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

[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.

[shbatm]

@barnosch said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

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.

Issue #14 opened to track this problem to closure.

[Niggich]

@shbatm thank you for the fast answer, but this doesn’t fix the problem.

[shbatm]

@Niggich could you please post your server log (console or PM2’s log file) when it does this? You should have several lines starting with:

Starting stream stream1 with args: 

Also, what are you using to show/hide the module? (via MMM-Remote-Control or another module?)

This will help diagnose.

[Niggich]

@shbatm To show/hide the modules I using MMM-remote-Control.

Here’s the server log.

Starting stream stream1 with args: [
0|mm       |     "--avdict",
0|mm       |     "rtsp_transport:tcp",
0|mm       |     "--win",
0|mm       |     "203.390625, 1491.390625, 523.390625, 1731.390625",
0|mm       |     "--live",
0|mm       |     "--video_queue",
0|mm       |     "4",
0|mm       |     "--fps",
0|mm       |     "30",
0|mm       |     "rtsp://192.168.113.125:554/live/ch1"
0|mm       | ]
0|mm       | Starting stream stream2 with args: [
0|mm       |     "--avdict",
0|mm       |     "rtsp_transport:tcp",
0|mm       |     "--win",
0|mm       |     "553.390625, 1491.390625, 873.390625, 1731.390625",
0|mm       |     "--live",
0|mm       |     "--video_queue",
0|mm       |     "4",
0|mm       |     "--fps",
0|mm       |     "30",
0|mm       |     "rtsp://192.168.113.103:554/live/ch1"
0|mm       | ]

[kasperb]

Hello,

@shbatm thanks for the great module!

In order to make my camera work in omxplayer, I need to enter the following command before the RTSP streaming URL in Terminal:

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp 

The RTSP stream works fine with the added command in omxplayer. Full working command for reference:

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.0.130:10554/tcp/av0_1

Is there a way to add the command to the config in order for the camera to work?

When looking at node helper.js I see the following reference:

    if (this.config[payload.name].protocol !== "udp") {
        args.unshift("--avdict", "rtsp_transport:tcp");

I’ve tried to switch the protocol in the config to ‘udp’ (as well as ‘tcp’) to no avail. I hope you could point me in the right direction in order to solve this issue.

Full config below for reference:

   {
            module: 'MMM-RTSPStream',
            position: 'middle_center',
            config: {
                autoStart: true,
                rotateStreams: false,
                rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
                showSnapWhenPaused: false,
                moduleWidth: 354,
                moduleHeight: 240,
                moduleOffset: 0,
                localPlayer: 'omxplayer',    
                stream1: {
                    name: '360 Cam',
                    url: 'rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.0.130:10554/tcp/av0_1',
                    protocol: 'udp',
                    snapshotUrl: '',
                    snapshotRefresh: 10, // Seconds
                    frameRate: "5",
                    port: 9999,
                }
            }  

Thanks in advance!

[shbatm]

@kasperb said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Is there a way to add the command to the config in order for the camera to work?

Adding protocol: 'tcp' should have done the trick. You can also try just removing the protocol line completely since the default protocol is TCP. The default command for omxplayer is:

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 'x y w h' --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 {{url}}

The bit of code you referenced is to not include --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp when using a UDP stream.

Also, check the console log to see what command was used to start OMXPlayer. It should print the list of arguments.

[kasperb]

@shbatm Thanks for clarifying. I’ve removed protocol: 'tcp' from the config.

When executing the default command in Terminal, the video displays properly on my screen.

The MM logs indicate that the stream is started accordingly as well (see below), but unfortunately still nothing is visible on my Mirror.

0|mm       | Starting stream stream1 with args: [
0|mm       |     "--avdict rtsp_transport:tcp",
0|mm       |     "--win",
0|mm       |     "379.5, 841.5, 731.5, 1083.5",
0|mm       |     "--live",
0|mm       |     "--video_queue",
0|mm       |     "4",
0|mm       |     "--fps",
0|mm       |     "30",
0|mm       |     "rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.0.130:10554/tcp/av0_1"
0|mm       | ]

[shbatm]

@kasperb - I have a suspicion – I think this is the same issue @Niggich was having where OMXPlayer doesn’t like non-integer window dimensions.

Please try changing the moduleOffset: 0, setting to 0.5 and see if the video will work. If it works, you can change the offset back to 0 and try updating the module with the patch I just pushed:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
git fetch --all
git pull

If you experience issues with the stream stopping after running for a few days, I am still finalizing work on another branch to resolve this: wip_patch which runs OMXPlayer through pm2 so it will automatically restart feed and hopefully be more stable.

[barnosch]

@shbatm said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

If you experience issues with the stream stopping after running for a few days, I am still finalizing work on another branch to resolve this: wip_patch which runs OMXPlayer through pm2 so it will automatically restart feed and hopefully be more stable.

Great! Looking forward to it.

[kasperb]

@shbatm I’ve tried changing the moduleOffset to 0.5, as well as some other experimental values, but unfortunately that didn’t do the trick.

The configuration itself should work, as I had it working with a different RTSP cam previously.