[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!

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