[Camera Support]: m3u8 camera stream issues #12347

garethiowc · 2024-07-08T21:45:37Z

garethiowc
Jul 8, 2024

Describe the problem you are having

I'm trying to add a view-only camera from a m3u8 file, although the camera is on a public address i would rather keep it hidden so i've removed the IP from this post.

http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8

When testing from VLC it streams fine so i'm sure it's just my config

Version

0.14.0-4e5a6eb

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  host: 10.10.50.8
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  user: admin
  password: pass
go2rtc:
  streams:
    Driveway:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/Streaming/Channels/101
      - ffmpeg:Driveway#audio=aac
    Front_Camera:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/Streaming/Channels/101
      - ffmpeg:Front_Camera#audio=aac
    Needles_cam_1:
      - http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8
cameras:
  Needles_cam_1:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Needles_cam_1
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
    detect:
      enabled: false
    record:
      enabled: false      
  Driveway:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Driveway
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            - detect
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car
        - cat
      filters:
        car:
          mask:
            - 0.754,0.988,0.78,0.235,0.743,0.186,0.624,0.16,0.17,1
            - 0.802,0.195,0.72,0.11,0.74,0.08,0.797,0.059,0.841,0.075,0.875,0.077,0.9,0.08,0.89,0.131
    zones:
      My_Boundry:
        coordinates: 
          0.002,0.998,0.002,0,0.502,0.002,0.502,0.141,0.587,0.138,0.659,0.16,0.756,0.204,0.813,0.259,0.894,0.334,0.999,0.528,0.999,0.998
        inertia: 3
      Street:
        coordinates: 
          0.507,0,0.513,0.125,0.58,0.12,0.609,0.127,0.664,0.153,0.742,0.179,0.813,0.242,0.817,0.098,0.884,0.103,0.892,0
        objects:
          - car
          - person
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.876,0.679,0.851,0.423,0.82,0.28,0.819,0.101,0.889,0.115,0.897,0,1,0,1,0.169,0.917,0.12,1,0.23,0.998,0.51,0.911,0.352
        - 0.002,0.225,0.001,0,0.506,0,0.5,0.04
        - 0.241,1,0.54,0.319,0.591,0.324,0.615,0.26,0.737,0.268,0.752,0.343,0.751,0.587,0.742,0.765,0.734,1
      threshold: 40
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: 'true'
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: My_Boundry
      detections:
        required_zones: Street
  Front_Camera:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Front_Camera
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            - detect
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car

      filters:
        car:
          mask:
            - 0.541,0.301,0.51,0.234,0.511,0.151,0.59,0,0.675,0,0.808,0,0.927,0,0.964,0,0.969,0.131,0.966,0.173,0.971,0.205,0.967,0.277,0.96,0.259,0.99,0.309,1,0.35,1,0.465,1,0.59,1,0.72,0.758,0.506,0.584,0.332
            - 0.361,0.03,0.396,0.028,0.425,0,0.526,0.054,0.561,0.109,0.512,0.193,0.399,0.201,0.331,0.202,0.27,0.165,0.291,0.032
            - 0,0.132,0.001,0.626,0.049,0.404,0.098,0.334,0.159,0.263,0.2,0.234,0.099,0.234,0.056,0.128
        person:
          mask:
            - 0.007,0.179,0.091,0.173,0.088,0.245,0.013,0.253
            - 0.592,0.076,0.635,0.078,0.641,0.142,0.589,0.138
    zones:
      Street:
        coordinates: 
          0.001,0.004,0.002,0.612,0.05,0.431,0.088,0.349,0.108,0.31,0.137,0.291,0.179,0.26,0.211,0.228,0.229,0.218,0.239,0.209,0.267,0.21,0.311,0.205,0.331,0.209,0.358,0.209,0.506,0.232,0.745,0.297,0.759,0.158,0.776,0.149,0.988,0.271,0.955,0.076,0.926,0.001
        inertia: 3
      My_Boundry:
        coordinates: 
          0.004,0.993,0.003,0.695,0.039,0.506,0.07,0.414,0.1,0.348,0.132,0.317,0.172,0.276,0.243,0.224,0.335,0.22,0.45,0.232,0.643,0.277,0.745,0.312,0.755,0.303,0.767,0.17,0.89,0.231,0.998,0.308,0.997,0.997
        inertia: 3
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.416,0.979,0.511,0.69,0.57,0.604,0.685,0.501,0.71,0.436,0.768,0.445,0.777,0.396,0.821,0.402,0.84,0.422,0.863,0.406,0.905,0.429,0.913,0.513,0.916,0.571,0.889,0.64,0.845,0.737,0.765,0.891,0.713,0.977,0.692,1,0.452,1
        - 0.335,0.249,0.367,0.228,0.381,0.221,0.404,0.223,0.419,0.273,0.419,0.315,0.397,0.328,0.36,0.333,0.331,0.318
        - 0.997,0.001,0,0,0,0.097,0.037,0.095,0.095,0.097,0.178,0.095,0.256,0.094,0.303,0.094,0.339,0.073,0.412,0.074,0.395,0.096,0.392,0.136,0.436,0.141,0.45,0.119,0.492,0.127,0.503,0.15,0.535,0.156,0.571,0.114,0.711,0.146,0.746,0.162,0.749,0.229,0.797,0.3,0.855,0.332,0.97,0.347,0.997,0.353
      threshold: 40
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: 'true'
    review:
      detections:
        required_zones: Street
      alerts:
        required_zones: My_Boundry
snapshots:
  enabled: true
  bounding_box: true
record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 30
    mode: all
  events:
    retain:
      default: 30
      mode: active_objects
detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

version: 0.14
camera_groups:
  Home:
    order: 1
    icon: LuHome
    cameras:
      - birdseye
      - Driveway
      - Front_Camera

Relevant log output

Go2rtc 

Message
error="streams: mpegts: wrong sync byte" stream=Needles_cam_1

Frigate 

Error
2024-07-08 22:39:12
watchdog.Needles_cam_1
Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for Needles_cam_1.
Error
2024-07-08 22:39:12
watchdog.Needles_cam_1
The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
Error
2024-07-08 22:39:12
ffmpeg.Needles_cam_1.detect
[rtsp @ 0x55aa49e19c40] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
Error
2024-07-08 22:39:12
ffmpeg.Needles_cam_1.detect
rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Needles_cam_1: Server returned 404 Not Found
Error
2024-07-08 22:39:12
frigate.video
Needles_cam_1: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
Error
2024-07-08 22:39:12
frigate.video
Needles_cam_1: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...

FFprobe output from your camera

# ffprobe http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8
ffprobe version n5.1-2-g915ef932a3-20220731 Copyright (c) 2007-2022 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12.1.0 (crosstool-NG 1.25.0.55_3defb7b)
  configuration: --prefix=/ffbuild/prefix --pkg-config-flags=--static --pkg-config=pkg-config --cross-prefix=x86_64-ffbuild-linux-gnu- --arch=x86_64 --target-os=linux --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-debug --enable-iconv --enable-libxml2 --enable-zlib --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-gmp --enable-lzma --enable-fontconfig --enable-libvorbis --enable-opencl --enable-libpulse --enable-libvmaf --enable-libxcb --enable-xlib --enable-amf --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-avisynth --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --disable-libfdk-aac --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-frei0r --enable-libgme --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libjxl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-mbedtls --enable-librist --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-lv2 --enable-libmfx --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-librav1e --enable-librubberband --disable-schannel --enable-sdl2 --enable-libsoxr --enable-libsrt --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtwolame --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libdrm --enable-vaapi --enable-libvidstab --enable-vulkan --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzvbi --extra-cflags=-DLIBTWOLAME_STATIC --extra-cxxflags= --extra-ldflags=-pthread --extra-ldexeflags=-pie --extra-libs='-ldl -lgomp' --extra-version=20220731
  libavutil      57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavcodec     59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
  libavformat    59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
  libavdevice    59.  7.100 / 59.  7.100
  libavfilter     8. 44.100 /  8. 44.100
  libswscale      6.  7.100 /  6.  7.100
  libswresample   4.  7.100 /  4.  7.100
  libpostproc    56.  6.100 / 56.  6.100
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-VERSION:3')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Opening 'http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07_var0.m3u8?session=niq8FxhsWCmgvnSEjYLJJ8' for reading
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-VERSION:3')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-07-08T21:28:16.199+0000')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-07-08T21:28:18.715+0000')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-07-08T21:28:21.191+0000')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-07-08T21:28:23.706+0000')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-07-08T21:28:26.182+0000')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-07-08T21:28:28.698+0000')
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Opening 'http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07_16303_var0.ts?session=niq8FxhsWCmgvnSEjYLJJ8' for reading
[hls @ 0x55c960af5140] Opening 'http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07_16304_var0.ts?session=niq8FxhsWCmgvnSEjYLJJ8' for reading
Input #0, hls, from 'http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8':
  Duration: N/A, start: 40690.870222, bitrate: N/A
  Program 0 
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 70400
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuvj420p(pc, bt709), 1920x1080, 20 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 70400
  Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 70400

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

Coral

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

hikvision

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

Answered by hawkeye217

Jul 9, 2024

Looks like there's an issue with the aac audio on the stream that ffmpeg is complaining about.

You could try this as your go2rtc url:

- ffmpeg:http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8#video=copy#audio=aac

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hawkeye217 · 2024-07-08T22:00:11Z

hawkeye217
Jul 8, 2024
Collaborator

Would be good to see go2rtc trace logs, but first, try your go2rtc url with ffmpeg:

- ffmpeg:http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8

4 replies

garethiowc Jul 9, 2024
Author

Thanks for the suggestion but it didn't work.

    Needles_cam_1:
      - ffmpeg:http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8
cameras:
  Needles_cam_1:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Needles_cam_1
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream

I'm hoping the following additional options give us the logs required

go2rtc:
  log:
    format: text
    level: "debug"

go2rtc log output

Info
2024-07-09 07:31:03
rtsp
new consumer stream=Needles_cam_1
Info
2024-07-09 07:31:03
exec
run cmd="ffmpeg -hide_banner -v error -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -i http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8 -c copy -user_agent ffmpeg/go2rtc -rtsp_transport tcp -f rtsp rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/9e2b0769e83ccb751db2e28cd15fca40" url="exec:ffmpeg -hide_banner -v error -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -i http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8 -c copy -user_agent ffmpeg/go2rtc -rtsp_transport tcp -f rtsp rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/9e2b0769e83ccb751db2e28cd15fca40"
Info
2024-07-09 07:31:04
startup
AAC with no global headers is currently not supported.
Info
2024-07-09 07:31:04
startup
2024-07-09 07:31:04.098713198 Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Invalid data found when processing input
Info
2024-07-09 07:31:04
startup
2024-07-09 07:31:04.098715553 Error initializing output stream 0:1 --
Info
2024-07-09 07:31:04
startup
2024-07-09 07:31:04.098717508
Warning
2024-07-09 07:31:04
rtsp
error="streams: exec: [rtsp @ 0x7fff0d23be70] AAC with no global headers is currently not supported.\nCould not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Invalid data found when processing input\nError initializing output stream 0:1 -- \n\n" stream=Needles_cam_1

hawkeye217 Jul 9, 2024
Collaborator

Looks like there's an issue with the aac audio on the stream that ffmpeg is complaining about.

You could try this as your go2rtc url:

- ffmpeg:http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8#video=copy#audio=aac

Answer selected by garethiowc

garethiowc Jul 9, 2024
Author

@hawkeye217 awesome thanks that fixed the issue. As the camera doesn't have any audio it's not somthing i thought of

hawkeye217 Jul 9, 2024
Collaborator

Great. If the camera doesn't have any audio, you could even leave off the last part of the url:

- ffmpeg:http://IP.AA.DD.RR:8080/memfs/25dc2a71-1baf-4a6b-bf35-3c279d9faa07.m3u8#video=copy

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[Camera Support]: m3u8 camera stream issues #12347

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Frigate config file

Relevant log output

FFprobe output from your camera

Frigate stats

Operating system

Install method

Object Detector

Network connection

Camera make and model

Any other information that may be helpful

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