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

[Johans]

Hi,
Can’t get this up and running.
tried to figure out the problem but as i’m newbie i’m missing the skills to locate the problem.
what I have done so far:
Tested my Foscam stream with VLC. This didn’t worked either. error message:

//Uw invoer kan niet geopend worden:
VLC kon de MRL 'rtsp://garden:garden1000%@192.168.1.241:1052/Videomain' niet openen. Controleer het logboek voor details.

then tested VLC with default stream - and this is working fine.
Next installed omxplayer and applied my camera stream as follows.

//sudo omxplayer -o hdmi rtsp://garden:garden1000%@192.168.1.241:1052/videoMain

Video codec omx-h264 width 1280 height 720 profile 66 fps 8.333333
Audio codec pcm_mulaw channels 1 samplerate 8000 bitspersample 8
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 1280x720@8.33 interlace:0 deinterlace:0 anaglyph:0 par:1.00 display:0 layer:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0

This works perfect, getting full image on the display.
conclusion: software is OK - just weird that my stream is not working on VLC.
could it because password has special char ‘%’ in it?

as omxplayer seams to work, I went back to config and added omxplayer.
switched to the wip branch.
started mirror - nothing happens - i get a blank screen. - below my config

//{
		            module: 'MMM-RTSPStream',
			    classes: 'default everyone',
		            position: 'middle_center',
		            config: {
		                autoStart: true,
		                rotateStreams: false,
		                rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
		                showSnapWhenPaused: false,
		                moduleWidth: 354,
		                moduleHeight: 240,
				localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
		                stream1: {
		                    name: 'Webcam 1 Test Stream',
		                    url: 'rtsp://garden:garden1000%@192.168.1.241:1052/videoMain',
		                    snapshotUrl: '',
		                    snapshotRefresh: 10, // Seconds
		                    frameRate: "25",
		                    port: 9999,
		                }
		            }
      		  },

without omxplayer and master branch active, I see the video play icon on the mirror, but nothing is displayed.

any ideas help to get this running would be great.

Also installed MMM-IP webcam but also no image from the webcam.

[Johans]

Switched back to master branch
started in dev mode.
error info see picture

[kasperb]

@shbatm I did a fresh install of the module, and am pleased to inform you that it’s working fine now. Thanks for your help!

[kasperb]

@Johans I had a similar issue, and was able to resolve it by re-installing the module.

I just realized that I also added the cam’s ip to the IP whitelist and moved this module to the top of the config; not sure if that did anything, but mine is working now, so it might be worth a shot.

[shbatm]

@Johans Which other modules are you using? It looks like you may be using something like MMM-ProfileSwitcher, there may be a conflict between these modules or it may be because of the % symbol in the password.

Also, when you switched to the wip branch, did you remember to re-run npm install in that folder? There are some additional dependencies for the wip branch.

[Johans]

@shbatm

re-installed module, changed IPcams password and removed the ‘%’
Result: No live stream.
swiched module to wip branch for usage with omxplayer:
Result OK, I can see the live stream from the IPCAM - so that is working.

so thanks for the feedback.

[Johans]

@kasperb
Re-installed - loaded wip branch and now it’s working - thx

[shbatm]

Version 1.2.1 (Updated 15 Oct 2017) Now Available on ‘master’ branch

• Now uses hardware-accelerated OMXPlayer as default player for local video
• Resolved latency issues
• Uses PM2 to control stream playback – automatically restarts streams when they close
• Fullscreen, custom window and offset options now available.
• Important - please update your configurations after updating this module. as some settings have changed. This new version includes a new configuration tool for building your configuration section.

Fresh Install:

See the installation instructions on the README.

To switch back from the ‘wip’ branch:

(Only necessary if you want to, the ‘wip’ and ‘master’ are the same currently, but I will update the ‘wip’ with new features and bug-fixes first for testing. If you want to beta test, stay on ‘wip’)

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RSTPStream
git checkout master
git pull
npm install
http-server -p 9999
# From a web browser, navigate to http://mirror-ip:9999/config.html
# Once your config is made, press Ctrl+C to exit the config builder
# Restart your mirror and test!

[Johans]

@shbatm

Nice work man.
One small question: white box is not in line with the video window.
I added this line in the config

//      autoStart: true,
	rotateStreams: false,   //changed true to false		           
        rotateStreamTimeout: 10,    // seconds
	moduleWidth: 354,
	moduleHeight: 240,
moduleOffset: { top: 20, left: -20 },		
        localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
        remotePlayer: 'none',
        showSnapWhenPaused: true,
        remoteSnaps: true,

but this doesn’t change anything, position of video window isn’t moved.
how can I change the position?

[shbatm]

@Johans I just tried this on my mirror and was able to get the video feed to move without a problem. Did you try restarting the mirror & video feed after you made the change? You can also try making larger changes to make sure it’s actually moving : moduleOffset: { left -200, top: 200} or try just moduleOffset: 50 to make sure it works.

An alternative is to watch the console log for the parameters used:

Starting stream stream1 with args: [
    "--avdict",
    "rtsp_transport:tcp",
    "--win",
    "731, 439, 1259, 799",  # --- this is the position it tries to draw the video
    ...

And then add the following inside the stream1: { section to specify the exact position you want the video to show using the numbers from the log and your desired offset:

absPosition: { top: XX, right: XX, bottom: XX, left: XX },