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

[evroom]

@bill22

Hi,

I used this Sunday to setup a second Pi, whilst watching F1.
Used a new SD, installed Debian Buster and Magic Mirror v2.8.0.

After I made sure I did not have any errors after rebooting, restarting MM, etc, I setup MMM-RTSPStream.
It now works for Bucks Bunny, my IP cam and my SAT receiver.
I can even rotate 2 SAT channels.

I also tested the little fix with --audio_queue 4and that works to (although I cannot check audio, as I have no speaker).

It does not say that this method will work for you (my RTSP was dead as a dodo), but it could be something to consider.
I will play a bit with single quotes, double quotes, etc, as that is a potential problem in your URL.

And it still leaves the issue with selecting a channel at will, through a trigger.

[bill22]

@evroom

Hi and sorry for the late response.

Sounds pretty good and promising!

How do you “rotate” your SAT channels? Does it change based on time (after x seconds)?
For me it could be good enough to have a few channels to change, of course better to select from a small list.

[evroom]

@bill22
In the config part add

rotateStreams: true,
rotateStreamTimeout: 60,

and add 2 or more streams (stream1 and stream2).

[BKeyport]

Silly question - is there a way within the RTSP protocal to detect when the camera detects motion, so you can trigger something? What I was thinking is to flash the screen background if the camera sees motion…

Thanks!

[twosquirrels]

Is there a way to hide the play/pause button? I’m not using a mouse on my mirror so it’s useless. Also, i’s creating its own separate gigantic white box that doesn’t line up with my actual video stream (which I have to force its position using moduleOffset).

[BKeyport]

The white box is easy to get rid of:

In ~/MagicMirror/css/custom.css

/* This removes the white border around the RTSP feed(s). */
.MMM-RTSPStream .innerWrapper {
  border: 0;
}

As far as the play button, I’ve never seen it, so I don’t know how to get rid of it, I don’t use keyboard or mouse on my mirror.

FYI, other css that might be useful:

/* This shrinks the left and right regions so that RTSPStream don't overlap. */
.region.right .module-content,
.region.left .module-content {
  min-width: 450px;
  max-width: 450px;
}

– B

[twosquirrels]

@BKeyport That worked to remove the white box, thanks!

I’m still struggling with getting the module to just show where I want it. I don’t know why it doesn’t just listen to “position” like every other module where I can tell them all to be top_right and they’d all line up in the appropriate order. I’m fighting with moduleOffset entering random numbers to see if I can find a decent spot, but it still overlaps, causes indentation, and is just a mess. Then often times the module will just disappear after being on screen for a couple minutes.

[BKeyport]

Odd - I’m having no problem moving it around - although, if you’re using OMXPlayer, it’s overlaying on top of the screen, it won’t play nice with other modules in the same position…

[osnapus]

Hello, I’m Peter,
when I add RTSTStream to my MagicMirror, I have a little problem with RTSPStream module.

When display is in normal mode on 27’ screen, everything is ok, picture from Cam is good, normal dimensions etc
https://photos.app.goo.gl/czoZvwryGmqfJRDg6

But when in /boot/config.txt in rpi3 the display_rotation=1, picture form cam is cut like on screen.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/VRycUb7zMw9LQVxh6

Someone could help me with this problem?

Many thanks to You All
Peter

[buzzkc]

@osnapus

Try using the GL driver to rotate…
https://github.com/michmich/magicmirror/wiki/configuring-the-raspberry-pi#enable-the-open-gl-driver-to-decrease-electrons-cpu-usage

I’ll post my config.txt and autostart settings tonight, don’t have access to them right now.