StreamAssist installation and configuration

Stream Assist integration is used to receive the RTSP stream from the Android device to do wake word detection. Stream Assist depends on a Home Assistant Assist being configured.

Detailed install video: https://youtu.be/DkRCgv2LzR8

Stream Assist project repo: https://github.com/AlexxIT/StreamAssist

Install Home Assistant Community Store (HACS): https://github.com/dinki/View-Assist/wiki/Install-Home-Assistant-Community-Store-(HACS)

Installation and configuration

To install Stream Assist:

• Open HACS
• Go to Integrations
• Click the 3 dots (upper top corner)
• Choose Custom repositories
• Copy paste AlexxIT/StreamAssist
• Go to Category: Integration
• Click Add
• Choose Stream Assist
• Click Install To configure Stream Assist:
• Go to settings
• Choose devices and services
• Click + Add Integration button at bottom right
• Search for Stream Assist
• Give the device a name (eg streamassist-livingroom)
• Enter the Stream URL for the microphone software you are using being sure to replace the example IP address with your IP tablet device's IP address
  • Example format for RTPMic rtp://192.168.0.152:55555
  • Example format for IPWebcam video and audio rtsp://192.168.0.152:8080/h264_ulaw.sdp or rtsp://192.168.0.152:8080/pcm_ulaw.sdp
  • Example format for IPWebcam audio only http://192.168.0.152:8080/audio.wav
• The media player device should be set to the device you'd like the audio to play from. I am using the media player device exposed from Fully Kiosk (eg media_player.tabletfullkiosk )
• You can choose a sound effect to alert when Assist is expecting a command. You can find many free sound effects at Pixabay. Here is one you may like. Pixabay has tons of free sounds. The one I chose for testing is:

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/system-notification-199277/

Enter this value to add it to your configuration:

media-source://media_source/local/system-notification-199277.mp3

Docker users may need to modify their paths like this:

media-source://media_source/media/system-notification-199277.mp3

NOTE Currently a bug exists in Stream Assist where it does not show all information needed for configuration. You may need to go back into the device configuration a second time to get all options to show up.

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For help finding your tablet's IP address, see this guide: https://github.com/dinki/View-Assist/wiki/Find-IP-of-Android-device

Additional installation and configuration can be found here: https://github.com/AlexxIT/StreamAssist?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

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Also, be mindful that the mic switch is on. I have seen this turn off when rebooting the Android device and need to write an automation to ensure it is always on on boot.