Nehsmit Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Is it possible to program video to show up from a Ring Front doorbell on pressing it to either my Echo Show or any TV? Currently i can ask Alexa to show me my front door but I'd like it to automatically do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 If so, I would think that would have to happen between Ring and Amazon, without Control4 being involved (except possibly to turn on the TV and switch to the correct input). On the TV, what method were you trying to use to display the video from Ring? msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nehsmit Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 If so, I would think that would have to happen between Ring and Amazon, without Control4 being involved (except possibly to turn on the TV and switch to the correct input). On the TV, what method were you trying to use to display the video from Ring? I haven't tried TV. Was wondering if there was a way. Works on Amazon but dont know how to automatically have it flip to the camera. I have to actually ask Alexa to show me my front door. Was wondering if there were any drivers to do this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 47 minutes ago, Nehsmit said: Is it possible to program video to show up from a Ring Front doorbell on pressing it to either my Echo Show or any TV? Currently i can ask Alexa to show me my front door but I'd like it to automatically do it. depends on the device you are having display video on the TV. You could use a routine in alexa to activate the room and select the correct inputs and power it off. Could get more complex and use a snapshot and just return to the previous state too i bet msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Matt Lowe said: depends on the device you are having display video on the TV. You could use a routine in alexa to activate the room and select the correct inputs and power it off. Could get more complex and use a snapshot and just return to the previous state too i bet looks like the fire tv has it. so you might be able to use a custom mini app to pull the app on the fire tv. you would need the ring driver from @Kevin L. then on doorbell press activate the mini app and what ever else programming you would want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nehsmit Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 looks like the fire tv has it. so you might be able to use a custom mini app to pull the app on the fire tv. you would need the ring driver from [mention=122308]Kevin L[/mention]. then on doorbell press activate the mini app and what ever else programming you would want.So I have a bunch of fire TV and fire cube. I have a ring driver as well I thinj black wire. If you could do it I'm game. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just now, Nehsmit said: So I have a bunch of fire TV and fire cube. I have a ring driver as well I thinj black wire. If you could do it I'm game. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk think you need to watch the lua of the Fire tv and see if it puts out an app code so that you can use the mini app driver. If you can find that out its really easy to program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nehsmit Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 think you need to watch the lua of the Fire tv and see if it puts out an app code so that you can use the mini app driver. If you can find that out its really easy to program Ok. I have no idea what a mini app is though. I'll look at the fire TV app in my composer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just now, Nehsmit said: Ok. I have no idea what a mini app is though. I'll look at the fire TV app in my composer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk kinda like a shortcut for the firetv apps like netflix etc. Basically its a code that gets sent to the fire tv to open a specific app. So if you can see what the code is in lua as you open the ring app should be doable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I don't believe it's opening an app Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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