HEVC/H265 stream issue with flv container / output codecs

Describe the bug Unable to get a stream/record from a RLC810A camera, mixed errors from video codec not compatible with flv and could not write header for output file, incorrect code parameters.

Version of frigate 0.8.4-5043040

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

mqtt:
  host: 10.5.80.20
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  stats_interval: 60
cameras:
  rlc520a_1:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args:
        - -c:v
        - h264_cuvid
      input_args:
        - -avoid_negative_ts
        - make_zero
        - -fflags
        - nobuffer
        - -flags
        - low_delay
        - -strict
        - experimental
        - -fflags
        - +genpts+discardcorrupt
        - -use_wallclock_as_timestamps
        - "1"
        - -rtsp_transport
        - tcp
      output_args:
        record: -f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c:v h264_cuvid -c copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://stream:stream@10.5.70.22:554//h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - detect
            - rtmp
            - record
    width: 2560
    height: 1920
    fps: 30
    detect:
      enabled: false
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain_days: 2
  rlc810a_1:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args:
        - -c:v
        - hevc_cuvid
      input_args:
        - -avoid_negative_ts
        - make_zero
        - -fflags
        - nobuffer
        - -flags
        - low_delay
        - -strict
        - experimental
        - -fflags
        - +genpts+discardcorrupt
        - -use_wallclock_as_timestamps
        - "1"
        - -rtsp_transport
        - tcp
      output_args:
              record: -f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c:v h264_nvenc -c:a aac #-c:a copy -loglevel error #-vf format=yuv420p|cuda,hwupload -r 25
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://stream:stream@10.5.70.23:554/h265Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - detect
            - rtmp
            - record
    width: 3840
    height: 2160
    fps: 25
    detect:
      enabled: false
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain_days: 2

Frigate container logs

frigate.video                  INFO    : rlc810a_1: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video                  INFO    : rlc810a_1: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
ffmpeg.rlc520a_1.detect        ERROR   : rtsp://stream:stream@10.5.70.22:554//h264Preview_01_main: Immediate exit requested
ffmpeg.rlc810a_1.detect        ERROR   : [flv @ 0x55c0daa7ac80] Video codec hevc not compatible with flv
ffmpeg.rlc810a_1.detect        ERROR   : Could not write header for output file #1 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Function not implemented
ffmpeg.rlc810a_1.detect        ERROR   :

Frigate stats

{
  "detection_fps": 0.0, 
  "detectors": {
    "coral": {
      "detection_start": 0.0, 
      "inference_speed": 10.0, 
      "pid": 36
    }
  }, 
  "rlc520a_1": {
    "camera_fps": 0.0, 
    "capture_pid": 41, 
    "detection_fps": 0.0, 
    "pid": 39, 
    "process_fps": 0.0, 
    "skipped_fps": 0.0
  }, 
  "rlc810a_1": {
    "camera_fps": 0.0, 
    "capture_pid": 42, 
    "detection_fps": 0.0, 
    "pid": 40, 
    "process_fps": 0.0, 
    "skipped_fps": 0.0
  }, 
  "service": {
    "storage": {
      "/dev/shm": {
        "free": 1073.4, 
        "mount_type": "tmpfs", 
        "total": 1073.7, 
        "used": 0.4
      }, 
      "/media/frigate/clips": {
        "free": 2038621.0, 
        "mount_type": "nfs4", 
        "total": 2146434.5, 
        "used": 107813.5
      }, 
      "/media/frigate/recordings": {
        "free": 2038621.0, 
        "mount_type": "nfs4", 
        "total": 2146434.5, 
        "used": 107813.5
      }, 
      "/tmp/cache": {
        "free": 2000.0, 
        "mount_type": "tmpfs", 
        "total": 2000.0, 
        "used": 0.0
      }
    }, 
    "uptime": 241, 
    "version": "0.8.4-5043040"
  }
}

FFprobe from your camera

Run the following command and paste output below

ffprobe rtsp://stream:stream@10.5.70.23:554/
ffprobe version 4.3.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2020 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)
  configuration: --disable-debug --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --enable-shared --enable-avresample --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-gpl --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvidstab --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libxcb --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-openssl --enable-libfdk_aac --enable-postproc --enable-small --enable-version3 --enable-libzmq --extra-libs=-ldl --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libaom --extra-libs=-lpthread --enable-libsrt --enable-libaribb24 --enable-nvenc --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-libnpp --extra-cflags='-I/opt/ffmpeg/include -I/opt/ffmpeg/include/ffnvcodec -I/usr/local/cuda/include/' --extra-ldflags='-L/opt/ffmpeg/lib -L/usr/local/cuda/lib64 -L/usr/local/cuda/lib32/'
  libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
  libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
  libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
  libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
  libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
  libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
  libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://stream:stream@10.5.70.23:554/':
  Metadata:
    title           : Session streamed by "preview"
    comment         :
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.000375, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: hevc, yuv420p(tv), 3840x2160, 24.92 tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac, 16000 Hz, mono, fltp

Screenshots N/A

Computer Hardware

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 with Nvidia P620 GPU
• Install method: Docker / Bash script
• Virtualization: Vmware ESXi 6.7 U3
• Coral Version: None
• Network Setup: Wired, VLANs

Camera Info:

• Manufacturer: Reolink
• Model: 810A
• Resolution: 4K
• FPS: 25 or any~

Additional context Docker init script:

#!/bin/bash

# MQTT Dirs
mkdir -p $HOME/mqtt/config -p $HOME/mqtt/data $HOME/mqtt/logs

# Frigate Dirs
mkdir -p $HOME/frigate/config /mnt/frigate/media

docker network create frigate

docker stop frigate mqtt
docker rm frigate mqtt

# Start MQTT
docker run -d \
--network=host \
--name=mqtt \
--restart=unless-stopped \
-v $HOME/mqtt/config:/mosquitto/config \
-v $HOME/mqtt/data:/mosquitto/data \
-v $HOME/mqtt/logs:/mosquitto/log \
eclipse-mosquitto:1.6

sleep 10s

# Start Frigate Ctr
docker run -d \
--network=host \
--name=frigate \
--restart=unless-stopped \
-v $HOME/frigate/config/frigate.yml:/config/config.yml:ro \
-v /mnt/frigate/media:/media/frigate \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
-e FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD=password \
--mount type=tmpfs,target=/tmp/cache,tmpfs-size=2000000000 \
--shm-size=1G \
--gpus=all \
-e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all \
-e NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=compute,utility,video \
blakeblackshear/frigate:stable-amd64nvidia

Nvidia passthrough/gpu is working, a stream on a RLC520A works fine - but disconnected during this command inside the container.

/opt/frigate# nvidia-smi
Wed Aug 25 06:04:30 2021
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 460.91.03    Driver Version: 460.91.03    CUDA Version: 11.2     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  Quadro P620         Off  | 00000000:1B:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 41%   48C    P0    N/A /  N/A |      0MiB /  2000MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

[NickM-27]

I am too here, wondering how to use h265 cameras in Frigate… I have OrangePi PC with Home Assistant and Frigate NVR Full Access installed. Soon it will be less expensive to buy hardware NVR and use it, instead of loosing time figuring out how to configure software NVRs. 😦

Is something unclear? There is guidance above on 3 ways to get an h265 camera into frigate:

You can’t use RTMP with h265. You either have to switch to h264, disable rtmp, or re-encode to h264 on the fly.

There will also be issues with watching back recording on web devices. This is an issue inherent with h265 and not something that frigate can control.

[peter247]

me too on this one , how do you get h265 cameras to work with frigate stably .