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

shbatm

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

i updated the module from work, but did not start the server thing to get the server config page.
Later at home i could not start the server anymore to reach the config page.

The config page is not mandatory, it just helps create a valid config file and helps you eliminate settings you don’t need to mess with. If you had a working version before on the wip branch, nothing significant has changed. If you used ffmpeg or the main branch before, you must update the port setting to ffmpegPort.

You should also still be able to get to the config page after install:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
# Make sure http-server is installed:
sudo npm i -g http-server
# Start the server:
http-server -p 9999
# Navigate in browser to:
http://magic-mirror-ip:9999/config.html

Niggich

@shbatm The installation of the “Graceful Shutdown” fails.

shbatm

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

The installation of the “Graceful Shutdown” fails.

OK. It’s not required to get the streams to work, but is required to shutdown the streams if you exit/stop MM. This will be included automatically in the next MagicMirror release.

If you’re comfortable making the changes manually, you can find them here f646360 – otherwise don’t worry about it for now, you’ll just have to stop the streams by hand if you exit MM (they will restart automatically if you restart MM).

Johans

@shbatm for the moment i didn’t use any scheduler, carousel or profileswitcher.

A Former User

Hi everyone, do you know how I would do this? I have a 8 channel Annke DVR analogue cameras not IP, I can view them via a web browser but a plugin is needed to be installed before I can view them.

shbatm

@PCPAYN3 said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

I have a 8 channel Annke DVR analogue cameras not IP

You just need to find out if you can access an RTSP stream for the cameras through the DVR. Not sure which exact model you have but:

First, check here: https://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Annke

Second, I found this after a Quick google search:
According to this thread here, you can access an RTSP stream for each of the cameras using the following:

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[ip]:[port]/[codec]/[channel]/[subtype]/av_stream
username such as admin
password such as 12345
ip: device IP, such as 192.0.0.64
port: 554
codec: h264, MPEG-4 or mpeg4
channel: channel number, such as channel one is ch1
subtype: type of steam. main stream is main and substeam is sub

For example:
main stream of channel 1
rtsp://admin:12345@192.0.0.64:554/h264/ch1/main/av_stream

substream of channel 1
rtsp://admin:12345@192.0.0.64:554/h264/ch1/sub/av_stream

barnosch

Since i updated to the actual RTSPStream version i have a new issue.
The whole mirror crashes for some reason (black screen) and only the stream is still showing.
This is not on a regular basis, after some hours it happens.
Rebooting and everything is fine again.

I have not updated yet to the new MM version (because of all the issue threads in the forum)

Any idea?

shbatm

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

The whole mirror crashes for some reason (black screen) and only the stream is still showing.

Is there anything that shows up in the server or console log? Can you run the mirror using npm start dev to monitor the electron console for logs and let me know what the error is?

I had already upgraded my mirror to the new version, there may be a dependency or change that is effecting it that I missed.

richfreeman

Sorry to hijack this thread.
Are there any log’s created to investigate why a video feed will not display in the MM.
omxplayer will stream the feed fine from the command line, using
sudo omxplayer -o hdmi rtsp://0.0.0.0:554/onvif1

Any advice gratefully received…

Thanks.

richfreeman

udp protocol needed for my doorbell rtsp feed!
Just needed to add the protocol: “udp”,
instead of typical tcp.
Feed appeared after a few seconds!
At last!