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

BKeyport

You know, it figures… I say it’s stable, and it’s back to pre-PI 4 tricks. It’ll run for about two days before crashing, but that’s a lot better than pre-may2020 Buster - which was 5 minutes at the most.

sdetweil

@BKeyport wow… my pi4 has been booted solid for weeks… (last manual update boot)

dwburger

Updating didn’t solve the problem. Just wondering…I’ve seen recent references to using OMXplayer independent of MM2. Does this mean that the OMXplayer window is on top of the MM2 screen or somehow incorporated into it. Could someone give me a little push into understanding this?

evroom

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

Could someone give me a little push

When using the module or not, omxplayer always will be an overlay on top of your MM display.

Test if it works at all (example for an Axis IP camera):

$ omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 625 590 957" rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

With log:

$ omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 0 640 360" rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

The positioning of the stream can be a bit of a pain.
Size of video stream:
(x2 - x1) x (y2 - y1) = 640 x 360

To use it under control of pm2 (iso of vi you also can use nano):

$ cd /home/pi
$ vi axis.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Starting Axis stream ..."

# No rotation
omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 625 590 957" rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

$ pm2 start axis.sh
$ pm2 save

To see it run:

$pm2 status

To restart it:

$ pm2 restart axis

To stop it:

$ pm2 stop axis

To remove it from pm2:

$ pm2 delete axis

dwburger

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

omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win “0 0 640 360” rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

I’m just getting the “have a nice day” error. What would the most basic omxplayer command be? I just want to see the Wyze rtsp stream anywhere on the RPi 4 screen. I’ve tried: omxplayer rtsp://:@IP address and I get the “have a nice day” error.

evroom

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

I’m just getting the “have a nice day” error.

Can you see if the omxplayer.log gives a clue?
And what would your VLC url look like?

It can be that your cam or codec is not supported.

BKeyport

@dwburger Try this:

https://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Wyzecam

get a URL from them, then use that URL directly in OMXPlayer…

omxplayer [URL]

No other options, YET.

once you get that going, you can position and set FPS, etc.

dwburger

@evroom I ran the following command via SSH to a headless RPi 4. I stopped MM2 via PM2 so the RPi4 GUI desktop is all I see.

omxplayer -g rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/live

The omxplayer.log file looks like this:

23:13:40 T:18446744072105597939 DEBUG: DllBcm: Using omx system library
23:13:40 T:18446744072105599016 DEBUG: DllOMX: Using omx system library
23:13:40 T:18446744072105599609 DEBUG: DllAvFormat: Using libavformat system library
23:13:40 T:18446744072105600891 DEBUG: DBus connection succeeded
23:13:40 T:18446744072105601616 DEBUG: Keyboard: DBus connection succeeded
23:13:40 T:18446744072105601755 DEBUG: OMXThread::Create - Thread with id -1387290944 started
23:13:40 T:18446744072105601853 DEBUG: DllAvUtilBase: Using libavutil system library
23:13:40 T:18446744072105601872 DEBUG: DllAvCodec: Using libavcodec system library
23:13:40 T:18446744072105601888 DEBUG: DllAvFormat: Using libavformat system library
23:13:40 T:18446744072105602188 DEBUG: COMXPlayer::OpenFile - avformat_open_input rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/live
23:13:43 T:18446744072108706892 DEBUG: COMXPlayer::OpenFile - avformat_open_input enabled SEEKING
23:13:43 T:18446744072108707062 ERROR: COMXPlayer::OpenFile - avformat_open_input rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/live
23:13:43 T:18446744072108717572 DEBUG: OMXThread::Run - Exited thread with id -1387290944
23:13:43 T:18446744072108718100 DEBUG: OMXThread::StopThread - Thread stopped

dwburger

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

rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/live

I see I made an error with the rtsp URL. Here’s the correct one for my Wyze cam masking the username and password:

rtsp://d____:b____@192.168.1.117/live

dwburger

@dwburger It took several seconds, but entering the correct rtsp URL got my camera’s video stream onto the RPi4 screen (full-screen). I’ll follow it a while to see how stable it is.