all of which needed human assessment.
- Closes#1298
BREAKING CHANGE: References to `frigate-card` in all kinds of
configuration need to be updated to `advanced-camera-card`. An automated
config upgrade should take care of the majority of usecases (click `Edit
-> Upgrade -> Save`), though may not be perfect.
Dermot Duffy