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

[barnosch]

Since i updated to the actual RTSPStream version i have a new issue.
The whole mirror crashes for some reason (black screen) and only the stream is still showing.
This is not on a regular basis, after some hours it happens.
Rebooting and everything is fine again.

I have not updated yet to the new MM version (because of all the issue threads in the forum)

Any idea?

[shbatm]

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

The whole mirror crashes for some reason (black screen) and only the stream is still showing.

Is there anything that shows up in the server or console log? Can you run the mirror using npm start dev to monitor the electron console for logs and let me know what the error is?

I had already upgraded my mirror to the new version, there may be a dependency or change that is effecting it that I missed.

[richfreeman]

Sorry to hijack this thread.
Are there any log’s created to investigate why a video feed will not display in the MM.
omxplayer will stream the feed fine from the command line, using
sudo omxplayer -o hdmi rtsp://0.0.0.0:554/onvif1

Any advice gratefully received…

Thanks.

[richfreeman]

udp protocol needed for my doorbell rtsp feed!
Just needed to add the protocol: “udp”,
instead of typical tcp.
Feed appeared after a few seconds!
At last!

[Vauxdvihl]

Hi,
thanks for this great module.
One question.
I am using a bird cam with another rpi
This “live stream” directly coming from the birds housing is available under the IP
“http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”
Unfortunately i am was not able so far, to “show” this live stream on my magic mirror.
The link that i used in the config file for this module was:
“rstp://http://…”
“http://…”
“rstp://…”

The Bird Cam uses “RPI CAM Control V6.2.31”

Can anybody help?
Thanks a lot

[shbatm]

@Vauxdvihl – when you open the stream in your browser, do you need any special plugins to view it?

Without digging too deep, it looks like this is a MJPEG stream, which can be viewed without any special software in the browser. For these kind of streams it’s easiest to just use the MMM-iframe module to show the stream.

If you don’t want to show the controls the page generates, you can find the link directly to the camera image by viewing the source of the camera stream page.

[Vauxdvihl]

@shbatm
THANKS A LOT
Thumbs up to you
It works

[nagaculun]

@shbatm
It works. But I have issue with global zoom.

With the zoom value 1.5, the module size is enlarged by 1.5 while the actual video feed is not.

How do I fix this ?

Thanks

[shbatm]

@nagaculun You’ll have to set the width and height of the stream manually because and OMXPlayer should resize the video for you. It’s a bit trial and error, but you should be able to get it lined up very close.

Refer to the README and the moduleOffset module setting and width, height, and absPosition stream settings.

Let me know if you have issues getting it to work.

[goprojojo]

I need some help with this module. I can see the RTSP stream without issues BUT when I use it with the MMM-Wallpaper then the stream doesn’t show. Any suggestions?

[evroom]

Hello,

I have been playing with MagicMirror for 2 weeks now and am slowly getting the hang of it.
It was the MMM-RTSPStream that sparked it all and made me decide to dedicate a monitor for all the other nice modules.

Now I have a question concerning MMM-RTSPStream.
The streams are ordered from left to right and then from top to bottom, all depending on the size of the windows.
I would like to have a bit more control, like with tables.
My goal for now is to have a bigger window on the left and 2 little windows on the right.

I have no idea how to place a picture, so I try to place a link to a picture.
This shows the current implementation, with 2 streams.

Current implementation - 2 streams

Any idea where and how to achieve that (if possible at all) ??

I guess the MMM-RTSPStream.css is a place to start, but for the moment I fail to understand it to be able to make the wanted changes.
Due to a lack of knowledge of css, but I am willing to learn.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Erik-Jan

[shbatm]

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

I guess the MMM-RTSPStream.css is a place to start

@evroom – First of all welcome to the community.

You should be able to do what you’re asking by manipulating the CSS (or another way I’ll mention below).

For CSS:

First, you should put all customizations in the ~/MagicMirror/css/custom.css file so they don’t get overwritten by any module or MagicMirror updates.

Try adding this to custom.css:

.MMM-RTSPStream .innerWrapper {
    float: left;
}

Without float (original):

With float (and reducing the size of the other two streams by half and the moduleWidth settings in my config):

Background if needed for further changes: the MMM-RSTPStream draws all of the streams inside of a single, outerdiv with the "MMM-RTSPStream wrapper" classes. Each stream consists of an "MMM-RTSPStream innerWrapper"-classed div block which contains all the controls, canvas, and screenshot for each stream. This is the tag you’ll need to manipulate to get it to do what you want. If you need to override one particular stream’s size/container, you can reference it in CSS by using it’s ID, which ends in the stream number. For example, something like this:

#iw_stream1 {
    width: 123px;
}

Additional option If you’re using Raspberry Pi directly attached to the monitor and using OMXPlayer to play the streams, you can also turn off the borders and send exact sizes and locations for each stream on the monitor using the absPosition parameter. See the README on GitHub for more details. This will break any thumbnail or remote playback, though.

[evroom]

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

.MMM-RTSPStream .innerWrapper {
float: left;
}

@shbatm
Thanks a lot! Works just fine.
A bit of calculating and adjusting the margin, and it does what I wanted.

[evroom]

Hi,

Quite happy with MMM-RTSPStream so far; thx to those that contributed to it.

Next thing I am trying to use MMM-RTSPStream for, is streaming sat-tv from a Dreambox & VU+ receivers.
I am able to stream a channel using:

omxplayer --vol -3000 --win “0 0 480 320” --live http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:

It is not a rtsp stream, but it can use omxplayer for streaming.
When I try to use MMM-iFrame, I can add the URL, but then it tries to open a program that can play mpg (and MagicMirror won’t start).
When I use it to stream using my browser (on my PC), I have it open VLC player, but installing VLC on Raspberry (using HW acceleration) is quite an act, so I would prefer to use omxplayer.

Could this be done ?

I am not so familiar with JavaScript and CCS (yet), more a Perl guy, but am willing to assist and test-drive.

[evroom]

Hi,

To come back to my own request.

The line that works from the command line is:

omxplayer --vol -3000 --win “0 0 480 320” --live http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:

When I look at the code
https://github.com/shbatm/MMM-RTSPStream/blob/master/node_helper.js

I notice following:

–vol : not present, not really necessary, yet
–win : present
–live : present
–avdict rtsp_transport:tcp : present, needed ?
-–video_queue 4 : present, needed ?
–fps 30 : present, needed ?

When home I will try:

$ omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win “0 0 480 320” --live -–video_queue 4 --fps 30 http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:

And I will try:

node_helper.js :

if (this.config[s.name].protocol == “http”) {
args.unshift(“–vol 3000”);
}

[evroom]

Okay, it is actually quite simple.
It works without any modifications.

stream1: {
	url: 'http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:2B66:3F3:1:C00000:0:0:0:', // ZDF HD
	//url: 'http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:', // ARD HD
	protocol: "tcp",
	width: 590,
	height: 332
}


2|mm       | Starting stream stream1 with args: [
2|mm       |     "--avdict",
2|mm       |     "rtsp_transport:tcp",
2|mm       |     "--win",
2|mm       |     "4, 608, 594, 940",
2|mm       |     "--live",
2|mm       |     "--video_queue",
2|mm       |     "4",
2|mm       |     "--fps",
2|mm       |     "30",
2|mm       |     "http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:2B66:3F3:1:C00000:0:0:0:"
2|mm       | ]
2|mm       | Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
2|mm       | PM2 started for omx_stream1

It is just that the Raspberry Pi 3 Model 3 and omxplayer only can handle 1 TS stream, as it appears to be the case.
Simular like the max. 3 RTSP camera streams.

So, if you do not use omxplayer for something else and you want to use MMM-RTSPStream for streaming just the one TS channel, it can be used.

[epi]

Hi @shbatm & others! After install (followed your guide here https://github.com/shbatm/MMM-RTSPStream), I see a black frame with a white border, without the stream. I tried both mine stream url and samples. My sample works great via VLC. Can you help me to find an issue?

{
module: 'MMM-RTSPStream',
position: 'middle_center',
config: {
    autoStart: true,
    moduleWidth: 354,
    moduleHeight: 240,
    localPlayer: 'omxplayer',    
    stream1: {
        name: 'Test Stream',
        url: 'rtsp://192.168.2.237:554/user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&channel=1&stream=0.sdp',
        snapshotUrl: '',
        snapshotRefresh: 10, // Seconds
        frameRate: "30",
        port: 9999,
    }
}
},

update, after a few commas in the config I managed to get test stream up&running, but not my webcam. Any solution available? :)

[epi]

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

rtsp://192.168.2.237:554/user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&channel=1&stream=0.sdp

I assume issue is in my stream URL either localPlayer. Any suggestions?

[epi]

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs

[TAILING] Tailing last 15 lines for [all] processes (change the value with --lines option)
/home/pi/.pm2/pm2.log last 15 lines:
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:51.125Z] PM2 log: App [omx_stream1] with id [1] and pid [6551], exited with code [1] via signal [SIGI                                              NT]
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:51.132Z] PM2 log: Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:omx_stream1 id:1
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:51.159Z] PM2 log: App name:omx_stream1 id:1 online
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:53.221Z] PM2 log: App [omx_stream1] with id [1] and pid [6582], exited with code [1] via signal [SIGI                                              NT]
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:53.234Z] PM2 log: Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:omx_stream1 id:1
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:53.253Z] PM2 log: App name:omx_stream1 id:1 online
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:59.249Z] PM2 log: Stopping app:mm id:0
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:59.562Z] PM2 log: App [mm] with id [0] and pid [6136], exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:59.632Z] PM2 log: pid=6136 msg=process killed
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:59.635Z] PM2 log: Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:mm id:0
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:42:59.651Z] PM2 log: App name:mm id:0 online
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:43:35.020Z] PM2 log: Stopping app:omx_stream1 id:1
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:43:35.054Z] PM2 error: Process with pid 6613 already exists
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:43:35.174Z] PM2 log: App [omx_stream1] with id [1] and pid [6613], exited with code [1] via signal [SIGI                                              NT]
PM2        | [2018-09-21T20:43:35.193Z] PM2 log: pid=6613 msg=process killed

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/omx-stream1-error.log last 15 lines:
/home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error.log last 15 lines:
0|mm       | WARNING! Could not validate config file. Please correct syntax errors. Starting with default configuration.
0|mm       | [885:0919/041827.726584:FATAL:bus.cc(1152)] D-Bus connection was disconnected. Aborting.
0|mm       | WARNING! Could not validate config file. Please correct syntax errors. Starting with default configuration.
0|mm       | [10472:0919/213258.329193:FATAL:bus.cc(1152)] D-Bus connection was disconnected. Aborting.
0|mm       | TypeError: `port` or a `server` must be provided
0|mm       |     at new WebSocketServer (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/node_modules/node-rtsp-stream-es6/node_modules/                                              ws/lib/WebSocketServer.js:44:11)
0|mm       |     at VideoStream.startListener (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/node_modules/node-rtsp-stream-es6/src/vid                                              eoStream.js:32:24)
0|mm       |     at Class.startListener (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/node_helper.js:49:32)
0|mm       |     at Class.socketNotificationReceived (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/node_helper.js:257:22)
0|mm       |     at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:113:11)
0|mm       |     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
0|mm       |     at Socket.emit (events.js:214:7)
0|mm       |     at /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:513:12
0|mm       |     at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
0|mm       |     at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log last 15 lines:
0|mm       | Starting stream stream1 with args: [
0|mm       |     "--avdict",
0|mm       |     "rtsp_transport:tcp",
0|mm       |     "--win",
0|mm       |     "800, 421, 1120, 661",
0|mm       |     "--live",
0|mm       |     "--video_queue",
0|mm       |     "4",
0|mm       |     "--fps",
0|mm       |     "30",
0|mm       |     "rtsp://192.168.2.237:554/user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&channel=1&stream=0"
0|mm       | ]
0|mm       | PM2: omx_stream1 already running. Stopping old instance...
0|mm       | Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
0|mm       | PM2 started for omx_stream1

[shbatm]

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

/user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&channel=1&stream=0.sdp

Looking at the logs it looks like it’s trying to launch everything correctly. Just to confirm:

1. The stream works correctly in VLC using the URL you have above.
2. Since you’re using OMXPlayer – you are testing on the mirror with the RPi connected (not with VNC/Remote Desktop, etc). You won’t see playback from OMXPlayer on anything but the monitor connected to the RPi.

You can try:

1. Make sure the stream works with OMXPlayer by testing with the command line (shut down Magic Mirror first):

   omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 800, 421, 1120, 661 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 rtsp://192.168.2.237:554/user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD&channel=1&stream=0.sdp
   

2. Test the above with and without .sdp at the end of the path. I noticed in your log above for some reason it didn’t pass the extension .sdp. I don’t know if this is the issue or not. You can also try without the --win argument to test it full screen.
3. Using UDP instead of TCP, put protocol: "udp" in your stream config (to test from command line, remove the rtsp_transport:tcp argument.
4. Using stream=1 to test the lower resolution sub-stream. Sometimes OMXPlayer just refuses to do anything (without any errors) if it doesn’t have enough video memory–I’ve only seen it happen trying to play 3 streams at once though.
5. Try adding a ? at the end of the stream url. Just something I saw while googling your url format to find out what kind of camera you have.