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

[djuscha]

I found that on my troubleshooting on the internet maybe that helps us?

RTSP-Stream-Viewer

[shbatm]

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

i tested the bunny rtsp and another camera that output a “rtsp://ipcamera:554/ch0.h264” link and both work,so i think the camera i want to use that output the “rtsp://ipcamera:554/12” link has a problem with omxplayer.I will look at pm2 logs and i ll get back to you,thanx
edit : the links that worked for me did not auto started but i had to press pause and play again.

pm2 log :

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log last 15 lines:
0|mm       | Starting stream stream1 with args: [
0|mm       |     "--avdict",
0|mm       |     "rtsp_transport:tcp",
0|mm       |     "--win",
0|mm       |     "738, 63, 1090, 305",
0|mm       |     "--live",
0|mm       |     "--video_queue",
0|mm       |     "4",
0|mm       |     "--fps",
0|mm       |     "30",
0|mm       |     "rtsp://admin:@192.168.1.108/12.h264"
0|mm       | ]
0|mm       | PM2: omx_stream1 already running. Stopping old instance...
0|mm       | Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
0|mm       | PM2 started for omx_stream1

i see no error but no streaming,only the name of the cam and black screen…

Looks like you’re using an older version of the module based on the log. Try pulling the new version and switching to the develop branch… you should see the full omxplayer command line output to the logs, which you can use to test your camera outside of MM and the module.

[swvalenti]

Updated to dev branch and use rotate streams true (3) and after 3 hours it completely locks up my entire RPi and I have to pull the plug and disable same. Seems like it is too much on CPU to keep starting/stopping OMX every 15 seconds to cause the crash? Single stream average RPi temp is 128f but when rotate is on it jumps to 160f. Maybe thats the issue?

[shbatm]

@swvalenti That could be. OMX player doesn’t switch very easily. VLC switching was working well on the newest version of Rasbian with OpenGL (Fake KMS) enabled.

[swvalenti]

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

@swvalenti That could be. OMX player doesn’t switch very easily. VLC switching was working well on the newest version of Rasbian with OpenGL (Fake KMS) enabled.

How do I make that switch and implement? Sorry for the noob question.

[shbatm]

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

I found that on my troubleshooting on the internet maybe that helps us?
RTSP-Stream-Viewer

Thanks for the link. Bits of that script look like the script I saw which originally inspired me to use omxplayer, but it has some additional options (like pushing a video off the screen instead of stopping it) that seem promising. I ended up using pm2 instead of screen because that’s what most MM users were already using, and it had the auto restart feature built in.

I don’t have much time for the next month or so to keep playing with the omx version, so if you wouldn’t mind, please open an issue on GitHub, and if you or anyone has time/skills to implement, I’ll be happy to take a PR.

To-do (notes to myself or anyone that works on this):

1. Implement dbus control to move the video off-screen instead of stopping it when we need to hide it: Example dbuscontrol.sh; npm dbus Package
2. Implement ffmpeg & vlc’s shutdownDelay option for omx player (e.g. move the video off-screen and stop it after x seconds instead of stopping it immediately when hiding a stream).

[shbatm]

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

How do I make that switch and implement? Sorry for the noob question.

Look back at previous posts in this thread, there should be several posts from the past month about switching and upgrading.

[shbatm]

@djuscha Use the latest develop branch version if you still want to use omxplayer with OpenGL (Fake KMS). I was stumbling around and found that omxplayer requires the --no-osd flag to work properly with the OpenGL (Fake KMS) driver.

[costascontis]

can someone use vlc instead of omxplayer with your module?If yes whats the pro and con on that?

[BKeyport]

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

can someone use vlc instead of omxplayer with your module?If yes whats the pro and con on that?

I know on the develop branch you can.

Pro: it kept the original aspect ratio.
con: it didn’t work more than once.