MMM-Ring: Displays a video stream of your Ring doorbell when someone rings your doorbell.

DustinBryant

@sithlordhood this one is a bit tough because I can’t recreate the issue you are having.

We can look at if the video is actually showing anything at all to determine if this is a sip session/ffmpeg issue or an issue on hls hooking into the video control and playing the stream. Try this:

Run MagicMirror
Minimize it
Using file explorer navigate to the MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RING/public/
Go ring your doorbell
Once a .ts file gets dropped into the public location open/play it. Maybe check a couple as well.

Is there video of your doorbell camera when you play those?

BTW, they will all be like 2 second long videos each. The stream (m3u8) is what ties them into a continuous video by playing them serialized.

sithlordhood

Hi, i have tried what you have suggested and a .ts file does get dropped in, I have tried to play it but it does not play, the file size is only 117 bytes.

I have tried this on a complete fresh system, running Raspbian Buster, with the current MM build, also this is the only module i have active in the config file. No video at all is shown on the mirror! help!

sithlordhood

These are the files in the public folder once the doorbell is pressed. Note these files only appear once the log shows “Front door video stram has ended”

-rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 0 Oct 31 20:10 stream0.ts
-rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 117 Oct 31 20:10 stream.m3u8

Regardless of the time set for “ringMinutesToStreamVideo” the log always shows a run of less than 30 seconds:

MMM-Ring at (10/31/2019, 8:09:42 PM): Front Door had its doorbell rung! Preparing video stream.
MMM-Ring at (10/31/2019, 8:10:03 PM): Front Door video stream has ended
timeout hit

DustinBryant

They don’t appear until ended? Wow, that’s a new one. You should definitely be getting them as soon as it says “Preparing video stream”.

This might be an authentication issue. Do you use 2 factor authentication with Ring by chance?

Check the debug console window for errors by running MagicMirror with using the following in the main MagicMirror folder:

npm start dev

This should start the MagicMirror with an additional window to the side that you can select the console and look for errors there.

sithlordhood

I’m not using Two-Factor authentication.

This is the extract from the debug console window

main.js:454 Initializing MagicMirror.
translator.js:202 Loading core translation file: translations/en.json
translator.js:225 Loading core translation fallback file: translations/en.json
loader.js:179 Load script: modules/MMM-Ring//MMM-Ring.js
module.js:468 Check MagicMirror version for module ‘MMM-Ring’ - Minimum version: 2.1.0 - Current version: 2.9.0
module.js:470 Version is ok!
module.js:476 Module registered: MMM-Ring
loader.js:150 Bootstrapping module: MMM-Ring
loader.js:179 Load script: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js
loader.js:155 Scripts loaded for: MMM-Ring
loader.js:194 Load stylesheet: modules/MMM-Ring/MMM-Ring.css
loader.js:157 Styles loaded for: MMM-Ring
loader.js:159 Translations loaded for: MMM-Ring
loader.js:194 Load stylesheet: css/custom.css
main.js:472 All modules started!
module.js:156 MMM-Ring received a system notification: ALL_MODULES_STARTED
module.js:156 MMM-Ring received a system notification: MODULE_DOM_CREATED
module.js:156 MMM-Ring received a system notification: DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:127 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Resources) This renderer process loads resources using insecure
protocols.This exposes users of this app to unnecessary security risks.
Consider loading the following resources over HTTPS or FTPS.

For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
warnAboutInsecureResources @ /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:127
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:184 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
Policy set or a policy with “unsafe-eval” enabled. This exposes users of
this app to unnecessary security risks.

For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
warnAboutInsecureCSP @ /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:184

DustinBryant

Is there a reason you’re using 0.0.0.0 over the default localhost?

Test with using localhost by setting it in the config file:

address: "localhost"

sithlordhood

its still the same im afraid:

main.js:454 Initializing MagicMirror.
translator.js:202 Loading core translation file: translations/en.json
translator.js:225 Loading core translation fallback file: translations/en.json
loader.js:179 Load script: modules/MMM-Ring//MMM-Ring.js
module.js:468 Check MagicMirror version for module ‘MMM-Ring’ - Minimum version: 2.1.0 - Current version: 2.9.0
module.js:470 Version is ok!
module.js:476 Module registered: MMM-Ring
loader.js:150 Bootstrapping module: MMM-Ring
loader.js:179 Load script: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js
loader.js:155 Scripts loaded for: MMM-Ring
loader.js:194 Load stylesheet: modules/MMM-Ring/MMM-Ring.css
loader.js:157 Styles loaded for: MMM-Ring
loader.js:159 Translations loaded for: MMM-Ring
loader.js:194 Load stylesheet: css/custom.css
main.js:472 All modules started!
module.js:156 MMM-Ring received a system notification: ALL_MODULES_STARTED
module.js:156 MMM-Ring received a system notification: MODULE_DOM_CREATED
module.js:156 MMM-Ring received a system notification: DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:127 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Resources) This renderer process loads resources using insecure
protocols.This exposes users of this app to unnecessary security risks.
Consider loading the following resources over HTTPS or FTPS.

For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
warnAboutInsecureResources @ /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:127
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:184 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
Policy set or a policy with “unsafe-eval” enabled. This exposes users of
this app to unnecessary security risks.

For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
warnAboutInsecureCSP @ /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/renderer/security-warnings.js:184

DustinBryant

I’m assuming you also rang your doorbell to see if the video came up now using localhost?

sithlordhood

@DustinBryant yes i did, a few times and still the same. The video files are still appearing after the log says stream has ended

DustinBryant

Ok, run in dev mode again but switch over to the Network tab (instead of console) and see if any of the lines have red text prior or after hitting your doorbell again.

sithlordhood

i dont see any entries in the network tab at all, i have stopped and restarted the record and hit the button on the doorbell but nothing apears in the log.

DustinBryant

I’ve exhausted everything I can think of. Your working with an ideal situation where everything is updated and fresh and still not able to get the stream. For some reason the videos aren’t getting dropped in that public folder for you when the event gets activated. Based on what you’ve provided it should be working.

Since I can’t recreate the condition on my end there’s not much I can do here. Your specific issue is the first I’ve seen or heard of. That layer of the module is utilizing the ring-api from dgreif which I have no contributions to.

If you’re adventurous enough and have a little bit of coding background you may try downloading his api and play with the browser example he has to see if you can get that working.

Sorry @sithlordhood !

sithlordhood

Ok, thanks very much for helping out.

One final thing that i thought of was that i’m using the wired ethernet interface on the Pi, not the WiFi. Not sure if this matters, just thought it a bit odd that i did not get any data displayed in the Network tab?

sithlordhood

Just to update - dont know whats changed but the module is working ok now! Thanks!

Peter Leemon

Hi all only a noob here would love to get my MM to show the RING video feed when someone rings the doorbell, but no idea how can anyone assist me in doing this please very much appreciated.

Cheers

Pete.

Doudy

@Peter
It’s the same for me
I have nothing in “Network”
I have no “Public” directory !

Help…

When i do /MagicMirror $ npm start dev
I have following :

Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: listen EADDRINUSE 127.0.0.1:8585
    at Object._errnoException (util.js:1024:11)
    at _exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1046:20)
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1351:14)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1392:12)
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.doListen [as callback] (net.js:1501:7)
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:97:10)
  code: 'EADDRINUSE',
  errno: 'EADDRINUSE',
  syscall: 'listen',
  address: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 8585 }

Peter Leemon

did you get yours to work?, I gave up at this stage

Doudy

@Peter-Leemon
Still no video
I don’t know if mmm-Ring works

DustinBryant

Unfortunately, I’ve since replaced my ring devices for something more localized. I do know recently Ring had an update that requires 2-factor authentication. You may want to try setting that up and following the directions on how to use it with mmm-ring.

Peter Leemon

out of curiosity what localized devices did you use and compatible with raspberry pi as well as MM?