IpCamera: New IP Camera Binding

delid4ve · April 27, 2019, 7:35pm

Yeah ill investigate over the next few weeks, not sure where the bottleneck is, everything cat6, enterprise grade mikrotik router, no usb on the pi and native app/browser work fine, I’ll let you know if I find anything. The cameras are on a different subnet/vlan tho so maybe something not quite right in my config.
Up until this point I was using the cameras directly, just thought I’d give the binding another bash and see the progress for motion detection etc also.

matt1 · April 28, 2019, 1:25am

I would always use the cameras video feed directly to keep traffic off the Openhab server, there are times when you have no choice as some cameras won’t work another way. There is no reason why you can not use the HLS feature to cast the feeds and also use the motion detection features of the binding and use mjpeg directly as the binding only generates traffic on demand and not constantly.

If you have a constantly open overview style page with all cameras, then use the mjpeg or snapshots directly from the camera and when you want the higher Resolution the HLS can provide, switch to using it for a full screen display mode. You could even automate casting the video to a google home hub when motion or a doorbell is pressed.

Did the motion detection work for you? I may be using the newer ISAPI methods for that as well.

matt1 · April 30, 2019, 1:32pm

New build 2019-05-01-Beta has these changes:

Build will stay Beta until feedback from users indicate that the default ffmpeg options are working on a range of systems. I have been running this for over a week now and the build is stable and working well.

ffmpeg abilities. (See note below)
Animated gif generation so you can use to send via telegram, pushover and email. Also possible to use in sitemaps/habpanel to display a looping video of the start of any motion alarms or if the doorbell is pushed.
Last motion alarm now displays as a string channel to work out which alarm was last triggered.
HLS stream creation and serving. Can be used to watch high res video or can be cast to a Chromecast. Works in the iOS app.
Heaps more changes and fixes.

If you have not used textual config you will need to delete and readd any cameras for the new features and channels to show up. Also clear tmp and cache folder contents regardless of how you setup the camera. Readme has been updated with minimal info and will get updated as I get time.

*** NOTE ***
You will need to install ffmpeg manually on your server for the new features to work. Please use google for how to do this. Under Linux this command should work if you login with Putty.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg

The output of ffmpeg can be seen in your logs if you enable DEBUG output which is covered in the readme, this will help uncover any issues and the cause.

Also the HLS feature will write a lot of temporary data to your storage device, for SBC running with SD cards like a raspberry Pix, I would highly recommend setting up a 5-10mb tmpfs folder for the camera to use. It does not need much as the files are rotated so very small tmpfs will work great. If you are streaming a lot and the power fails in the middle of a write, you will have raised your changes of corruption greatly and it is not the fault of the binding. If using SSD or normal platter HDD there is no need to do this if the drive can keep up with the required speed and the drive is designed to safely handle power loss in the middle of a write.

Kim_Andersen · May 1, 2019, 11:53am

Hi Matt…
Where to find the latest readme ?

matt1 · May 1, 2019, 11:57am

The source code and the readme can be found here. All open source.

github.com

Skinah/IpCamera/blob/master/README.md

# <bindingName> Binding

This binding allows you to use IP cameras in Openhab 2. If the brand of camera does not have a full API then the camera will only fetch a picture/stream and will not have any support for alarms, or any of the other advanced features that the binding has implemented. Each brand that does have an API will have different features, as each brands API is different and hence the support in this binding will differ between brands. Choose your camera wisely by looking at what the APIs allow you to do or ask in the forum what cameras can perform the task you are after. 

In Alphabetical order the brands that are known to have an API are:

**AMCREST**

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/amcrest-files/Amcrest+HTTP+API+3.2017.pdf>

**DAHUA**

See the Amcrest API link above.

**Doorbird**

<https://www.doorbird.com/api>

**FOSCAM**

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posixx · May 1, 2019, 1:02pm

Great work. I am going to test this as ffmpeg support is a feature i want to eventually use. I installed the plugin, but have some troubles getting an image. I use a HikVision NVR with 7 camera’s. These camera’s are PoE connected to the NVR, running on their own subnet. So these are not available directly on the openHAB subnet. For this HikVision has ‘Virtual Host’ support; it makes the camera’s available on a separate port on the NVR subnet. So for example i have the thing:

Thing ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront [IPADDRESS="192.168.x.x", PASSWORD="password", USERNAME="admin", POLL_CAMERA_MS=2000, PORT=65001, SERVER_PORT=65001, FFMPEG_OUTPUT="/tmp/serverroomfront/"]

So the camera is available on http://192.168.x.x:65001/

My item:

Image ServerroomFrontImage { channel="ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront:image" }
Switch ServerroomFrontUpdateImage "Get new picture" { channel="ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront:updateImageNow" }

But nothing is displayed.

When i start the plugin i get:

2019-05-01 15:01:29.565 [ERROR] [l.internal.messaging.saaj.client.p2p] - SAAJ0008: Bad Response; Not Found

2019-05-01 15:01:29.566 [WARN ] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - SOAP error when trying to connect with ONVIF. This may indicate your camera does not fully support ONVIF, check for an updated firmware for your camera. Will try and connect with HTTP. Camera at IP:192.168.x.x, fault was com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.SOAPExceptionImpl: com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.SOAPExceptionImpl: Bad response: (404Not Found

This is because ONVIF is not enabled on NVR and cams. Could this be related to my issue?

posixx · May 1, 2019, 3:23pm

Continuing the discussion from IpCamera: New IP Camera Binding:

Almost there, i enabled Hikvision-CGI and ONVIF on the camere (NOT on the NVR) and set authentications to digest/basic. Still some issues (TRACE log):

2019-05-01 17:10:35.915 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - 'ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront' changed from UNINITIALIZED to INITIALIZING
==> /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log <==
2019-05-01 17:10:36.915 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - About to connect to the IP Camera using the ONVIF PORT at IP:192.168.0.41:65001
2019-05-01 17:10:37.698 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Fetching the number of Media Profiles this camera supports.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.356 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Checking the selected Media Profile is a valid number.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.357 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Fetching a Token for the selected Media Profile.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.357 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - About to fetch some information about the Media Profiles from the camera
2019-05-01 17:10:38.357 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - *********** Media Profile 0 details reported by camera at IP:192.168.0.41 ***********
2019-05-01 17:10:38.358 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Camera will use this Media Profile unless you change it in the bindings settings.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.358 [WARN ] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Following NPE occured when trying to connect to the camera with ONVIF.java.lang.NullPointerException
2019-05-01 17:10:38.358 [ERROR] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Since an NPE occured when asking the camera about PTZ, the PTZ controls will not work. If the camera does not come online, give the camera the wrong ONVIF port number so it can bypass using ONVIF and still come online.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.358 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Sending camera GET: http://192.168.0.41:65001/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.367 [TRACE] [ipcamera.internal.MyNettyAuthHandler] - MyNettyAuthHandler is now setup for 	GET:/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.367 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Have  opened  a  brand NEW channel:0 	GET:/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.367 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - request to camera is :DefaultFullHttpRequest(decodeResult: success, version: HTTP/1.1, content: UnpooledByteBufAllocator$InstrumentedUnpooledUnsafeHeapByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 0, cap: 0))
GET /Streaming/channels/101/picture HTTP/1.1
host: 192.168.0.41
connection: keep-alive
2019-05-01 17:10:38.370 [INFO ] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - IP Camera at 192.168.0.41:65001 is now online.
==> /var/log/openhab2/events.log <==
2019-05-01 17:10:38.370 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - 'ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront' changed from INITIALIZING to ONLINE

==> /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log <==
2019-05-01 17:10:38.371 [DEBUG] [ipcamera.internal.MyNettyAuthHandler] - 401: Mark to re-use,  the channel:0 	GET:/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.372 [DEBUG] [ipcamera.internal.MyNettyAuthHandler] - Setting up the camera to use Basic Auth and resending last request with correct auth.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.373 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Stream Server is serving on IP:192.168.0.40
2019-05-01 17:10:38.373 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Setting up the BASIC auth now, this should only happen once.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.374 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Sending camera GET: http://192.168.0.41:65001/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.375 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -    Using the already open channel:0 	GET:/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.375 [TRACE] [ipcamera.internal.MyNettyAuthHandler] - MyNettyAuthHandler is now setup for 	GET:/Streaming/channels/101/picture
2019-05-01 17:10:38.376 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpResponse(decodeResult: success, version: HTTP/1.1)
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 17:09:23 GMT
Server: App-webs/
Content-Length: 277
Content-Type: text/html
Connection: keep-alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=99
WWW-Authenticate: Digest qop="auth", realm="IP Camera(C1121)", nonce="4d54426d596a59314d544d364e7a51315a6a526b4d6a633d", stale="FALSE"
WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="IP Camera(C1121)"
2019-05-01 17:10:38.377 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultLastHttpContent(data: PooledSlicedByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 277, cap: 277/277, unwrapped: PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 650, widx: 650, cap: 1024)), decoderResult: success)
2019-05-01 17:10:38.378 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Sending camera GET: http://192.168.0.41:65001/ISAPI/System/Video/inputs/channels/101/motionDetection
2019-05-01 17:10:38.378 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - HTTP Result back from camera is 	:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><title>Document Error: Unauthorized</title></head>
<body><h2>Access Error: 401 -- Unauthorized</h2>
<p>Authentication Error: Your client does not have permission to get URL /Streaming/channels/101/picture from this server.</p>
</body>
</html>
:
2019-05-01 17:10:38.398 [TRACE] [ipcamera.internal.MyNettyAuthHandler] - MyNettyAuthHandler is now setup for 	GET:/ISAPI/System/Video/inputs/channels/101/motionDetection
2019-05-01 17:10:38.399 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Have  opened  a  brand NEW channel:1 	GET:/ISAPI/System/Video/inputs/channels/101/motionDetection
2019-05-01 17:10:38.399 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - request to camera is :DefaultFullHttpRequest(decodeResult: success, version: HTTP/1.1, content: UnpooledByteBufAllocator$InstrumentedUnpooledUnsafeHeapByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 0, cap: 0))
GET /ISAPI/System/Video/inputs/channels/101/motionDetection HTTP/1.1
host: 192.168.0.41
connection: keep-alive
authorization: Basic YWRtaW46MDFZTzA3REEwNWh2
2019-05-01 17:10:38.399 [INFO ] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - IpCamera stream server has started on port:65001.
2019-05-01 17:10:38.404 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpResponse(decodeResult: success, version: HTTP/1.1)
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 17:09:23 GMT
Server: App-webs/
Content-Length: 804
Connection: keep-alive
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=99
Content-Type: application/xml
2019-05-01 17:10:38.405 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultLastHttpContent(data: PooledSlicedByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 804, cap: 804/804, unwrapped: PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 987, widx: 987, cap: 1024)), decoderResult: success)
2019-05-01 17:10:38.405 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - HTTP Result back from camera is 	:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MotionDetection version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
<enabled>true</enabled>
<enableHighlight>true</enableHighlight>
<samplingInterval>2</samplingInterval>
<startTriggerTime>500</startTriggerTime>
<endTriggerTime>500</endTriggerTime>
<regionType>grid</regionType>
<Grid>
<rowGranularity>18</rowGranularity>
<columnGranularity>22</columnGranularity>
</Grid>
<MotionDetectionLayout version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
<sensitivityLevel>0</sensitivityLevel>
<layout>
<gridMap>ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff</gridMap>
</layout>
</MotionDetectionLayout>
<enableWithMoving>false</enableWithMoving>
</MotionDetection>
:
2019-05-01 17:10:38.406 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Storing new Motion reply <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MotionDetection version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
<enabled>true</enabled>
<enableHighlight>true</enableHighlight>
<samplingInterval>2</samplingInterval>
<startTriggerTime>500</startTriggerTime>
<endTriggerTime>500</endTriggerTime>
<regionType>grid</regionType>
<Grid>
<rowGranularity>18</rowGranularity>
<columnGranularity>22</columnGranularity>
</Grid>
<MotionDetectionLayout version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
<sensitivityLevel>0</sensitivityLevel>
<layout>
<gridMap>ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff</gridMap>
</layout>
</MotionDetectionLayout>
<enableWithMoving>false</enableWithMoving>
</MotionDetection>
2019-05-01 17:10:38.883 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpResponse(decodeResult: success, version: HTTP/1.1)
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: image/jpeg; charset="UTF-8"
Connection: close
Content-Length: 291714
2019-05-01 17:10:38.883 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpContent(data: PooledSlicedByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 920, cap: 920/920, unwrapped: PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 1024, widx: 1024, cap: 1024)), decoderResult: success)

Hope someone can help getting this to work. I can see an image though.,

rastus_rob · May 1, 2019, 6:36pm

Hi Matt, trying out the new version and have a few issues, doesn’t capture gif anims, ‘update image now’ also does nothing. Tried a few of the URLs and they don’t work in Firefox at least.

My thing:

Thing ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1     "IP Camera 1" @ "Cameras" [
                        USERNAME="user", PASSWORD="psswd",
                        POLL_CAMERA_MS=1000,
                        IPADDRESS="192.168.0.100",
                        SNAPSHOT_URL_OVERRIDE="http://192.168.x.xx/tmpfs/auto.jpg",
                        FFMPEG_INPUT="rtsp://192.168.x.xx:554/1",
                        FFMPEG_OUTPUT="/mnt/data/tmp/ipCam1/",
                        FFMPEG_LOCATION="/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg",
                        FFMPEG_GIF_OUT_ARGUMENTS="-filter_complex fps=4,scale=480:-2:flags=lanczos,setpts=0.25*PTS,split[o1][o2];[o1]palettegen[p];[o2]fifo[o3];[o3][p]paletteuse",
                        FFMPEG_HLS_OUT_ARGUMENTS="-f lavfi -i aevalsrc=0 -acodec aac -vcodec copy -hls_flags delete_segments",
                        SERVER_PORT=54321, PORT=80, ONVIF_PORT=8080,
                        ONVIF_MEDIA_PROFILE=1, IP_WHITELIST="(192.168.x.xx)"
                ]

Error message, not sure if it’s related or not:

2019-05-02 04:24:04.084 [ERROR] [ing.saaj.soap.ver1_2.SOAPPart1_2Impl] - SAAJ0415: InputStream does not represent a valid SOAP 1.2 Message

Screencap of my OH page:

Cheers …

matt1 · May 2, 2019, 12:26am

posixx:

So for example i have the thing:

Thing ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront [IPADDRESS="192.168.x.x", PASSWORD="password", USERNAME="admin", POLL_CAMERA_MS=2000, PORT=65001, SERVER_PORT=65001, FFMPEG_OUTPUT="/tmp/serverroomfront/"]

By looking at the log output in your posts I can see the ONVIF is connecting but is not reporting the streams the camera has correctly causing the issue. This is not a big problem, it just means you need to manually provide the urls the binding needs. Also if your camera does not have PTZ features I would give the wrong ONVIF port so that it fails and moves on to connecting quicker (provided you give the extra urls it will need).

Try using this after filling in the URLs correctly…

Thing ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront [IPADDRESS="192.168.x.x", PASSWORD="password", USERNAME="admin", POLL_CAMERA_MS=2000, PORT=65001, SERVER_PORT=5030, FFMPEG_OUTPUT="/tmp/serverroomfront/", FFMPEG_INPUT="any http or rtsp url here", SNAPSHOT_URL_OVERRIDE="http snapshot url here"]

Note I changed the SERVER_PORT to be a different value to the PORT.

If you are using RTSP be sure to check the port 554 is not blocked if you have them behind a VLAN as that is the default port for RTSP.

EDIT: Since the FFMPEG_INPUT can be a http address I would try that first as it will probably pass through the vlans port on 65001 instead of making it more complex with a different port for rtsp.

Look at the logs in DEBUG when you are asking to create a GIF as the ffmpeg output can be seen and it will give clues as to what is wrong. You only see the output in DEBUG or TRACE.

matt1 · May 2, 2019, 3:23am

The output of ffmpeg can be seen in DEBUG log mode when you turn the create GIF switch to ON. This log output will tell you what is wrong. Readme file explains how to enable DEBUG logs.

Interesting url because of the tmpfs part, are you sure that fetches a snapshot from the camera? try it in a browser to make sure it works as that is what the “update image now” switch sends and is for updating the IMAGE channel with a picture if you tell the binding to otherwise not fetch snapshots.

Regarding these options, you do not need to include them if you are wanting to use the default values. This way if I make an improved default in a newer build you get the improved setting automatically.
FFMPEG_GIF_OUT_ARGUMENTS
FFMPEG_HLS_OUT_ARGUMENTS

SOAP is related as it is the ONVIF methods having an issue, you can ignore it but it indicates the autodetection of the cameras settings or the PTZ features may not work as intended. You can still get it going as only PTZ requires the ONVIF to be fully working.

posixx · May 2, 2019, 1:58pm

Hello Matt,

I can see the image every 10 seconds. However the animated gif creation is completed successfully, but the image is distorted. Attached the TRACE log. It still gives me some authorization issues on startup bu the URL listed is working??

Log Output

Hop you can see why the animated gif creation is failing. When i use the same URL in videoLAN i see the stream without problems.

Generated Image

EDIT: ok and my thing config:

Thing ipcamera:HIKVISION:ServerrroomFront "Front Camera" @ "Serverruimte" [IPADDRESS="192.168.0.41", PASSWORD="password", USERNAME="admin", POLL_CAMERA_MS=10000, PORT=65001, SERVER_PORT=65001, ONVIF_PORT=65001, IP_WHITELIST="(192.168.0.2)", FFMPEG_OUTPUT="/tmp/serverroomfront/", FFMPEG_INPUT="rtsp://192.168.0.41:554/Streaming/Channels/101"]

rastus_rob · May 2, 2019, 3:39pm

G’day Matt, here’s the DEBUG log, no mention of ffmpeg even though I turned the associated switch on:

2019-05-03 01:21:51.720 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Sending camera GET: http://192.168.0.100:80/tmpfs/auto.jpg
2019-05-03 01:21:51.721 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Have re-opened  the closed channel:0   GET:/tmpfs/auto.jpg
2019-05-03 01:21:51.779 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Snapshot recieved: Binding will now close the channel.
2019-05-03 01:21:51.780 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - commonCameraHandler closed channel:0   URL:/tmpfs/auto.jpg
2019-05-03 01:21:52.720 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Sending camera GET: http://192.168.0.100:80/tmpfs/auto.jpg
2019-05-03 01:21:52.721 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Have re-opened  the closed channel:0   GET:/tmpfs/auto.jpg
2019-05-03 01:21:52.790 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Snapshot recieved: Binding will now close the channel.
2019-05-03 01:21:52.791 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - commonCameraHandler closed channel:0   URL:/tmpfs/auto.jpg

The url works great in a browser and the stream it generates at 1sec intervals through the binding is also working fine. Deleted the ffmpeg output options too.

The PTZ controls work ok, though a little jerky when controlling with a Slider.

Here’s the item defs, forgot to add them last message.

Image  ipCam1_Image<---><------><------><------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:image"}
Switch ipCam1_Update<-->"Update Image Now"<---->(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:updateImageNow"}
Switch ipCam1_GIF<----->"Create Animated GIF"<->(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:updateGif"}
String ipCam1_Mjpeg<--->"MJPEG URL [%s]"<------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:streamUrl"}
String ipCam1_RTSP<---->"RTSP URL [%s]"><------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:rtspUrl"}
String ipCam1_ImageURL<>"Image URL [%s]"<------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:imageUrl"}
String ipCam1_HLS<----->"HLS URL [%s]"<><------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:hlsUrl"}
Number ipCam1_Direction>"Camera Direction [%d]">(Cameras)
Dimmer ipCam1_Pan<----->"Pan left/right"<------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:pan"}
Dimmer ipCam1_Tilt<---->"Tilt up/down"<><------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:tilt"}
Dimmer ipCam1_Zoom<---->"Zoom in/out"<-><------>(Cameras)<----->{channel="ipcamera:ONVIF:ipcam1:zoom"}

Cheers …

matt1 · May 3, 2019, 1:05am

How did you add the camera? was it with PaperUI? if you get zero log output when the switch is moved my guess is 1 of a few things…

Cache needs cleaning as it has an old binding in the cache and not the latest.
Delete and re-add the camera if you used PaperUI as it will not see the newly added channels and config items as it stores a cache/image of the thing in the database. Do you see the new channels and config items with PaperUI or are they missing?
You did not update the JAR to latest and it is still an older one.

rastus_rob · May 3, 2019, 1:55am

No, never use Paper UI for configuration, always edit text files. I definitely updated the JAR, copied it manualy using mc (Midnight Commander).

matt1 · May 3, 2019, 3:21am

@posixx
Change the ffmpeg gif out arguments to this…

-filter_complex fps=2,scale=480:-2:flags=lanczos,setpts=0.5*PTS,split[o1][o2];[o1]palettegen[p];[o2]fifo[o3];[o3][p]paletteuse

I forgot I had the same issue and this fixed it for me and I have not updated the default setting to be the above. I suspect it has to do with the refresh rate of the incoming feed and how often a keyframe gets generated does not match up nicely with the settings.

if you can confirm either way if it works or not and I can look at making the above the default setting. You issue will be just getting the right argument for ffmpeg, the rest is working on your system.

@rastus_rob

No ideas on your issue as there is zero chance the latest build will not put something into the DEBUG log output. There is a newer JAR perhaps download it and triple check the downloaded file is the one you are moving across and maybe disable the snapshots so the logs do not fill up as quick until you have this working. If I hear back from @posixx that the setting suggested works I will do another build to make it the new default.

rastus_rob · May 3, 2019, 6:33am

I tried the new arguments, no difference. Check running processes and no ffmpeg running, not even aconv which is supposed to be the fork I think.

The version I’m running is 2019-05-01-BETA.

posixx · May 3, 2019, 9:14am

@matt1 Using the new arguments i still get distorted gif. TRACE log:

2019-05-03 11:09:54.850 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Starting ffmpeg with this command now:/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -t 6 -i rtsp://admin:password@192.168.0.41:554/Streaming/Channels/101 -filter_complex fps=2,scale=480:-2:flags=lanczos,setpts=0.5*PTS,split[o1][o2];[o1]palettegen[p];[o2]fifo[o3];[o3][p]paletteuse /tmp/serverroomfront/ipcamera.gif
2019-05-03 11:09:54.851 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - ServerroomFrontCreateGif changed from OFF to ON
2019-05-03 11:09:54.911 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - ffmpeg version 3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
2019-05-03 11:09:54.911 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   built with gcc 7 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)
2019-05-03 11:09:54.911 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.18.04.1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librubberband --enable-librsvg --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
2019-05-03 11:09:54.911 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libavutil      55. 78.100 / 55. 78.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.911 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libavcodec     57.107.100 / 57.107.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.911 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libavformat    57. 83.100 / 57. 83.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.912 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libavdevice    57. 10.100 / 57. 10.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.912 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libavfilter     6.107.100 /  6.107.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.912 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libavresample   3.  7.  0 /  3.  7.  0
2019-05-03 11:09:54.912 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libswscale      4.  8.100 /  4.  8.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.912 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libswresample   2.  9.100 /  2.  9.100
2019-05-03 11:09:54.912 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   libpostproc    54.  7.100 / 54.  7.100
2019-05-03 11:09:55.274 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.274 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 12 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.275 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.275 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 36 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.276 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.276 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 16 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.276 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.277 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 15 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.277 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.277 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 16 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.278 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.278 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 21 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.279 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.281 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 2 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.281 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.281 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 18 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.281 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.281 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 5 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.281 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.282 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 20 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.282 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.282 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 2 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.282 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:55.282 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 2 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:55.312 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [hevc @ 0x55fb27a69720] The cu_qp_delta -238 is outside the valid range [-26, 25].
2019-05-03 11:09:56.584 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://admin:password@192.168.0.41:554/Streaming/Channels/101':
2019-05-03 11:09:56.585 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   Metadata:
2019-05-03 11:09:56.585 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     title           : HIK Media Server V4.1.66
2019-05-03 11:09:56.586 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     comment         : HIK Media Server Session Description : standard
2019-05-03 11:09:56.587 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   Duration: N/A, start: 0.160000, bitrate: N/A
2019-05-03 11:09:56.587 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (Main), yuv420p(tv), 2048x1536, 30 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 30 tbc
2019-05-03 11:09:56.590 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Stream mapping:
2019-05-03 11:09:56.590 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   Stream #0:0 (hevc) -> fps
2019-05-03 11:09:56.591 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   paletteuse -> Stream #0:0 (gif)
2019-05-03 11:09:56.591 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
2019-05-03 11:09:56.604 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [hevc @ 0x55fb27ab1a40] Could not find ref with POC 1
2019-05-03 11:09:56.637 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [hevc @ 0x55fb27a9bf00] The cu_qp_delta -238 is outside the valid range [-26, 25].
2019-05-03 11:09:56.645 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Output #0, gif, to '/tmp/serverroomfront/ipcamera.gif':
2019-05-03 11:09:56.645 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -   Metadata:
2019-05-03 11:09:56.646 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     title           : HIK Media Server V4.1.66
2019-05-03 11:09:56.646 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     comment         : HIK Media Server Session Description : standard
2019-05-03 11:09:56.647 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     encoder         : Lavf57.83.100
2019-05-03 11:09:56.647 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     Stream #0:0: Video: gif, pal8, 480x360, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 2 fps, 100 tbn, 2 tbc
2019-05-03 11:09:56.647 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     Metadata:
2019-05-03 11:09:56.648 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -       encoder         : Lavc57.107.100 gif
2019-05-03 11:09:56.894 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:56.895 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 66 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:56.944 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [hevc @ 0x55fb28800d40] Could not find ref with POC 26
2019-05-03 11:09:57.174 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:09:57.485 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpContent(data: PooledSlicedByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 83, cap: 83/83, unwrapped: PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 83, widx: 83, cap: 1024)), decoderResult: success)
2019-05-03 11:09:57.486 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - HTTP Result back from camera is 	:--boundary
Content-Type: application/xml; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Length: 527
:
2019-05-03 11:09:57.486 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpContent(data: PooledSlicedByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 512, cap: 512/512, unwrapped: PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 512, widx: 512, cap: 512)), decoderResult: success)
2019-05-03 11:09:57.486 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - HTTP Result back from camera is 	:<EventNotificationAlert version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
<ipAddress>192.168.254.19</ipAddress>
<portNo>80</portNo>
<protocol>HTTP</protocol>
<macAddress>94:e1:ac:3e:44:e2</macAddress>
<channelID>1</channelID>
<dateTime>2019-05-03T11:08:40+01:00</dateTime>
<activePostCount>0</activePostCount>
<eventType>videoloss</eventType>
<eventState>inactive</eventState>
<eventDescription>videoloss alarm</eventDescription>
<channelName>Serverroom Front</channelName>
</EventNotif:
2019-05-03 11:09:57.487 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - DefaultHttpContent(data: PooledSlicedByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 15, cap: 15/15, unwrapped: PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 15, widx: 15, cap: 8192)), decoderResult: success)
2019-05-03 11:09:57.487 [TRACE] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - HTTP Result back from camera is 	:icationAlert>
:
2019-05-03 11:09:57.807 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:09:58.414 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:09:58.534 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.534 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 5 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.535 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.535 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 6 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.535 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.536 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 24 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.536 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.536 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 9 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.536 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.537 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 8 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.537 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.537 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 17 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.538 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.538 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 6 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.538 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.539 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 11 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.539 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.539 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 6 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.540 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.540 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 11 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.540 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.540 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 5 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.541 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.541 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 2 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.541 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:09:58.541 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 20 packets
2019-05-03 11:09:58.567 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [hevc @ 0x55fb28913c60] The cu_qp_delta 50 is outside the valid range [-26, 25].
2019-05-03 11:09:58.894 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:09:59.394 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:09:59.935 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:10:00.366 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:10:00.584 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:10:00.585 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 2 packets
2019-05-03 11:10:00.984 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
2019-05-03 11:10:01.344 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] max delay reached. need to consume packet
2019-05-03 11:10:01.345 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [rtsp @ 0x55fb27a659a0] RTP: missed 12 packets
2019-05-03 11:10:01.468 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [Parsed_palettegen_4 @ 0x55fb288884a0] 255(+1) colors generated out of 2693 colors; ratio=0.094690
2019-05-03 11:10:01.468 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - [Parsed_palettegen_4 @ 0x55fb288884a0] Dupped color: FFA9A9A9
2019-05-03 11:10:01.489 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    2 fps=0.4 q=-0.0 size=       1kB time=00:00:00.51 bitrate=  12.5kbits/s speed=0.104x    
2019-05-03 11:10:01.494 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Past duration 0.999992 too large
2019-05-03 11:10:01.568 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] -     Last message repeated 4 times
2019-05-03 11:10:01.568 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - frame=    7 fps=1.4 q=-0.0 Lsize=     543kB time=00:00:03.01 bitrate=1478.1kbits/s dup=0 drop=5 speed=0.605x    
2019-05-03 11:10:01.568 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - video:542kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.154339%
2019-05-03 11:10:01.576 [DEBUG] [ing.ipcamera.handler.IpCameraHandler] - Animated GIF has been created and is ready for use.

matt1 · May 3, 2019, 9:33am

New build 2019-05-03-Beta has following changes:

Fixed missing create gif from ONVIF thing types @rastus_rob this should be the reason you can get no log output, I missed it when pasting in the new feature.
UI changes to hide the arguments as advanced, now has a show more link down the bottom of the setup page to reach them.
Logging changes.

Also note that some Chromecasts have a limitation on the resolution you can cast HLS to them with, please google your model to see what they can do as this info is found in WIKI’s.

@posixx
I did some testing for an hour and it seems related to resolution, If I use 1080p it works and if I go higher it has issues.

posixx · May 3, 2019, 9:50am

@matt1 i have 1 camera which is set to 1920x1080P (highest resolution on that camera) but this also suffers from the problem…

Stream = main stream
Bitrate = Variable
VIdeo Quality = Highest
Frame Rate = 15fps
Encoding = H.264

rastus_rob · May 3, 2019, 9:58am

Excellent Matt, will try it now. Got a new cam today, basically an updated versions of the old one (kkMoon), it streams much better, the binding stream is now 1920 x 1080, on the old one it was 640 x 352.

Also some *.264 files showed up in my downloads directory, I’ve been playing with it a lot since setting it up, so no idea what dumped them there.

Will report back soon, thanks for all your efforts mate.