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    • M Offline
      maxbachmann
      last edited by

      @evroom
      Hm i Kind of fail to use it. When I use a config without url (I gave it a path to a local file)
      showSnapsWhen paused is activated, I get this black window on the screen so the stream does not interfere with anything, however nothing is shown with omxplayer (autostartplay activated)
      tried with mp4 and mov

      so how do I properly use a local file then?

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      • evroomE Offline
        evroom
        last edited by

        Can you try this config, just to know what works and what not ?

         {
            module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
            disabled: false,
            position: "middle_center",
            header: "Video",
            config: {
              autoStart: true,
              rotateStreams: false,
              moduleWidth: 900,
              moduleHeight: 364,
              localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
              remotePlayer: 'none',
              showSnapWhenPaused: false,
              remoteSnaps: false,
              stream1: {
                name: 'BigBuckBunny Test Stream',
                url: 'rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov',
                width: 480,
                height: 270
            },
        }
        

        Height and width are perhaps a bit odd; is what I use for my camera streams.

        I will look if streaming a local file is possible; never tried it.

        MagicMirror version: 2.30.0
        Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
        Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

        Test environment:
        MagicMirror version: v2.30.0
        Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
        Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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        • evroomE Offline
          evroom
          last edited by

          For me this works:

          url: '/home/pi/Videos/MoonEclipse.mp4',
          

          So no ‘rtsp:’.
          But I do not know if this sets the right parameters for this purpose, are more suited for CAM streaming I suppose:

          |mm       | Starting stream stream1 with args: [
          1|mm       |     "--avdict",
          1|mm       |     "rtsp_transport:tcp",
          1|mm       |     "--win",
          1|mm       |     "33, 620, 513, 890",
          1|mm       |     "--live",
          1|mm       |     "--video_queue",
          1|mm       |     "4",
          1|mm       |     "--fps",
          1|mm       |     "30",
          1|mm       |     "/home/pi/Videos/MoonEclipse.mp4"
          1|mm       | ]
          

          Makes my Pi very slow too, but that is because I put the file on the SD, which is not a fast medium in my case.

          MagicMirror version: 2.30.0
          Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
          Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

          Test environment:
          MagicMirror version: v2.30.0
          Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
          Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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          • M Offline
            maxbachmann
            last edited by maxbachmann

            ty I will try it

            Ok I tried. Your first config worked perfectly fine when I tried and it showed me the video. However when I just swapped the url with a file path the way you said in your last post the omxplayer does not open it

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            • MrCoffeeM Offline
              MrCoffee @maxbachmann
              last edited by

              @maxbachmann
              I am just wondering…did you downgrade your electron to avoid activating openGL?
              With openGL activated omxplayer ist not working anymore. Or did I get something wrong.
              Sorry, it is not an answer for your question.

              Thx
              Mr.Coffee

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              • M Offline
                maxbachmann
                last edited by

                Hm no I did not downgrade electron. I am really not that deap in the topic, but why does electron stop omxplayer from working? (at least in my case omxplayer still works, although it kind of does not work with local files for me for whatever reason)

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                • MrCoffeeM Offline
                  MrCoffee @maxbachmann
                  last edited by

                  @maxbachmann
                  Seems like you do not have the latest version of MagicMirror installed.
                  It is said “The latest versions of electron use an extreme amount of CPU power when no Open GL driver is loaded. This will result in an overheating Raspberry Pi.”
                  Thats why I had to activate OpenGL which stops the omxplayer from working (it is not the electron).
                  Enable the Open GL driver to decrease Electron’s CPU usage

                  But it is off topic. So thank you so far.

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                  • M Offline
                    maxbachmann
                    last edited by maxbachmann

                    wait they screwed electron even more??
                    What the heck is wrong with them I am already super annoyed they still use no hardware acceleration for videos

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                    • evroomE Offline
                      evroom
                      last edited by

                      To be honest, I do run MM 2.4.1, but did not activate OpenGL. That is to say, I commented out
                      #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
                      The electron processes do not show extreme usage and the temperature is around 48 celsius (25 celsius room temperature).
                      I have 2 camera streams running.

                      And I fail to see the difference between streaming via a rtsp url and from the SD card.

                      It just now pops up in my head; do you have the MPG2 license?
                      Try this to see if it is enabled:

                      # vcgencmd codec_enabled MPG2
                      

                      MagicMirror version: 2.30.0
                      Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                      Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                      Test environment:
                      MagicMirror version: v2.30.0
                      Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                      Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                      • M Offline
                        maxbachmann
                        last edited by

                        When not included by default I will definetly do not have it. Will try it when I am home later today.

                        And yes I am confused whats the difference aswell. Especially because I can absolutely use omxplayer with a local file from the shell

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