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

[dwburger]

I’ve got this module working with my Wyze camera, but the connection drops and the image freezes after a few minutes. Is there a way to automatically reconnect to the camera from within the module? I can do it by stopping and starting MM2 using PM2, but I’d rather not have to do that every few minutes. Thanks for any help or guidance!

[evroom]

Hi,

You can try adding this line to the config:

omxRestart: 1,

Automatically restart the OMX Stream every X hours.
Default: 24 (hours).

Btw. Assuming you use omxplayer. Do not have experience with other players.

localPlayer: 'omxplayer',

But getting rid of the root cause of connection dropping and image freezing after a few minutes seems better time invested.

[evroom]

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

Btw. Assuming you use omxplayer. Do not have experience with other players.

I use omxplayer ‘standalone’, not within MM, but under control of pm2.
When I restart my camera, the omxplayer is connecting to the stream automatically.
No restart of the omxplayer stream needed.
Just FYI.

[dwburger]

@evroom Thanks! I haven’t been able to get OMXplayer to work, only VLC. However, if I can’t get the auto-restart to work with VLC, I’ll see if I can’t get OMXplayer to work.

[BKeyport]

@dwburger I was having a ton of trouble streaming anything on my Pi 4. if you’re on a Pi 4, make sure to install the May 2020 update. Streaming is rock solid now.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/updating.md

I will note, I’m also using OMX Player independently from MM - the last releases of RTSPStream broke everything, and I couldn’t bother to get things working again. I wrote a little module I kept private because it’s not configurable to cut the desired space out of the MM workspace.

[sdetweil]

@BKeyport that link is for PI OS… does it apply to raspian buster?

[dwburger]

@BKeyport Yes, I’m using an RPi4. Thanks for the link for updating!

[BKeyport]

@sdetweil If you read it, They’re renaming the OS.

[sdetweil]

@BKeyport yes, I knew they were renaming… but also that s mostly applied tot he 64 bit version.
whatever, commands in progress on my 4

[BKeyport]

@sdetweil I read it as “Going forward” - meaning all releases after the date of announcement. But, as it’s still debian based under the hood, the commands would be the same (Or apt-get instead)