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

[BKeyport]

@sdetweil whoops!

[raf]

on my other two rpi I use the rpisurv program which has been doing great for a number of years
you can find it in ipcamtalk forum

[Hram2008]

@BKeyport
I used Ispy to generate the URL… when tested in the VLC player it works. Just wont show on the MM screen. I only get Loading RTSP Stream displayed or a black box.

[evroom]

@Hram2008 said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Please see below.

Hi,

I would first disable the module (disabled: true,) and restart MM.
Check if there are no omx_streams running (pm2 status).
Stop them when present (pm2 stop omx_stream1 / pm2 delete omx_stream1).

Then verify if omxplayer works standalone (use your own user & password & IP address).
If it does not work standalone, then there is no need to continue trying the module.

$ omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 85,65,725,425 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.55/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

If that works you can try this verified config (use your own user & password & IP address):

$ vi ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

  {
    module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
    //disabled: false,
    disabled: true,
    position: "middle_center",
    header: "Axis Security Monitor",
    config: {
      autoStart: true,
      rotateStreams: false,
      moduleWidth: 640,
      moduleHeight: 360,
      localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
      remotePlayer: 'none',
      showSnapWhenPaused: false,
      remoteSnaps: false,
      stream1: {
        name: 'Axis_P1448_LE',
        url: 'rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.55/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360',
        frameRate: "30",
        protocol: "tcp",
        width: 640,
        height: 360,
        omxRestart: 1,
        hwAccel: true,
      }
    }
  },

This works for Axis P1448-LE, M2026-LE Mk II and M1125-E.

Good luck.

[Hram2008]

@evroom
Thank you for the details, I am happy to report that the shared config also works for the Axis
Q3615. Thank you assist.

[warrendt]

@evroom thanks for this, I am trying to get my vivotek cameras working,

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 85,65,725,425 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://user:password@192.168.1.###/live1s3.sdp

This works great, and I see the feed perfect in the OMX player,

However, my config in the plugin doesn’t. I just get a black box. Any ideas would be appreciated.

		module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
			//disabled: false,
			//disabled: true,
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Cameras",
			config: {
				autoStart: true,
				rotateStreams: false,
				moduleWidth: 640,
				moduleHeight: 480,
				localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
				remotePlayer: 'none',
				showSnapWhenPaused: false,
				remoteSnaps: false,
				stream1: {
					name: 'Driveway',
					url: 'rtsp://user:password@192.168.1.###/live1s3.sdp',
					frameRate: "30",
					protocol: "tcp",
					width: 640,
					height: 480,
					omxRestart: 1,
					hwAccel: true,
					}
    		}
		},

[evroom]

@warrendt

Can you check following ?

Process omx_stream1 present:

$ pm2 status

$ ps -eaf | grep -v grep | grep omxplayer

Entries in pm2 log:

$ pm2 logs --lines 100

Might need to flush the logs and restart MM in order to show new RTSPStream log entries:

$ pm2 flush
$ pm2 restart MagicMirror

$ pm2 logs --lines 100

omxplayer version:

$ omxplayer -version

MMM-RTSPStream git status

$ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
$ git status

I am on the develop branch, you might need o switch to that too.

$ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
$ git checkout develop
$ npm install

[rhopkins7428]

@Hram2008

TLDR, I switched from VLC to omxplayer and my previously working config started working again

I’m using hikvision cameras,
I was having a similar issue, migrating from an working configuration on an old PI3 to a new fresh image on PI4,
fresh Magic Mirror/ and MMM-RTSPStream install, copied original config over but both VLC windows black.

You can click pause on each window, (then shows correct window name) but when you resume it’s just black windows. I confirmed running VLC standalone, using the open network URL, pasted same URL in config and it worked fine. (Like I mentioned running on an older PI no problems)

Anyway, I changed player to omxplayer in the config and it worked immediately, not sure why VLC in MM not working…

my config:

{
module: “MMM-RTSPStream”,
position: “top_left”,
config: {
autoStart: true,
rotateStreams: false,
rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
moduleWidth: 354,
moduleHeight: 240,
localPlayer: ‘omxplayer’,
remotePlayer: ‘none’,
showSnapWhenPaused: true,
remoteSnaps: false,
shutdownDelay: 12,
stream1: {
name: ‘Driveway’,
url: ‘rtsp://admin:secret@10.99.98.101:554//Streaming/Channels/2’,
frameRate: ‘undefined’,
snapshotType: ‘url’,
snapshotRefresh: 10,
width: undefined,
height: undefined,
},
stream2: {
name: ‘Front Door’,
url: ‘rtsp://admin:secret@10.99.98.37:554//Streaming/Channels/2’,
frameRate: ‘undefined’,
snapshotType: ‘url’,
snapshotRefresh: 10,
width: undefined,
height: undefined,
},
}
},

[BKeyport]

Sometimes with this app you gotta jiggle the handle.

[bhepler]

This may be a bit weird, but I’m trying to install this on a non-RaspberryPi piece of hardware running Ubuntu 20. Is there a manual installation process that doesn’t require OMXPlayer?I realize that it will limit my options to VLC, but I’m willing to try. I’m getting caught up on it trying to install a player that isn’t available on Ubuntu.

I tried installing OMXPlayer through the Snap store, but because the hardware is AMD64, it’s not available.