[Camera Support]: Reolink CX410 ffmpeg failures constantly

[ryanandrewbaker]

Describe the problem you are having

I'm unable to do an initial setup of my camera on a fresh install of Frigate.

I can access live streams of the camera via VLC, however nothing seems to connect in the config file, and I see errors around FFMPEG, although I believe this may be related to not being able to authenticate to the camera. But as mentioned, authentication works fine via VLC (on windows).

Version

0.13.2-6476F8A

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  host: 192.168.50.234

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb


go2rtc:
  streams:
    driveway:
      - "ffmpeg:http://192.168.50.183/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=admin&password=*#video=copy#audio=copy#audio=opu"
    driveway_sub:
      - "ffmpeg:http://192.168.50.183/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_sub.bcs&user=admin&password=*#video=copy#audio=copy#audio=opu"


cameras:
  driveway:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/driveway?video=copy&audio=aac # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
        input_args:  preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
        - record     
        - detect

Relevant log output

2024-07-26 21:31:23.232399158  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2024-07-26 21:31:23.234093799  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2024-07-26 21:31:24.248303968  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.13.2-6476f8a)
2024-07-26 21:31:24.256170321  [tcp @ 0x20a7340] Connection to tcp://127.0.0.1:554?timeout=0 failed: Connection refused
2024-07-26 21:31:24.256499027  [ERROR:[email protected]] global cap.cpp:164 open VIDEOIO(CV_IMAGES): raised OpenCV exception:
2024-07-26 21:31:24.256500892  
2024-07-26 21:31:24.256505416  OpenCV(4.7.0) /io/opencv/modules/videoio/src/cap_images.cpp:253: error: (-5:Bad argument) CAP_IMAGES: can't find starting number (in the name of file): rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/driveway?video=copy&audio=aac in function 'icvExtractPattern'
2024-07-26 21:31:24.256507223  
2024-07-26 21:31:24.256508579  
2024-07-26 21:31:24.272480454  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2024-07-26 21:31:24.277478901  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2024-07-26 21:31:24.282964727  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 441
2024-07-26 21:31:24.284757432  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 89
2024-07-26 21:31:24.302114967  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] detector.coral                 INFO    : Starting detection process: 451
2024-07-26 21:31:24.303934439  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 453
2024-07-26 21:31:24.314704552  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for driveway: 461
2024-07-26 21:31:24.319726066  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for driveway: 462
2024-07-26 21:31:24.335522519  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : driveway: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-07-26 21:31:24.335600046  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : driveway: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-07-26 21:31:26.911837617  [2024-07-26 21:31:24] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : Attempting to load TPU as usb
2024-07-26 21:31:26.915994271  [2024-07-26 21:31:26] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : TPU found

FFprobe output from your camera

It doesn't return anything. checking the payload via devtools shows this: 0
: 
{return_code: 0, stderr: "", stdout: {}}
return_code
: 
0
stderr
: 
""
stdout
: 
{}

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

UNRAID

Install method

Docker CLI

Object Detector

Coral

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Reolink CX410

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[NickM-27]

you have rtsp://127.0.0.1:554 but it should be rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554

[ryanandrewbaker]

The RTSP settings in the camera by default are set to 554.

I've tried 8554 to begin with as it was the default recommendation and received the failure message as indicated, and figured I'd try 554 since it's what's in the settings. Neither works, nor changes the logs output to a different message.

[NickM-27]

right but 127.0.0.1 is not connecting to the camera, it is connecting to the local go2rtc server. Your config also has opu but it should be opus

[ryanandrewbaker]

Amazing, the S on the end of opu did the trick. Thank you so much!