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

[evroom]

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

Can you help me?

What platform are you on.
Raspberry Pi with Debian?

lsb_release -a

sudo apt-get install omxplayer

[Egnos]

@BKeyport and @evroom this is my environment:

• PC Hp Intel I5.

• Raspbian on Virtual Box (using Debian…).

First I try to make everything work on the virtual machine and then I transfer everything to PI.

Many thanks.

[BKeyport]

@egnos you might never get OMX working in a virtual environment. It works directly with the hardware to show the picture.

I would highly recommend setting it up on the pi now, and setting up SSH to communicate.

I also have SAMBA (https://www.juanmtech.com/samba-file-sharing-raspberry-pi/) running on my pi, so I can use Geany for Windows (https://www.geany.org/) to directly edit the raspberry files.

[Hram2008]

Has anyone been able to get this working with Axis camera products? VLC will pull and display the video stream outside of MM but will not display the same stream on MM when configured.

Any thoughts???

[evroom]

@Hram2008 said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Has anyone been able to get this working with Axis camera products?

Yes, I have.

Please show your MMM-RTSPStream part from config.js.

[BKeyport]

@Hram2008 have you tried running the URL straight with OMX to see if it works, if it does, you may have issues with the plugin itself, and as the author seems to have disappeared, you could just replace the plugin with OMX cutting the proper hole out of the window (It’ll go in front of whatever is running, so you run it independently, and it just works.

omxplayer --no-osd --no-keys --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --fps 30 --orientation 0 --win "640 0 1280 360" [URL]

-or- 

omxplayer --no-osd --no-keys --avdict rtsp_transport:udp --live --fps 30 --orientation 0 --win "640 0 1280 360" [URL]

[Egnos]

Hello everybody!
I’m trying to set up the module by doing some tests.

I am using this configuration, using the test stream recommended by the developer “rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov”:

{
		   module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
		   //position: "middle_center",
		   pages: {Security: "middle_center"},
		   header: "Test",
		   config: {
				autoStart: true,
				rotateStreams: false,
				rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
				moduleWidth: 354,
				moduleHeight: 240,
				localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
				remotePlayer: 'none',
				showSnapWhenPaused: false,
				remoteSnaps: false,
				stream1: {
					name: 'BigBuckBunny',
					url: 'rtsp://184.72.239.149/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov',
					frameRate: 'undefined',
					width: undefined,
					height: undefined,
						},
					}
		},

The module starts but I don’t see anything.
Below is a screen shot of the MM:

Where am I wrong?

Thank you all.

[bhepler]

@Egnos - Have you checked to make sure there is something at that URL? I punched it into VLC and got connection failed.

[Egnos]

@bhepler thanks for the answer.
I thought it was just my problem.
I found the link on the gitHub page.
The developer recommends using this link for testing and I thought it worked.

Do you know any public links to test the module?

Regards.

[evroom]

Try this link:

rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

[Egnos]

Many thanks @evroom, the link works in VLC but still doesn’t work in MM.

Below what I see on the terminal:

[10:58:31.986] [LOG]    Starting stream stream1 using: omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
[10:58:32.033] [LOG]    Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
[10:58:43.404] [LOG]    PM2 started for omx_stream1

Are there any errors in config.js?

		{
		   module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
		   //position: "middle_center",
		   pages: {Security: "middle_center"},
		   header: "Test",
		   config: {
				autoStart: true,
				rotateStreams: false,
				rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
				moduleWidth: 354,
				moduleHeight: 240,
				localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
				remotePlayer: 'none',
				showSnapWhenPaused: false,
				remoteSnaps: false,
				stream1: {
					name: 'BigBuckBunny',
					url: 'rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov',
					frameRate: 'undefined',
					width: undefined,
					height: undefined,
						},
					}
		},

Thanks for your patience!

[evroom]

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

the link works in VLC but still doesn’t work in MM

Hi,

What does this say ?

pm2 logs --lines 100

The part where you should see

0|MagicMirror  | Starting stream stream1 with args: [

And

pm2 status

should show

omx_stream1

And can you try it from the command line ?

omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 0 354 240" rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

[Egnos]

Hi @evroom ,

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

What does this say ?
pm2 logs --lines 100

I never posted this …!

I launched the command on the terminal you recommended but I still don’t see anything, here is the result:

pi@MagicMirror:~ $ omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 0 354 240" rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/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

And this the log “omxplayer.log”:
omxplayer.log

I paste all the info that the MM prints on the terminal:

> magicmirror@2.10.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> ./run-start.sh

[19:45:33.744] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.10.1
[19:45:33.792] [LOG]    Loading config ...
[19:45:33.805] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
[19:45:37.253] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[19:45:37.255] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-RTSPStream
[19:45:37.256] [LOG]    All module helpers loaded.
[19:45:37.257] [LOG]    Starting server on port 8080 ... 
[19:45:37.346] [LOG]    Server started ...
[19:45:37.348] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-RTSPStream
[19:45:37.350] [LOG]    PM2: Stopping all OMXPlayer Streams...
[19:45:37.352] [LOG]    Sockets connected & modules started ...
[19:45:38.246] [LOG]    Launching application.
[19:45:46.329] [LOG]    Starting stream stream1 using: omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
[19:45:46.426] [LOG]    Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
[19:45:53.630] [LOG]    PM2 started for omx_stream1

I don’t understand what’s missing…

[evroom]

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

I don’t understand what’s missing…

It does look good.

In principle, the line from the pm2 log

[19:45:46.329] [LOG]    Starting stream stream1 using: omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

should work as standalone.
If it does not play standalone, so from the command line, then it will not work in MMM-RTSPStream.

I would disable the module and make sure nothing is running anymore (no omxplayer stuff).

module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
disabled: true,

pm2 restart mm
pm2 status

Make sure ‘omx_stream1’ is not present.
Stop it when necessary

pm2 stop omx_stream1
pm2 delete omx_stream1

ps -eaf | grep -v grep | grep omxplayer

Kill any omxplayer process (kill -9 ).

Then run omxplayer from command line:

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

[evroom]

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

Are there any errors in config.js?

This is my config that works.
I think the only real difference is the omxRestart entry.

{
  module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
  disabled: false,
  position: "bottom_right",
  header: "MMM-RTSPStream Test",
  config: {
    autoStart: true,
    omxRestart: 1,
    rotateStreams: false,
    moduleWidth: "352px", // Width in px of the module.
    moduleHeight: "240px", // Height in px of the module.
    localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
    remotePlayer: 'none',
    showSnapWhenPaused: false,
    remoteSnaps: false,
    stream1: {
      name: 'BigBuckBunny',
      url: 'rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov',
      frameRate: "25",
      protocol: "tcp",
      width: "352px", // The width in px of the stream.
      height: "240px", // The height in px of the stream.
    }
  }
},

[Egnos]

@evroom many thanks!
I don’t know why but now I’m viewing the video in MM.
I haven’t touched anything!

[Egnos]

@evroom I finally understood what the problem is … that is VNC.
I use VNC to connect with the Raspberry PI and for some reason, using the VNC interface, the player is not displayed!
If instead I turn on the monitor where the Raspberry PI is physically connected I magically see the streaming … whether I run the command from the terminal or with the MM.

Can you explain this behavior?

[evroom]

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

Can you explain this behavior?

No, I cannot explain this, but I noticed it too.
No video over the VNC connection.

When I google, I see this recommendation:

Open VNC Server>Options>Troubleshooting. Then make sure "enable experimental direct capture mode is checked.

You might give it a try.

[costascontis]

hello,lil help,what do i have to add in custom.css to align MMM-RTSPStream window with the module below?
https://imgur.com/XQZNEvg

[Egnos]

@evroom now, enabling in VNC options “direct capture mode”, also from VNC I see the stream on omxplayer and on MM.

Many Thanks! 👍