v7.0.7

7.0.7 (2024-06-10)

• Housekeeping.

v7.0.6

7.0.6 (2024-06-10)

• Breaking change: due to changes in the Protect controller, and my desire to continue to move forward rather than expend too much energy looking back, HBUP v7+ now requires Protect controller v4.0 or better.
• Improvement: further refinements to API livestreaming.
• Housekeeping.

v7.0.5

7.0.5 (2024-06-09)

• Fix: address a regression with pre-Protect 4.0-based controllers.
• Housekeeping.

v7.0.4

7.0.4 (2024-06-09)

• Improvement: more refinements to API livestreaming.
• Housekeeping.

v7.0.3

7.0.3 (2024-06-09)

• Housekeeping.

v7.0.2

7.0.2 (2024-06-09)

• Improvement: more refinements to API livestreaming.
• Housekeeping.

v7.0.1

7.0.1 (2024-06-06)

• Fix: addressed a regression in the first run webUI.
• Improvement: refinements to accessing the Protect Livestream API when livestreaming from the Home app. Certain camera types (notably the AI Pro and G4 Pro) will not livestream certain quality levels due to regressions in the current Protect controller firmware. I've implemented a workaround for the time being that forces the use of the high quality stream with those cameras. Let's see how it goes...Note: this is an experimental feature and I will accept no support requests related to it. You're on your own if you have an issue.
• Housekeeping.

v7.0.0

7.0.0 (2024-06-03)

• New feature: experimental support for using the Protect livestream API directly when livestreaming in the Home app. This will provide an instantaneous livestreaming experience, but it has some caveats that I'm continuing to work through. At some point it may become the default - for now, if you want to enable this feature, you'll need to do so through the feature options webUI under the video options section. Note: this is an experimental feature and I will accept no support requests related to it. You're on your own if you have an issue.
• Breaking change: default doorbell messages are no longer supported as of Protect controller firmware 4.0. That functionality has been removed from HBUP. To accomplish the same thing, just set a message with an indefinite duration either in HBUP, or through the Protect controller webUI (or native Protect app).
• Breaking change: dynamic bitrate support has been removed. This was always an esoteric and often misunderstood feature, and generally didn't do a great job of solving the problem it was meant to solve. In the era of HEVC on Protect, it makes even less sense now given the need to transcode in most circumstances.
• Improvement: if you're using the Protect enhanced encoding (which enables H.265/HEVC as the video codec Protect uses rather than H.264) setting on your cameras, HBUP will detect this and transcode even if you've requested that it not do so. HomeKit does not currently support anything other than H.264.
• Improvement: the HBUP webUI has been further refined. Nobody might notice but me, but it still makes me smile.
• Housekeeping: some significant spring cleaning and standardization.

v6.22.0

6.22.0 (2024-04-27)

• New feature: you can now choose to override the bitrates HomeKit requests (either locally or remotely). This allows you to have a much higher quality transcoding experience at home or remotely.
• Housekeeping.

v6.21.1

6.21.1 (2024-04-21)

• Fix: ensure we honor user-selected stream quality defaults.