Motioneye: Can't edit camera settings

[walterdevos]

Environment:
motionEye Version | 0.39.3
Motion Version | 4.1.1
OS Version | Linux 4.14.81-v8
Raspberry Pi 3 B+
(Hass.io) Home Assistant 0.84.6

Recreate:

• In Hass.io , install motionEye via Add-on store. Everything default.
• Configure and Start plugin en go to web interface.
• Add a netwerk camera (RTSP). Enter all details (url, user, pass, etc).
• Save.

Changing settings:
Expected behaviour:

• Open web interface.
• Go to Video Device section
• be able to change URL , username and/or password
• Save

Observed behaviour:

• No fields for editing url, user or password are available (or read only).
• No edit button or link is visible.
  ( to change settings camera user needs to delete camera and add new )

[TheBarret]

I think thats on purpose i don't know the reason behind it but just make a new camera entry.

[ccrisan]

That is indeed on purpose. Editing them in the UI would have required a more complex code on the server side. Given that they are not details that one would edit on a daily basis, users can remove and re-add their camera in case those settings change.

[JoseAlcerreca]

Workaround: backup settings, modify config files and restore.

[tdashmike]

Workaround: backup settings, modify config files and restore.

Hi, where did you find the config files on the Home Assistant vm? Thank you.

[starbasessd]

Theoretically, you should be able to use backup/restore for the WebGUI (http:[ip_address]:8765 under Settings, General Settings, Di a Backup, save somewhere, edit the file using a Linux compatible text editor (NotePad++ in Windows is good) and then re-upload using Restore
If you need further suggestions, you could enable a volume share when starting the docker in HA, share /etc in the docker image to a local to the host folder. Step by step is beyond the scope of my support here. You could try asking over in HA.