Unsuccessful video streaming - help please :)

shbatm

@mwoodage Make sure you can reach the stream in VLC or something similar first. Then try using the args that were spit out in the log to run omxplayer by itself from the command line. You may have to play with the arguments until you can get it work by itself, then you can change the module settings to match.

omxplayer –avdict rtsp_transport:tcp –win 334 796 686 1038 –live –video_queue 4 –fps 30 “rtsp://admin:*******@192.168.1.77:554//h264Preview_01_main”

evroom

A few hours ago I was busy with this module too, as it stopped to work after I loaded the latest changes.
I deleted and re-installed the module again; am on the origin/master branch.
For me, the stream only started after this command:

pm2 start omx_stream1

Perhaps worth a try.

With

pm2 list

you can see if omx_stream1 is online.

Then I saved the pm2 config to make it boot resistant

pm2 update
pm2 save

Btw, I do not see the

Starting stream stream1 with args

in the pm2 logs anymore.

mwoodage

Thanks shbatm - i’ve tried the stream several times on my laptop and it shows up without any problems. I’ve now installed VLC player on the Raspberry Pi and i can’t get the feed to work. I’m using exactly the same on both - any ideas?

rtsp://admin:*******@192.168.1.77/h264Preview_01_main

mwoodage

hi evroom, thanks for the help,
I tried what you said (after installing PM2!) but i just get the following:-

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 start omx_stream1
[PM2][ERROR] script not found : /home/pi/omx_stream1
script not found : /home/pi/omx_stream1
┌──────┬────┬──────┬────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name │ id │ mode │ status │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
└──────┴────┴──────┴────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
Use pm2 show <id|name> to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

Is that right?? I’m assuming not, as its saying script not found. I’ve un-installed omx player and re-installed it but get the same results.

Sorry, i’m completely new to this so please be patient with me :)

evroom

Did you setup auto start according to this procedure?

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror

Perhaps it worked for me because the omx_stream was already known by pm2 in my case.
Perhaps it needs to run once for pm2 to be useful.
No idea.

pm2 list

Only shows mm, or MagicMirror?

shbatm

@mwoodage The stream didn’t work in VLC player either (e.g. VLC by itself, nothing to do with MagicMirror)? Have you tried on your regular computer? Not playing in VLC may be signs of a bigger problem–unfortunately I can’t troubleshoot every camera out there… if you can get it working in VLC on the Pi, I can help try and get it working in the module.

Also FYI to you and @evroom, I am working on an update to the module to use VLC to play the videos instead of OMXPlayer – see details here: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2743/mmm-rtspstream-video-streaming-from-live-feeds-security-cameras/163

bhepler

@mwoodage - Not to worry, we’ll get you sorted out.

For starters, you are missing the script omx_stream1. pm2 has nothing to run so it can’t monitor the process. Or at least, that script isn’t located in /home/pi/

mwoodage

Hi everyone, thanks for your help so far.
Yesterday i wiped my RP clean and started a fresh install - however I still can’t get the camera stream to show up in the VLC player.
Is it because the camera is 5MP and therefore there’s too much data for the VLC player to process?
The same stream works on my laptop?

Thanks
Martin

shbatm

@mwoodage said in Unsuccessful video streaming - help please :):

Is it because the camera is 5MP and therefore there’s too much data for the VLC player to process?

That may be the case. Most cameras offer a second, lower-resolution stream that you could use for something like the mirror.