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

evroom

Can you confirm that this works ?

$ /usr/bin/omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

I have to say that the error message using your stream looks rather ugly

WARNING: Failed to acquire D-Bus name ‘org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.omxplayer’

I do not know what is does.
The help says:

--dbus_name name.     Set D-Bus bus name (default: org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.omxplayer)

bill22

@evroom

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /usr/bin/omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
Video codec omx-h264 width 240 height 160 profile 578 fps 30.000000
Audio codec aac channels 2 samplerate 12000 bitspersample 16
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 240x160@30.00 interlace:0 deinterlace:0 anaglyph:0 par:1.00 display:0 layer:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0

displays the Bunny video and audio in the lower part of the screen. Video is half visible but i believe this is not important for the moment.

evroom

@bill22

Hi, last posts for today.

I found 2 parameters to test.

Can you do

$ /usr/bin/omxplayer --info --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803

and send the output ?

And

$ /usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803

and send the omxplayer.log ?

bill22

@evroom

/usr/bin/omxplayer --info --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803

output:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /usr/bin/omxplayer --info --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803
[1] 989
[2] 990
[3] 991
[4] 992
[5] 993
[6] 994
[7] 995
[2]   Fertig                  freq=394
[3]   Fertig                  bw=8
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

requested log for:

/usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803

Log:

21:51:55 T:1443630962 DEBUG: DllBcm: Using omx system library
21:51:55 T:1443632668 DEBUG: DllOMX: Using omx system library
21:51:55 T:1443633892 DEBUG: DllAvFormat: Using libavformat system library
21:51:55 T:1443636500 DEBUG: DBus connection succeeded

Thank you and have a good evening!

evroom

@bill22

2 more commands.
Just to be sure of a few things.

The --hw option did change the log output and the D-bus errors are gone.

$ /usr/bin/omxplayer --version

I get:

omxplayer - Commandline multimedia player for the Raspberry Pi
        Build date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:49:22 +0000
        Version   : f06235c [master]
        Repository: https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer.git

And:

/usr/bin/omxplayer --info --hw --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '6351 968 703 1210' rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

I get:

Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov':
  Metadata:
    title           : BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
  Duration: 00:09:56.48, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Audio: aac (LC), 12000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Stream #0:1: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline), yuv420p(progressive), 240x160, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 90k tbn, 48 tbc
have a nice day ;)

bill22

@evroom

Hi and good evening!

Looks i get the same as you:

/usr/bin/omxplayer --version

I get:

omxplayer - Commandline multimedia player for the Raspberry Pi
        Build date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:49:22 +0000
        Version   : f06235c [master]
        Repository: https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer.git

/usr/bin/omxplayer --info --hw --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win '6351 968 703 1210' rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

I get:

Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov':
  Metadata:
    title           : BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
  Duration: 00:09:56.48, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Audio: aac (LC), 12000 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Stream #0:1: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline), yuv420p(progressive), 240x160, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 90k tbn, 48 tbc
have a nice day ;)

evroom

@bill22
Looks like you are doomed to watch Buck Bunny for the rest of your Magic Mirror life :-)

You did not get an error with — hw in your previous mail.
It did return with the prompt, right ?
You did not have to stop it using control C, I mean to say?
Normally omxplayer exits with: have a nice day ; )

Can you try

/usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803

And check the log file.

bill22

@evroom

Hopefully not…! we may need to find another one if we cannot fix it… :-)

No i didn’t stop it using control C.

 /usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --win '351 968 703 1210' rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803

returns:

[1] 1897
[2] 1898
[3] 1899
[4] 1900
[5] 1901
[6] 1902
[7] 1903
[2]   Fertig                  freq=394
[4]   Fertig                  msys=dvbc

Log shows:
17:08:24 T:2113103317 DEBUG: DllBcm: Using omx system library
17:08:24 T:2113104714 DEBUG: DllOMX: Using omx system library
17:08:24 T:2113105528 DEBUG: DllAvFormat: Using libavformat system library
17:08:24 T:2113107746 DEBUG: DBus connection succeeded

evroom

@bill22

Okay, I think it is stumbling over the ampersands in your RTSP URL.
Try it with the RTSP part single quoted, like:

$ /usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --win '351 968 703 1210' 'rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803'

Quotes work in general. Tested it on friend Buck Bunny.

bill22

@evroom

Allright! :thumbs_up:

i have a picture overlay with the omxplayer showing the live stream TV signal!

Unfortunately it runs for a second and stops, continuously . > (buffer, cache,…?)

Audio is not there correctly. It sounds like white noise for a second and stops continuously.

bill22

@evroom

FYI:

/usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --win '351 968 703 1210' 'rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803'

shows:

Video codec omx-mpeg2 width 720 height 576 profile 4 fps 25.000000
Audio codec mp2 channels 2 samplerate 48000 bitspersample 16
Subtitle count: 1, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 720x576@25.00 interlace:3 deinterlace:1 anaglyph:0 par:1.42 display:0 layer:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0

evroom

@bill22
Getting somewhere.
Now you need to slowly add additional parameters.
Like --live --video_queue 4

bill22

i might be wrong. I added it here and received the error message “…file not found”:

/usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --win --live --video_queue 4 '351 968 703 1210' 'rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803'

Do i need to add those parameters somewhere else?

evroom

@bill22

/usr/bin/omxplayer --genlog --hw --live --video_queue 4 --win '351 968 703 1210' 'rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803'

bill22

@evroom

Thanks!
OK, positive effect on the video, running pretty smooth now!
Audio still missing…

evroom

@bill22
With Buck Bunny you had audio, right?
Audio over hdmi or audio jack?

Try adding --audio_queue 4
Then try removing --hw

bill22

@evroom

yes with Buck Bunny the audio was there.

I use audio over HDMI.

adding

--audio_queue 4

didn’t change the behaviour .

removed

--hw

Audio is working smoothly together with video ! !

evroom

@bill22
Great!!

Now you could try to enable the RTSPStream module again.
Use

url: ''rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1&freq=394&bw=8&msys=dvbc&mtype=256qam&sr=6900&specinv=0&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803'',

It can be that you need to play a little.

single quote single quote < url > single quote single quote
double quote single quote < url > single quote double quote
single quote < url with & > single quote

I hope you understand what I mean.

Look at the pm2 log for clues.

Over and out for today.

bill22

@evroom

Thank you very much for your guidance getting it to this point !!!

Great that it is working so far!

Have a good evening and i will follow your recommendations and let you know the outcome!

Bill

evroom

@bill22

Try this

url: 'rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/?avm=1\&freq=394\&bw=8\&msys=dvbc\&mtype=256qam\&sr=6900\&specinv=0\&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803',

Perhaps even the ? needs to be escaped

url: 'rtsp://192.168.178.1:554/\?avm=1\&freq=394\&bw=8\&msys=dvbc\&mtype=256qam\&sr=6900\&specinv=0\&pids=0,16,17,18,20,266,593,594,595,598,1801,1802,1803',