Feature Request: Browser notifications when viewing live stream

jstn
jstn
in General

I leave a tab open in my browser to monitor cameras from the live feed. It would be very interesting if SecuritySpy could also send a notification to the browser client, to notify them of an event, so I know to flip over to the live feed.

Perhaps this could be an option when selecting which camera, format, size, etc. ?

Thanks as always, Ben!

Justin

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  • Ben
    Ben
    edited April 2023

    Hi Justin, thanks for the suggestion, I think this is a good idea, we'll see what we can do in a future update.

    A good alternative, if you're viewing on an Apple Silicon Mac, is to use our iOS app for monitoring. This provides a nice interface, including live video and captured files, and also has notification features. Even though this app was designed for iOS, it can be run on any Apple Silicon Mac.

  • jstn
    jstn

    Bumping this request. 😎

    Thanks, Ben!

    Justin

  • Ben
    Ben

    Hi Justin, I've had a deeper look at the feasibility of this, and there's a problem in that the Notifications API offered by web browsers will only work over secure connections. For local-network connections, which is a common use case with SecuritySpy, HTTP is generally used, and this will prevent notifications from working.

    We don't want to implement a feature that will only work in some circumstances, so this may be a no-go, but we'll do some testing to see if there are any workarounds.

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