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Unable to get substream from Amcrest POE Camera
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug Unable to get video from IP camera. I’m able to get a stream from my doorbell so I know the system is setup right. I assume a problem with my config.
ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
Version of frigate
Output from /api/version
1.13 in Home Assistant
0.8.4-5043040
Config file Include your full config file wrapped in triple back ticks.
# frigate.yml
detectors:
cpu1:
type: cpu
mqtt:
# Required: host name
host: core-mosquitto
# Optional: port (default: shown below)
port: 1883
# Optional: topic prefix (default: shown below)
# WARNING: must be unique if you are running multiple instances
topic_prefix: frigate
# Optional: client id (default: shown below)
# WARNING: must be unique if you are running multiple instances
client_id: frigate
# Optional: user
user: mqtt_username
# Optional: password
# NOTE: Environment variables that begin with 'FRIGATE_' may be referenced in {}.
# eg. password: '{FRIGATE_MQTT_PASSWORD}'
password: mqtt_password
# Optimal in seconds for publishing stats (default: shown below)
stats_interval: 60
cameras:
# Name of your camera
garage:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://admin:MYPASSWORD@192.168.42.220:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
roles:
- detect #-f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format yuv420p -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c copy -an
- record #-f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format yuv420p -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c copy -an
- rtmp
- path: rtsp://admin:MYPASSWORD@192.168.42.220:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
roles:
- clips
# - record
# - rtmp
objects:
track:
- person
- car
- truck
- bicycle
- motorcycle
- dog
- cat
# Optional: save clips configuration
clips:
# Required: enables clips for the camera (default: shown below)
# This value can be set via MQTT and will be updated in startup based on retained value
enabled: True
# Optional: Number of seconds before the event to include in the clips (default: shown below)
pre_capture: 5
# Optional: Number of seconds after the event to include in the clips (default: shown below)
post_capture: 5
# Optional: Objects to save clips for. (default: all tracked objects)
objects:
- person
# Optional: Restrict clips to objects that entered any of the listed zones (default: no required zones)
required_zones: []
# Optional: Camera override for retention settings (default: global values)
retain:
# Required: Default retention days (default: shown below)
default: 10
# Optional: Per object retention days
objects:
person: 15
# Optional: 24/7 recording configuration
record:
# Optional: Enable recording (default: global setting)
enabled: True
# Optional: Number of days to retain (default: global setting)
retain_days: 30
width: 704
height: 480
fps: 5
Frigate container logs
* Starting nginx nginx
...done.
frigate.app INFO : Creating directory: /tmp/cache
Starting migrations
peewee_migrate INFO : Starting migrations
There is nothing to migrate
peewee_migrate INFO : There is nothing to migrate
frigate.mqtt INFO : MQTT connected
frigate.app INFO : Camera processor started for garage: 38
frigate.app INFO : Capture process started for garage: 40
detector.cpu1 INFO : Starting detection process: 36
frigate.video INFO : garage: ffmpeg sent a broken frame. memoryview assignment: lvalue and rvalue have different structures
frigate.video INFO : garage: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [segment @ 0x561737b4aac0] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [mp4 @ 0x561737c41680] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [mp4 @ 0x561737c41680] pts has no value
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [flv @ 0x561737b47c80] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [flv @ 0x561737b47c80] Packet is missing PTS
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : av_interleaved_write_frame(): Invalid argument
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : Finishing stream 2:0 without any data written to it.
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [flv @ 0x561737b47c80] Failed to update header with correct duration.
ffmpeg.garage.detect ERROR : [flv @ 0x561737b47c80] Failed to update header with correct filesize.
Frigate stats
{
"cameras": {
"garage": {
"best_image_timeout": 60,
"clips": {
"enabled": true,
"objects": [
"person"
],
"post_capture": 5,
"pre_capture": 5,
"required_zones": [],
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"objects": {
"person": 15
}
}
},
"detect": {
"enabled": true,
"max_disappeared": 25
},
"ffmpeg_cmds": [
{
"cmd": "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -avoid_negative_ts make_zero -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -rtsp_transport tcp -stimeout 5000000 -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1 -i rtsp://admin:MYPASSWORD@192.168.42.220:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1 -f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c copy -an /media/frigate/recordings/garage-%Y%m%d%H%M%S.mp4 -c copy -f flv rtmp://127.0.0.1/live/garage -r 5 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p pipe:",
"roles": [
"detect",
"record",
"rtmp"
]
},
{
"cmd": "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -avoid_negative_ts make_zero -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -rtsp_transport tcp -stimeout 5000000 -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1 -i rtsp://admin:MYPASSWORD@192.168.42.220:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0 -f segment -segment_time 10 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c copy -an /tmp/cache/garage-%Y%m%d%H%M%S.mp4",
"roles": [
"clips"
]
}
],
"fps": 5,
"frame_shape": [
480,
704
],
"height": 480,
"motion": {
"contour_area": 100,
"delta_alpha": 0.2,
"frame_alpha": 0.2,
"frame_height": 80,
"mask": null,
"threshold": 25
},
"mqtt": {
"bounding_box": true,
"crop": true,
"enabled": true,
"height": 270,
"required_zones": [],
"timestamp": true
},
"name": "garage",
"objects": {
"filters": {
"bicycle": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
},
"car": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
},
"cat": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
},
"dog": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
},
"motorcycle": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
},
"person": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
},
"truck": {
"mask": [],
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
}
},
"mask": null,
"track": [
"person",
"car",
"truck",
"bicycle",
"motorcycle",
"dog",
"cat"
]
},
"record": {
"enabled": true,
"retain_days": 30
},
"rtmp": {
"enabled": true
},
"snapshots": {
"bounding_box": false,
"crop": false,
"enabled": false,
"height": null,
"required_zones": [],
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"objects": {}
},
"timestamp": false
},
"width": 704,
"zones": {}
}
},
"clips": {
"max_seconds": 300,
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"objects": {}
},
"tmpfs_cache_size": ""
},
"database": {
"path": "/media/frigate/clips/frigate.db"
},
"detectors": {
"cpu1": {
"device": "usb",
"num_threads": 3,
"type": "cpu"
}
},
"environment_vars": {},
"logger": {
"default": "INFO",
"logs": {}
},
"model": {
"height": 320,
"width": 320
},
"mqtt": {
"client_id": "frigate",
"host": "core-mosquitto",
"port": 1883,
"stats_interval": 60,
"topic_prefix": "frigate",
"user": "mqtt_username"
},
"snapshots": {
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"objects": {}
}
}
}
FFprobe from your camera
Run the following command and paste output below
ffprobe version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1ubuntu0.1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filt
er=resample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-
libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberba
nd --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-li
bx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-nvenc -
-enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
libavcodec 58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
libavformat 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
libavdevice 58. 8.100 / 58. 8.100
libavfilter 7. 57.100 / 7. 57.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 5.100 / 5. 5.100
libswresample 3. 5.100 / 3. 5.100
libpostproc 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://admin:MYPASSWORD@192.168.42.220:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1':
Metadata:
title : Media Server
Duration: N/A, start: 0.400000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(progressive), 704x480, 100 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc
Screenshots Green screen inside frigate. Figured screenshot was not necessary.
Computer Hardware
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04
- Install method: Home assistant add on
- Virtualization: Home assistant in docker
- Coral Version: None
- Network Setup: Wired POE camera connected to wired server via switch
Camera Info:
- Manufacturer: Amcrest
- Model: IP8M-2597EB-28MM
- Resolution: 4K Main/ 704x420 Secondary
- FPS: 5
Additional context If I disable the substream and only use the main stream the video loads fine.
Issue Analytics
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- Created 2 years ago
- Comments:7
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Glad it’s all sorted, I realise now I should of said I just use docker when running Frigate. Still thinking about Home Assistant. Nice to see something sorted, plus we all get to learn something. Again great it’s all going well, hopefully the change to 0.9 won’t be too hard 😃
Long story short RTFM. DOH! Last night it dawned on as I was reading through the docs that I should use the sample rtmp config (input args). I originally didn’t use it because I was connecting via rtsp and didn’t know the difference between rtsp and rtmp.
Side note: in the reolink sample config it has a rw_timeout variable. I tried to use it and it said unknown option. Maybe it’s deprecated?