MMM-RTSPStream dosent work in my case

[alverman]

good night
It’s all day that I try to run the MMM-RTSPStream module without results.
My cameras are connected to a dvr and the stream I need to view takes it from the dvr with this string:
rtsp: //10.0.0.60: 554/h264/?ch=1&subtype=1&authbasic=admin:123456

Using vlc on a regular pc all works at the first shot.
Using ffplay on a regular pc works
If I use ffplay on raspberry, outside mmm, it works but after about a minute the flow stops.
If I use the form in magicmirror I see a window without stream.

My configuration in config.js is:

{
module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
position: "slide1mods_bottom_left",
header: "Video Surveillance",
config: {
autoStart: true,
rotateStreams: true,
rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
moduleWidth: 3,
moduleHeight: 240,
localPlayer: "omxplayer",
remotePlayer: "ffmpeg",
showSnapWhenPaused: true,
remoteSnaps: true,
stream1: {
name: 'Cam1',
url: "rtsp: //10.0.0.60: 554 / h264 /? ch = 1 & subtype = 1 & authbasic = admin: 123456"
frameRate: '15',
protocol: 'tcp',
hdUrl: 'none',
snapshotType: 'url',
snapshotRefresh: 10,
width: undefined,
height: undefined,
ffmpegPort: 9999,
},
}
},

When magicmirror runs, I see:

…
Create new news fetcher for url: http://www.repubblica.it/rss/cronaca/rss2.0.xml - Interval: 300000
Starting WebSocket server on port 9999. Waiting for connections …
Starting stream stream1 with args: [
    “–avdict”
    “Rtsp_transport: tcp”
    “–win”
    “139, 1546, 491, 1788”
    “–live”
    “–video_queue”
    “4”
    “–fps”
    “30”,
    “Rtsp: //10.0.0.60: 554 / h264 /? Ch = 1 & subtype = 1 & authbasic = admin: 123456”
]
Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
PM2 started for omx_stream1

It looks okay but I do not see the stream

If I run console omxplayer I see:

pi $ pi3mmm: ~ / MagicMirror $ omxplayer “rtsp: //10.0.0.60: 554 / h264 /? ch = 1 & subtype = 1 & authbasic = admin: 123456”
Video codec omx-h264 width 320 height 240 profile 77 fps 15.000000
Audio codec pcm_alaw channels 1 samplerate 8000 bitspersample 8
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V: PortSettingsChanged: 320x240@15.00 interlace: 0 deinterlace: 0 anaglyph: 0 par: 1.00 display: 0 layer: 0 alpha: 255 aspectMode: 0

and I can not see any streams open

If I run ffplay from console I see:

Input # 0, rtsp, from ‘rtsp: //10.0.0.60: 554 / h264 /? Ch = 1 & subtype = 1 & authbasic = admin: 123456’:
  Metadata:
    title: ZNRTSPServer
  Duration: N / A, start: 2.133311, bitrate: N / A
    Stream # 0: 0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p (tv, bt709, progressive), 320x240, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 90k tbn, 30 tbc
    Stream # 0: 1: Audio: pcm_alaw, 8000 Hz, 1 channel, s16, 64 kb / s

you open a window where I see the stream but after about a minute it locks.

Help, advice?

Thank you, Alberto

[barnosch]

did you put some spaces between the URL for better reading in the forum, or could this be the issue?

url: "rtsp: //10.0.0.60: 554 / h264 /? ch = 1 & subtype = 1 & authbasic = admin: 123456"

Should be look like this imho

url: "rtsp://10.0.0.60:554/h264/?ch=1&subtype=1&authbasic=admin:123456"

Have you tried to stream the teststream from the example?
Just to see if everything is set up correctly from module side.

[alverman]

hi barnosch,
the string is just that inserted in the forum has taken this look.
The string in the configuration is right.
One test I did not do is the one you have proposed.
after I put the video file on my desktop I changed the form string with:

{
module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
position: "slide1mods_bottom_left",
header: "Video Surveillance",
config: {
autoStart: true,
rotateStreams: true,
rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
moduleWidth: 3,
moduleHeight: 240,
localPlayer: "omxplayer",
remotePlayer: "ffmpeg",
showSnapWhenPaused: true,
remoteSnaps: true,
stream1: {
name: 'Cam1',
// url: "rtsp://10.0.0.60:554/h264/?ch=1&subtype=1&authbasic=admin:123456"
url: '/home/pi/Desktop/test.h264',
frameRate: '15',
protocol: 'tcp',
hdUrl: 'none',
snapshotType: 'url',
snapshotRefresh: 10,
width: undefined,
height: undefined,
ffmpegPort: 9999,
},
}
},

But you see nothing.
Performing the console test file with:

omxplayer /home/pi/Desktop/test.h264

I see the movie !!
I do not know what else to try !!

[barnosch]

have you installed the dependencies from the module?
“npm install” within the MMM-RTSP folder

Could it maybe be a issue with your custom made CSS “postition”?
Maybe you should try a ordinary original one for testing

[alverman]

Hi barnosch,
I ran npm install in the module MMM-RTSPStram folder.
I had already tried the normal MagicMirror css and went the same way.
On pi3 I have two versions of MagicMirror installed.
An original and one with all the modules I need.
To try one or the other version, rename the Home/pi/MagicMirror folder and test it

Thanks for your attenction, Alberto

[alverman]

Good morning,
I made a small step but I have not been able to solve it yet.
Until now I have tried console to display rtsp stream from my dvr without result.
Just putting the line -n -1 (no audio) succeeded, from the command line, to display the flow.
Then in the configuration file (config.js) or the MMM-RTSTStream module you should enter the parsing -n -1 !!
But how do I do it?

Thank you, Alberto

[alverman]

Another problem, always in console, is that if the stream tends to lower itself, the omxplayer closes

[alverman]

So I think I’ve solved the problem of why the console flow is interrupted!
from console I have to give this command:

omxplayer -g -n -1 --timeout 0 --avdict rtsp_transport: tcp "rtsp://10.0.0.60:554/h264/?ch=1&subtype=1& authbasic = admin:123456"

So now how can I add the switches:

-g -1 --timeout 0 --avdict rtsp_transport: tcp 

in config.js?

Any help please?

Thank you, Alberto

[alverman]

@alverman said in MMM-RTSPStream dosent work in my case:

So I think I’ve solved the problem of why the console flow is interrupted!
from console I have to give this command:
omxplayer -n -1 --timeout 0 --avdict rtsp_transport: tcp “rtsp://10.0.0.60:554/h264/?ch=1&subtype=1& authbasic = admin:123456”

So now how can I add the switches:
-n -1 --timeout 0 --avdict rtsp_transport: tcp

in config.js?
Any help please?
Thank you, Alberto

[alverman]

Sorry if I keep on this monologue but I’m going crazy !!
I’ve tried MagicMirror with only the standard modules and the MMM-RSPSream module.
Created the code to enter in config.js
Enter the code in config.js
Starting npm start I see the frame of rtsp stream but I do not see anything.
If I hit the frame I see the play icon if I get it I see the pause icon as if the stream was played but I see nothing.

I’m really tired of this thing.
I know it might go but it does not go and I just miss this form to close the project.

Really give me a hand please

Thank you, Alberto