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Doorbird doorbell problems, but Amcrest working great!
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug
First of all I would like to thank you for creating this superb product - I have loved using it! I have a Doorbird doorbell camera connected to Frigate. It works well for a few hours recording smooth clips, but then the fps drops dramatically, causing the live stream and any clips to become very jerky, with many missed frames and missing person detection. After a few hours of this, the stream stops working completely. If I reboot the Doorbird, Frigate resumes normal operation for a few hours, but then gradually deteriorates again
Version of frigate
Output from /api/version
0.8.4-5043040
Config file Include your full config file wrapped in triple back ticks.
detectors:
coral:
type: edgetpu
device: 'usb:0'
mqtt:
host: core-mosquitto.local.hass.io
user: mqttuser
password: <password>
ffmpeg:
global_args:
- '-hide_banner'
- '-loglevel'
- panic
hwaccel_args:
- '-c:v'
- h264_v4l2m2m
input_args:
- '-avoid_negative_ts'
- make_zero
- '-fflags'
- nobuffer
- '-flags'
- low_delay
- '-strict'
- experimental
- '-fflags'
- +genpts+discardcorrupt
- '-rtsp_transport'
- tcp
- '-stimeout'
- '5000000'
- '-use_wallclock_as_timestamps'
- '1'
output_args:
detect: '-f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p'
record: >-
-f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1
-strftime 1 -c copy -an
clips: >-
-f segment -segment_time 10 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1
-strftime 1 -c copy -an
rtmp: '-c copy -f flv'
cameras:
amcrest2front:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: >-
rtsp://admin:<password>@192.168.1.26:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
roles:
- detect
- record
- path: >-
rtsp://admin:<password>@192.168.1.26:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
roles:
- clips
- rtmp
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
clips:
enabled: true
pre_capture: 5
post_capture: 5
objects:
- person
retain:
default: 10
objects:
person: 14
objects:
track:
- person
filters:
person:
threshold: 0.65
min_score: 0.5
motion:
threshold: 15
mask: '4,98,3,2,638,2,639,107,435,67,413,31,174,45'
record:
enabled: true
retain_days: 30
snapshots:
enabled: true
timestamp: true
bounding_box: true
crop: false
amcrest3front:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: >-
rtsp://admin:<password>@192.168.1.22:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
roles:
- detect
- record
- path: >-
rtsp://admin:<password>@192.168.1.22:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
roles:
- clips
- rtmp
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
clips:
enabled: true
pre_capture: 5
post_capture: 5
objects:
- person
retain:
default: 10
objects:
person: 14
objects:
track:
- person
mask: 400,289,438,238,520,480,396,480
filters:
person:
threshold: 0.50
min_score: 0.72
record:
enabled: true
retain_days: 30
snapshots:
enabled: true
timestamp: true
bounding_box: true
crop: false
motion:
threshold: 15
mask:
- '231,64,222,0,0,0,0,429'
- '506,380,640,329,640,93,640,0,348,0,475,47,548,47,426,227'
amcrest1back:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: >-
rtsp://admin:<password>@192.168.1.25:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
roles:
- detect
- record
- path: >-
rtsp://admin:<password>@192.168.1.25:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
roles:
- clips
- rtmp
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
clips:
enabled: true
pre_capture: 5
post_capture: 5
objects:
- person
retain:
default: 10
objects:
person: 14
objects:
track:
- person
filters:
person:
min_area: 2000
min_score: 0.59
threshold: 0.67
record:
enabled: true
retain_days: 30
snapshots:
enabled: true
timestamp: true
bounding_box: true
crop: false
motion:
threshold: 10
delta_alpha: 0.3
mask:
- >-
0,480,0,0,640,0,640,190,538,70,296,59,203,100,109,160,16,204,33,319,164,480
- '440,361,434,245,376,229,322,284,347,391,403,430'
doorbird:
fps: 5
record:
enabled: true
retain_days: 30
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: 'rtsp://ghipav0005:<password>@192.168.20.41:554/mpeg/media.amp'
roles:
- detect
- record
- clips
width: 1280
height: 720
clips:
enabled: true
pre_capture: 5
post_capture: 5
objects:
- person
retain:
default: 10
objects:
person: 14
objects:
track:
- person
motion:
mask: >-
4,305,9,2,1279,0,1275,718,922,704,917,366,453,354,397,325,295,325,255,356,133,343,138,713,2,718
snapshots:
enabled: true
timestamp: true
bounding_box: true
crop: false
database:
path: /media/frigate/clips/frigate.db
clips:
max_seconds: 300
retain:
default: 10
objects:
person: 14
Frigate container logs
watchdog.doorbird INFO : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : FFmpeg didnt exit. Force killing...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. PyMemoryView_FromBuffer(): info->buf must not be NULL
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. read of closed file
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x55aa142c10] moov atom not found
/tmp/cache/doorbird-20210530053807.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.events INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530053807.mp4
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5586941c10] moov atom not found
/media/frigate/recordings/doorbird-20210530053807.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.record INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530053807.mp4
[h264 @ 0x55845410f0] no frame!
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[h264 @ 0x55cd6840f0] no frame!
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : No frames received from doorbird in 20 seconds. Exiting ffmpeg...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x559dbd0c10] moov atom not found
/media/frigate/recordings/doorbird-20210530061702.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.record INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530061702.mp4
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : No frames received from doorbird in 20 seconds. Exiting ffmpeg...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. read of closed file
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x559ad5bc10] moov atom not found
/media/frigate/recordings/doorbird-20210530062442.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.record INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530062442.mp4
watchdog.doorbird INFO : No frames received from doorbird in 20 seconds. Exiting ffmpeg...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. PyMemoryView_FromBuffer(): info->buf must not be NULL
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. read of closed file
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x55619bec10] moov atom not found
/media/frigate/recordings/doorbird-20210530062513.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.record INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530062513.mp4
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : No frames received from doorbird in 20 seconds. Exiting ffmpeg...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : FFmpeg didnt exit. Force killing...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x557c1b8c10] moov atom not found
/media/frigate/recordings/doorbird-20210530062850.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.record INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530062850.mp4
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x55adab7c10] moov atom not found
/tmp/cache/doorbird-20210530062850.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.events INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530062850.mp4
[h264 @ 0x559494b0f0] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x55a504b0f0] no frame!
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : No frames received from doorbird in 20 seconds. Exiting ffmpeg...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
watchdog.doorbird INFO : FFmpeg didnt exit. Force killing...
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. read of closed file
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. read of closed file
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x55a33d8c10] moov atom not found
/tmp/cache/doorbird-20210530070314.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.events INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530070314.mp4
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x55cc823c10] moov atom not found
/media/frigate/recordings/doorbird-20210530070314.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input
frigate.record INFO : bad file: doorbird-20210530070314.mp4
[h264 @ 0x55b1bb90f0] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x55945530f0] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x55a45f30f0] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x55b65f00f0] no frame!
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[h264 @ 0x55961470f0] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x5590254140] no frame!
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
[h264 @ 0x558d1130f0] no frame!
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : doorbird: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
Frigate stats
{
"amcrest1back": {
"camera_fps": 5.1,
"capture_pid": 49,
"detection_fps": 0.0,
"pid": 44,
"process_fps": 5.1,
"skipped_fps": 0.0
},
"amcrest2front": {
"camera_fps": 5.0,
"capture_pid": 47,
"detection_fps": 3.3,
"pid": 40,
"process_fps": 5.1,
"skipped_fps": 0.0
},
"amcrest3front": {
"camera_fps": 5.1,
"capture_pid": 48,
"detection_fps": 0.0,
"pid": 42,
"process_fps": 5.1,
"skipped_fps": 0.0
},
"detection_fps": 3.3,
"detectors": {
"coral": {
"detection_start": 0.0,
"inference_speed": 15.32,
"pid": 37
}
},
"doorbird": {
"camera_fps": 4.8,
"capture_pid": 51,
"detection_fps": 0.0,
"pid": 45,
"process_fps": 4.8,
"skipped_fps": 0.0
},
"service": {
"storage": {
"/dev/shm": {
"free": 1985.2,
"mount_type": "tmpfs",
"total": 1989.8,
"used": 4.6
},
"/media/frigate/clips": {
"free": 1260214.3,
"mount_type": "ext4",
"total": 1968255.7,
"used": 628029.1
},
"/media/frigate/recordings": {
"free": 1260214.3,
"mount_type": "ext4",
"total": 1968255.7,
"used": 628029.1
},
"/tmp/cache": {
"free": 1862.7,
"mount_type": "tmpfs",
"total": 1989.8,
"used": 127.2
}
},
"uptime": 46781,
"version": "0.8.4-5043040"
}
}
FFprobe from your camera
Run the following command and paste output below
ffprobe version 3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2 Copyright (c) 2007-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.2 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librubberband --enable-librsvg --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 55. 78.100 / 55. 78.100
libavcodec 57.107.100 / 57.107.100
libavformat 57. 83.100 / 57. 83.100
libavdevice 57. 10.100 / 57. 10.100
libavfilter 6.107.100 / 6.107.100
libavresample 3. 7. 0 / 3. 7. 0
libswscale 4. 8.100 / 4. 8.100
libswresample 2. 9.100 / 2. 9.100
libpostproc 54. 7.100 / 54. 7.100
[h264 @ 0x557125e4eac0] missing picture in access unit with size 38
[h264 @ 0x557125e4eac0] missing picture in access unit with size 46
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://ghipav0005:<password>@192.168.20.41:554/mpeg/media.amp':
Metadata:
title : RTSP/RTP stream from DoorBird
comment : mpeg/720p/media.amp
Duration: N/A, start: 3.295933, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuvj420p(pc, progressive), 1280x720, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc
Screenshots If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
I restarted Doorbird about 8pm last night, which improved things for a few hours.
Computer Hardware
- OS: [e.g. Ubuntu, Windows] Home Assistant OS 5.13 on RPi4 4GB
- Install method: [e.g. Addon, Docker Compose, Docker Command]
- Addon
- Virtualization: [e.g. Proxmox, Virtualbox]
- Coral Version: [e.g. USB, PCIe, None]
- USB
- Network Setup: [e.g. Wired, WiFi]
- Wired ethernet
Camera Info:
- Manufacturer: [e.g. Dahua]’
- Doorbird
- Model: [e.g. IPC-HDW5231R-ZE]
- D101S
- Resolution: [e.g. 720p]
- 720p
- FPS: [e.g. 5]
Additional context Add any other context about the problem here. I have 3 Amcrest cameras setup with 2 streams each (low and high res), which work brilliantly with Frigate.
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 2 years ago
- Comments:12 (5 by maintainers)
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Now that you mention it, I had the same issue. Frigate restreams the camera feed in RTMP, so you can just have 1 connection to the camera if you have other uses. That’s how frigate’s camera entities work for HA.
I use the doorbird integration because I have one with relays. I don’t use anything else from it. I found most of the entities to be unreliable.
Closing this issue, as I’m happy with recordings and clips with IR enabled. Still no idea why ffmpeg would shut down at night without IR light enabled on the camera.