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ffmpeg issues on 64-bit Pi 4

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug Hardware acceleration is not working on my Pi4 using the raspi Debian Arm64 image. (not raspbian).

Version of frigate Latest aarch64 docker image

Config file Include your full config file wrapped in triple back ticks.

 detectors:
 42   coral:
 41     type: edgetpu
 40     device: usb
 39
 38 mqtt:
 37   host: mosquitto.ansible.house
 36   topic_prefix: frigate
 35
 34 ffmpeg:
 33   hwaccel_args:
 32     - -c:v
 31     - h264_v4l2m2m
 30
 29 objects:
 28   track:
 27     - person
 26   filters:
 25     person:
 24       threshold: 0.7
 23       min_area: 0
 22
 21 cameras:
 20   driveway:
 19     ffmpeg:
 18       inputs:
 17       - path: rtsp://192.168.1.247:7447/kxsyIbFo1g6kEX6Z
 16         roles:
 15           - detect
 14           - clips
 13           - rtmp
 12     fps: 5
 11     width: 1920
 10     height: 1080
  9     clips:
  8       enabled: true
  7
  6   backporch:
  5     ffmpeg:
  4       inputs:
  3         - path: rtsp://192.168.1.247:7447/jlrMUN3PUvQRiLhz
  2           roles:
  1             - detect
  0             - clips
  1             - rtmp
  2     fps: 5
  3     width: 1920
 32     height: 1080
 31     clips:
 30       enabled: true
 29
 28   sidedoor:
 27     ffmpeg:
 26       inputs:
 25         - path: rtsp://192.168.1.247:7447/TxFfDQWA6nQyleT2
 24           roles:
 23             - detect
 22             - clips
 21             - rtmp
 20     fps: 5
 19     width: 1920
 18     height: 1080
 17     clips:
 16       enabled: true
 15
 14   frontdoor:
 13     ffmpeg:
 12       inputs:
 11         - path: rtsp://192.168.1.247:7447/BFkoDhlFATcRc8DM
 10           roles:
  9             - detect
  8             - clips
  7             - rtmp
  6     fps: 5
  5     width: 1600
  4     height: 1200
  3     clips:
  2       enabled: true
  1
  0 clips:
  1   retain:
  2     default: 30

Frigate container logs

ffmpeg.sidedoor.detect         ERROR   : [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xaaaaecca5090] Could not find a valid device
ffmpeg.sidedoor.detect         ERROR   : [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0xaaaaecca5090] can't configure decoder

Frigate stats

Wont run long enough without acceleration to get this.

Computer Hardware

OS: raspi.debain.org pi4 arm64-bit image
Install method: Docker
Coral Version: USB
Network Setup: wired 1GB

Camera Info:

Manufacturer: Unifi
Model: G3’s x4
Resolution: 1080p
FPS: 5

Additional context I recompiled ffmpeg with libx264 support but still no go.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:53 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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NickM-27commented, Aug 24, 2022

i meant in the docker image 3de1948 - if i recall correctly the ffmpeg version in there has been modified as a test.

It used the standard apt ffmpeg, the fix for hwaccel on 64bit was using a new ffmpeg version with this fix and the fix for 32bit hwaccel was just to include extra dependency / metadata.

You can see https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues/2030#issuecomment-972503838 which shows another user that found RPi kernel / OS used affects this as well.

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krim404commented, Aug 25, 2022

one other thing i found was, that the binary in 3de1948 has this patch included, which is missing on the other binaries: https://github.com/Miouyouyou/FFmpeg-V4L2-Request