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

[shbatm]

@kasperb - I have a suspicion – I think this is the same issue @Niggich was having where OMXPlayer doesn’t like non-integer window dimensions.

Please try changing the moduleOffset: 0, setting to 0.5 and see if the video will work. If it works, you can change the offset back to 0 and try updating the module with the patch I just pushed:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
git fetch --all
git pull

If you experience issues with the stream stopping after running for a few days, I am still finalizing work on another branch to resolve this: wip_patch which runs OMXPlayer through pm2 so it will automatically restart feed and hopefully be more stable.

[barnosch]

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

If you experience issues with the stream stopping after running for a few days, I am still finalizing work on another branch to resolve this: wip_patch which runs OMXPlayer through pm2 so it will automatically restart feed and hopefully be more stable.

Great! Looking forward to it.

[kasperb]

@shbatm I’ve tried changing the moduleOffset to 0.5, as well as some other experimental values, but unfortunately that didn’t do the trick.

The configuration itself should work, as I had it working with a different RTSP cam previously.

[Johans]

Hi,
Can’t get this up and running.
tried to figure out the problem but as i’m newbie i’m missing the skills to locate the problem.
what I have done so far:
Tested my Foscam stream with VLC. This didn’t worked either. error message:

//Uw invoer kan niet geopend worden:
VLC kon de MRL 'rtsp://garden:garden1000%@192.168.1.241:1052/Videomain' niet openen. Controleer het logboek voor details.

then tested VLC with default stream - and this is working fine.
Next installed omxplayer and applied my camera stream as follows.

//sudo omxplayer -o hdmi rtsp://garden:garden1000%@192.168.1.241:1052/videoMain

Video codec omx-h264 width 1280 height 720 profile 66 fps 8.333333
Audio codec pcm_mulaw channels 1 samplerate 8000 bitspersample 8
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 1280x720@8.33 interlace:0 deinterlace:0 anaglyph:0 par:1.00 display:0 layer:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0

This works perfect, getting full image on the display.
conclusion: software is OK - just weird that my stream is not working on VLC.
could it because password has special char ‘%’ in it?

as omxplayer seams to work, I went back to config and added omxplayer.
switched to the wip branch.
started mirror - nothing happens - i get a blank screen. - below my config

//{
		            module: 'MMM-RTSPStream',
			    classes: 'default everyone',
		            position: 'middle_center',
		            config: {
		                autoStart: true,
		                rotateStreams: false,
		                rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
		                showSnapWhenPaused: false,
		                moduleWidth: 354,
		                moduleHeight: 240,
				localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
		                stream1: {
		                    name: 'Webcam 1 Test Stream',
		                    url: 'rtsp://garden:garden1000%@192.168.1.241:1052/videoMain',
		                    snapshotUrl: '',
		                    snapshotRefresh: 10, // Seconds
		                    frameRate: "25",
		                    port: 9999,
		                }
		            }
      		  },

without omxplayer and master branch active, I see the video play icon on the mirror, but nothing is displayed.

any ideas help to get this running would be great.

Also installed MMM-IP webcam but also no image from the webcam.

[Johans]

Switched back to master branch
started in dev mode.
error info see picture

[kasperb]

@shbatm I did a fresh install of the module, and am pleased to inform you that it’s working fine now. Thanks for your help!

[kasperb]

@Johans I had a similar issue, and was able to resolve it by re-installing the module.

I just realized that I also added the cam’s ip to the IP whitelist and moved this module to the top of the config; not sure if that did anything, but mine is working now, so it might be worth a shot.

[shbatm]

@Johans Which other modules are you using? It looks like you may be using something like MMM-ProfileSwitcher, there may be a conflict between these modules or it may be because of the % symbol in the password.

Also, when you switched to the wip branch, did you remember to re-run npm install in that folder? There are some additional dependencies for the wip branch.

[Johans]

@shbatm

re-installed module, changed IPcams password and removed the ‘%’
Result: No live stream.
swiched module to wip branch for usage with omxplayer:
Result OK, I can see the live stream from the IPCAM - so that is working.

so thanks for the feedback.

[Johans]

@kasperb
Re-installed - loaded wip branch and now it’s working - thx