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

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    dwburger @BKeyport
    last edited by Jun 25, 2020, 1:13 AM

    @BKeyport Yes, making good progress thanks to those of you who’ve helped. I’m having a difficult time with placing the window. I can get it in the upper-left of the screen using --win “0 0 600 300”, but I can’t seem to manipulate those coordinates to get the window to the lower-right. Can you point me to information that will help me understand this?

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      BKeyport Module Developer @dwburger
      last edited by BKeyport Jun 25, 2020, 2:05 AM Jun 25, 2020, 2:04 AM

      @dwburger

      Here’s how to do that.

      The coordinates are Top Left Bottom Right, assuming the monitor is in NORMAL mode (no rotation)

      So, if your monitor is 1920×1080. say, that’s your bottom and right coordinate to get it into the bottom right corner.

      top would be 1920 - WindowHeight
      left would be 1080 - WindowWidth

      using your example window size, and my example monitor size it would be, “1320 780 1920 1080”

      If you’d like to make the window bigger or smaller, you can refer to https://bneijt.nl/pr/resolution-scale-calculator/ to compute different sizes that won’t distort the image.

      Note: if you rotate your monitor, the normal/no rotation resolution is used for the calculations. so, in addition to adding “rotate” to the string, you’ll need to recalculate the sides to match.

      The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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        dwburger @BKeyport
        last edited by Jun 25, 2020, 3:22 AM

        @BKeyport Yep, that did it…thanks! Your explanation was so clear and concise (and simple). I don’t understand why I didn’t find a similar explanation on the web somewhere. I appreciate the help very much!

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          dwburger
          last edited by Jun 25, 2020, 3:50 AM

          Please pardon the rant…I got started down this path today since I was having stability issues with vlc inside the MMM-RTSPStream module. Now that I’ve gotten my Wyze RTSP stream working outside MM2 using omxplayer (with lots of expert help), I’m still having stability issues. The stream lasts for a few seconds to a few minutes and then vanishes. When I look at the RPi4 console, omxplayer has stopped giving me the “have a nice day” message. That’s cute and all, but It’s starting to annoy me. One advantage to the use of omxplayer is that I can easily automate restarting it. But, that doesn’t really address what seems to be a core issue with my Wyze camera or wifi ecosystem or ??? I don’t know enough about IP cams or streaming video or video players to know whether this is technically difficult to do or not, but it sure seems like all this should work way better than it does. Just sayin’.

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            BKeyport Module Developer @dwburger
            last edited by Jun 25, 2020, 4:17 AM

            @dwburger You’re right of course. It should be a ton easier. But, we’re at the mercy of people who know how to program this ((#%#% to understand what the average user wants, and that’s usually barking up the tree at a cat that’s long gone…

            The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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              dwburger
              last edited by Jun 27, 2020, 3:16 AM

              Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment, but I’d really like to get this to work. I went online looking for other RTSP players and found ContaCam (https://www.contaware.com/contacam.html). It’s Windows donateware and getting my Wyze RTSP stream up and viewing was simple. It’s been going for several hours. During the time the stream has been running on ContaCam I also accessed the stream with omxplayer on my Rpi4 and VLC on my Windows 10 machine. Both the omxplayer and VLC player stopped displaying live video after only a short time; the live stream on ContaCam is still going strong. Just wondering…are there settings in the ContaCam set-up that might be helpful in stabilizing the livestream video on the omxplayer? It seems apparent that the Wyze camera is working and my wifi network is OK, the weak link seems to be the player. Any suggestions on how to proceed down this path will be much appreciated.

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                dwburger
                last edited by Jun 28, 2020, 5:55 PM

                I thought I would put a close to my efforts here with the following:

                I believe I’ve found a solution. I decided to use ffmpeg from the RPi4 command line to save an image from the RTSP stream every 5 minutes. Every 5 minutes the new image overwrites the previous one, thus using the same filename. Then, I’m using mykle1’s MMM-EyeCandy module to display that sole image that’s housed in the /pix folder for that module. So, after several hours, ffmpeg continues to run (although it throws lots of “missed packet” errors), but it doesn’t abort. I’ll put ffmpeg under pm2 control next. Now, using MMM-EyeCandy, I’m getting a new image from my Wyze camera in the lower-right corner of my MM2 every 5 minutes. This is all I needed to stay reasonably up-to-date with what’s happening in front of that camera.

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                  Cr4z33
                  last edited by Jun 30, 2020, 2:33 PM

                  @shbatm I’ve moved MagicMIrror to a brand new RPI 4.

                  Can you see any reason why 1080i/1080p streams are not showing into your module?

                  I can hear them, but not see them. :confused_face:

                  This happens both if using omxplayer and VLC.

                  Standard resolution streams show up normally.

                  @evroom what about your experience?
                  Did you get a RPI 4 too?

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                    BKeyport Module Developer
                    last edited by Jun 30, 2020, 7:35 PM

                    That’s sounding like you’re plugged into the wrong HDMI port - make sure you’re using the port closest to the power supply.

                    The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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                      Cr4z33 @BKeyport
                      last edited by Jul 1, 2020, 2:47 PM

                      @BKeyport it is already connected there. :D

                      Fact is that 1080p videos, streams, etc. work perfectly if running in VLC as standalone.

                      The same does NOT happen when using VLC (or OMXplayer) in this module.

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