It’s been a while since I’ve visited this thread, but wanted to share some updates on Blue Iris + openHAB integration.
I’ve been using BI’s motion detection + a separate hardware PIR to sense and confirm if someone is at the door. If there is, OH will send notifications through pushover. Pushover recently announced GIF support, so with some hacking, I’ve managed to adjust this to send an animated GIF of the recorded activity and include it in the notification.
Since it ties in a lot of different things (Blue Iris, FFMPEG, Pushover, OH2) the process is pretty hackish, but if anyone is interested, I can do a writeup.
Some sample images:
Converted GIF sample:
Pushover notification on phone (this is shown as animated GIF):
Linked live view:
