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

Johans

@shbatm
Made some larger changes and saw the video moves. Now it’s perfect within the box.
I’ve noticed that when video is out of the box window, the omxplayer is not stopped or killed. Video still remains visible even MM has stopped.
At moment the video was perfect within the box, it also kills perfect the video stream.
Just wanted to let you know this.
thanks for the support.
J.

Niggich

@shbatm At first, thx for your great work. I finally tried to update the module but after npm installI get an Error message like this.

> MMM-RTSPStream@1.2.1 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
> ./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server

Applying Graceful Shutdown patch to MagicMirror.
error: Anwendung des Patches fehlgeschlagen: js/electron.js:96
error: js/electron.js: Patch konnte nicht angewendet werden

npm ERR! Linux 4.9.48-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.3.2
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.12
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! MMM-RTSPStream@1.2.1 postinstall: `./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the MMM-RTSPStream@1.2.1 postinstall script './install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the MMM-RTSPStream package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     ./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls MMM-RTSPStream
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/npm-debug.log

I tried to update and a Fresh install but at both ways I get the same Error.

shbatm

@Niggich It appears it is installing correctly and the post-install is not working, please try to run the following commands and see which one fails:

# Change directory
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream 
# Install the "Graceful Shutdown" patch on MM core (Issue #1056)
./install_sd_patch.sh
# Install the Node.js http-server module
sudo npm i -g http-server

shbatm

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

I’ve noticed that when video is out of the box window, the omxplayer is not stopped or killed. Video still remains visible even MM has stopped.

This sounds like there is still a glitch in the starting of the stream. I will investigate on my end too. Are you using any other modules that hide or show this one? Scheduler, Carousel, or ProfileSwitcher?

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!

Vauxdvihl

Hi,
thanks for this great module.
One question.
I am using a bird cam with another rpi
This “live stream” directly coming from the birds housing is available under the IP
“http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”
Unfortunately i am was not able so far, to “show” this live stream on my magic mirror.
The link that i used in the config file for this module was:
“rstp://http://…”
“http://…”
“rstp://…”

The Bird Cam uses “RPI CAM Control V6.2.31”

Can anybody help?
Thanks a lot

shbatm

@Vauxdvihl – when you open the stream in your browser, do you need any special plugins to view it?

Without digging too deep, it looks like this is a MJPEG stream, which can be viewed without any special software in the browser. For these kind of streams it’s easiest to just use the MMM-iframe module to show the stream.

If you don’t want to show the controls the page generates, you can find the link directly to the camera image by viewing the source of the camera stream page.

Vauxdvihl

@shbatm
THANKS A LOT
Thumbs up to you
It works

nagaculun

@shbatm
It works. But I have issue with global zoom.

With the zoom value 1.5, the module size is enlarged by 1.5 while the actual video feed is not.

How do I fix this ?

Thanks

shbatm

@nagaculun You’ll have to set the width and height of the stream manually because and OMXPlayer should resize the video for you. It’s a bit trial and error, but you should be able to get it lined up very close.

Refer to the README and the moduleOffset module setting and width, height, and absPosition stream settings.

Let me know if you have issues getting it to work.

goprojojo

I need some help with this module. I can see the RTSP stream without issues BUT when I use it with the MMM-Wallpaper then the stream doesn’t show. Any suggestions?