[MMM-RTSPStream] Cannot get vlc to work

requiemmg

Hi,

I have a cheap IP camera.
When I use my stream URL on my windows machine with VLC, it plays alright.

When I use omxplayer, I get the video stream rotated by 90 degrees (which I can fix), but totally out of the window, somewhere on the screen.

When I use VLC or ffmpeg, I only get a blank screen. Any idea about this? I’d like to use VLC.
I only use one stream at the moment.

Config is as follows:

{
            module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
            position: "upper_third",
            config: {
                autoStart: true,
                rotateStreams: false,
                rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
                moduleWidth: 640,
                moduleHeight: 480,
                localPlayer: 'vlc',
                showSnapWhenPaused: false,
                remoteSnaps: false,
                stream1: {
                    name: 'Einfahrt',
                    url: 'http://user:pass@IP:Port/videostream.cgi?usr=username&pwd=password',
                    frameRate: '10',
                    width: 640,
                    height: 480,
                    rotateDegree: 90,
                },
            }
        }

BKeyport

I’ve never gotten VLC to work properly.

Matter of fact, I’ve stopped using RTSPStream in favor of a custom module to open up a hole the screen for the camera, and manually running OMXPlayer so I can control it better because rotation never quite worked right.

Cr4z33

I moved from a RPI 4 to an Intel NUC and I actually got MMM-RTSPStream (almost) working.

The issue is that it does completely ignore my window size & position settings.

If it is a 1080i/1080p it gets displayed almost at 100% of screen while if it is at 576p it gets displayed on top left occupying 1/4 of the screen…

I am in desperate need to fix this module because it basically was the reason to build my smart mirror…

BKeyport

Check out https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2743/mmm-rtspstream-video-streaming-from-live-feeds-security-cameras/512?_=1595809229819

This is how to run OMX on top of the mirror, it’s super easy - around that post is all sorts of tricks on how to do it.

My use is on my rotated screen, in the upper right corner, 415 x 750 Window (The coordinates will always be landscape)

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --orientation 90 --win "1500 320 1915 1070" rtsp://user:pass@frontcam/h264Preview_01_sub

Cr4z33

@BKeyport we cannot use omxplayer on hardwares (Intel NUC in my case) other than Raspberry. ;)

Cr4z33

For your information MMM-FreeboxTV (with some little edits) does everything MMM-RTSPStream did with the difference that it keeps being developed and it works fine with VLC! 😁

A Former User

lol, If my module can help :)
At start, it’s for french user for wathing TV … now it’s for every one simply editing or create your own stream file ;)
It’s works ONLY with VLC