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[MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras
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@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=640x360With 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=640x360The positioning of the stream can be a bit of a pain.
Size of video stream:
(x2 - x1) x (y2 - y1) = 640 x 360To 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 saveTo see it run:
$pm2 statusTo restart it:
$ pm2 restart axisTo stop it:
$ pm2 stop axisTo remove it from pm2:
$ pm2 delete axis -
@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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 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
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@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.
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OK…I’ve got it displaying my Wyze rtsp live stream on the screen while MM2 is running. The live stream seems to start and stop so I’ll work on that. Also, I need to position it in the correct place (lower-right corner).
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@dwburger Looks like you’re on the way. Good luck to you!
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@BKeyport Yes, making good progress thanks to those of you who’ve helped. I’m having a difficult time with placing the window. I can get it in the upper-left of the screen using --win “0 0 600 300”, but I can’t seem to manipulate those coordinates to get the window to the lower-right. Can you point me to information that will help me understand this?
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Here’s how to do that.
The coordinates are Top Left Bottom Right, assuming the monitor is in NORMAL mode (no rotation)
So, if your monitor is 1920×1080. say, that’s your bottom and right coordinate to get it into the bottom right corner.
top would be 1920 - WindowHeight
left would be 1080 - WindowWidthusing your example window size, and my example monitor size it would be, “1320 780 1920 1080”
If you’d like to make the window bigger or smaller, you can refer to https://bneijt.nl/pr/resolution-scale-calculator/ to compute different sizes that won’t distort the image.
Note: if you rotate your monitor, the normal/no rotation resolution is used for the calculations. so, in addition to adding “rotate” to the string, you’ll need to recalculate the sides to match.
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@BKeyport Yep, that did it…thanks! Your explanation was so clear and concise (and simple). I don’t understand why I didn’t find a similar explanation on the web somewhere. I appreciate the help very much!
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Please pardon the rant…I got started down this path today since I was having stability issues with vlc inside the MMM-RTSPStream module. Now that I’ve gotten my Wyze RTSP stream working outside MM2 using omxplayer (with lots of expert help), I’m still having stability issues. The stream lasts for a few seconds to a few minutes and then vanishes. When I look at the RPi4 console, omxplayer has stopped giving me the “have a nice day” message. That’s cute and all, but It’s starting to annoy me. One advantage to the use of omxplayer is that I can easily automate restarting it. But, that doesn’t really address what seems to be a core issue with my Wyze camera or wifi ecosystem or ??? I don’t know enough about IP cams or streaming video or video players to know whether this is technically difficult to do or not, but it sure seems like all this should work way better than it does. Just sayin’.
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@dwburger You’re right of course. It should be a ton easier. But, we’re at the mercy of people who know how to program this ((#%#% to understand what the average user wants, and that’s usually barking up the tree at a cat that’s long gone…
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Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment, but I’d really like to get this to work. I went online looking for other RTSP players and found ContaCam (https://www.contaware.com/contacam.html). It’s Windows donateware and getting my Wyze RTSP stream up and viewing was simple. It’s been going for several hours. During the time the stream has been running on ContaCam I also accessed the stream with omxplayer on my Rpi4 and VLC on my Windows 10 machine. Both the omxplayer and VLC player stopped displaying live video after only a short time; the live stream on ContaCam is still going strong. Just wondering…are there settings in the ContaCam set-up that might be helpful in stabilizing the livestream video on the omxplayer? It seems apparent that the Wyze camera is working and my wifi network is OK, the weak link seems to be the player. Any suggestions on how to proceed down this path will be much appreciated.
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I thought I would put a close to my efforts here with the following:
I believe I’ve found a solution. I decided to use ffmpeg from the RPi4 command line to save an image from the RTSP stream every 5 minutes. Every 5 minutes the new image overwrites the previous one, thus using the same filename. Then, I’m using mykle1’s MMM-EyeCandy module to display that sole image that’s housed in the /pix folder for that module. So, after several hours, ffmpeg continues to run (although it throws lots of “missed packet” errors), but it doesn’t abort. I’ll put ffmpeg under pm2 control next. Now, using MMM-EyeCandy, I’m getting a new image from my Wyze camera in the lower-right corner of my MM2 every 5 minutes. This is all I needed to stay reasonably up-to-date with what’s happening in front of that camera.
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@shbatm I’ve moved MagicMIrror to a brand new RPI 4.
Can you see any reason why 1080i/1080p streams are not showing into your module?
I can hear them, but not see them. :confused_face:
This happens both if using omxplayer and VLC.
Standard resolution streams show up normally.
@evroom what about your experience?
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That’s sounding like you’re plugged into the wrong HDMI port - make sure you’re using the port closest to the power supply.
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@BKeyport it is already connected there. :D
Fact is that 1080p videos, streams, etc. work perfectly if running in VLC as standalone.
The same does NOT happen when using VLC (or OMXplayer) in this module.
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OK, that’s weird (but expected)
I never could get VLC to work. I can’t recall if OMX was working or not in the last public release, the developer branch was opposite.
I use OMX independently now, using @evroom 's method, however, that requires the may 2020 update to fix a number of bugs in my case.
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