[MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras

[barnosch]

added the pkill commands but it does not work. It does not kill the apps.

From time to time, the feed disappears. Have not yet found when and why.
Sometimes it runs 2 days without problems, the other day it only lasts for some hours.
Weird.

Only thing what helps is currently a reboot of the whole pi.

Since it was to complicated to log in on a device to give the reboot command, i set up a
Amazon Dash Button and placed it right next to the mirror.
So my wife can reboot the mirror with just a simple order- click. ;)

Hopefully the OMX version will become more stable sooner or later.

[xblackdemonx]

I don’t understand, I downloaded the module, i’ve added this to my config.js file and I only see the square box where it’s supposed to show the feeed but it doesn’t show anything. The box is blank. If I put the same URL(rtsp://192.168.1.2:554/unicast/) in VLC on my magic mirror it works fine.
My MagicMirror is setup using Debian Jessie and I autostart MagicMirror via PM2. The camera I use is the XiaoMi XiaoFang Smart IP Security Home Camera running fang-hacks Please help.

{
module: ‘MMM-RTSPStream’,
position: ‘bottom_center’,
config: {
autoStart: true,
rotateStreams: false,
rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
showSnapWhenPaused: false,
moduleWidth: 704,
moduleHeight: 240,
stream1: {
name: ‘salon’,
url: ‘rtsp://192.168.1.2:554/unicast/’,
snapshotUrl: ‘’,
snapshotRefresh: 10, // Seconds
frameRate: “30”,
port: 9999,
width: “320”,
height: “240”,
},

[kasperb]

@barnosch Having the same issue; only a browser refresh or restart of the MM works. I started to question my camera and thought it was going offline, but looks like it’s related to the current WIP version. :-)

[Niggich]

@shbatm I try everything to get stream working with omxplayer but I always get a black blank screen. I don’t know what can I try anymore. When I change it back to ffmpeg the stream is working…

[xblackdemonx]

@Niggich Then why do you insist on using omxplayer then?

[Niggich]

@xblackdemonx The ffmpeg have a time difference from live to stream about 10 seconds.

[xblackdemonx]

@Niggich Not for me. I see maybe a 1/2 second delay only.

[Niggich]

@xblackdemonx how you did this? I try everything… how is your config?

[xblackdemonx]

@Niggich Nothing special. Maybe reboot your cameras?

        module: 'MMM-RTSPStream',
        position: 'bottom_bar',
        config: {
            autoStart: true,
            rotateStreams: false,
            rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
            showSnapWhenPaused: false,
            moduleWidth: 354,
            moduleHeight: 240,
            stream1: {
                name: 'Salon',
                url: 'rtsp://192.168.1.2:554/unicast',
                snapshotUrl: '',
                snapshotRefresh: 10, // Seconds
                frameRate: "15",
                port: 9999,
           			 }
      		  }
 		   },

[Niggich]

@xblackdemonx ok, almost the same like my config. Just the Framerate is different. I change it like it is in your config and will see.

[Drooneyef]

I noticed the following:
When using omxplayer i also had a black screen instead of the camera image.
I removed the sd card and inserted it in a different raspberry.
Then everything was working fine.
The only difference between those 2 is the monitor connected to it.
It was working on a 7 inch monitor and on a 24 inch monitor it didn’t work.
The problem was the resolution.
Now the module is using stream2 and i changed in my Hikvision camera the resolution settings for stream2.
Now my mirror is working fine.
Maybe this is also a solution for you.

[bhepler]

I hope my configuration will help give you guys another possibility. I locked down my camera a bit with a username & password. So my configuration looks as so:

{
module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
    position: "bottom_left",
    config: {
          autostart: true,
          rotateStreams: false,
          showSnapWhenPaused: false,
          moduleWidth: 354,
          moduleHeight: 242,
          stream1: {
               name: 'Front Door',
               url: 'rtsp://[username]:[password]@10.0.0.25/cam1/mpeg4',
               port: 8027,
               shutdownDelay: 0,
               width: 352,
               height: 240,
               frameRate: "30"
               }
          }
}

[Niggich]

The stream works fine with the omx… finally, after 4 weeks playing…

Another question. Is any way to remove the little white Frame around video picture?

[Drooneyef]

@Niggich
What was the trick that made it work finally?

[barnosch]

@Niggich
Change the css file in the module folder like this

.MMM-RTSPStream .innerWrapper {
  position: relative;
  width: 352px; /* Video width + 2*border + 2*padding */
  height: 242px;
/*  border: 1px solid white; */   
  /*float: left;*/
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 15px;
}

the line “border: 1px solid white;” needs to be adujsted or uncommented like in my case

[Niggich]

@Drooneyef I put the port of my cam behind the IP-adress…

module: 'MMM-RTSPStream',
position: 'bottom_center',
config: {
		autoStart: true,
        rotateStreams: false,
        showSnapWhenPaused: false,
        moduleWidth: 704,
        moduleHeight: 240,
        moduleOffset: { top: 212, left: 0 },
        localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
        	stream1: {
                name: '',
                url: 'rtsp://192.168.113.125:554/live/ch1',
                shutdownDelay: 0,
                width: 320,
                height: 240,
                frameRate: "20",
                port: 9999,
			},
			stream2: {
                name: '',
                url: 'rtsp://192.168.113.103:554/live/ch1',
                shutdownDelay: 0,
                width: 320,
                height: 240,
                frameRate: "20",
                port: 10000,
			},

[Niggich]

@barnosch thx this works fine for me…

[shbatm]

@barnosch @Niggich - Glad you got it working. I will clarify in the next update: the camera port should be included in the url. The port setting for the stream is actually the socket ffmpeg uses (when ffmpeg is used instead of omx).

If anyone has any additional feature requests, clarifications, config options they would like, please let me know on here. I will get back to working on this module in the coming weeks; I am Houston, TX based so I’ve been occupied with other matters recently.

[Niggich]

@shbatm - The stream is working. Now I have another question/problem. When I hide the module an show it again the Video picture is in Fullscreen. Any fix for this? thx a lot…

[shbatm]

@Niggich I will need to investigate further.

As a temporary fix, you can try deleting Line 107 and Lines 109-114 in the node_helper.js file:

    ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/node_helper.js

You should be deleting the if…else block and this line will remain:

args.unshift("--win", `${payload.box.left}, ${payload.box.top}, ${payload.box.right}, ${payload.box.bottom}`);

I do not know if this will fix the problem but it is worth a try. I have opened Issue #13 to track the position, border, and fullscreen resume problems.