[Camera Support]: Homemade PiCamera has stopped working after migrating Frigate from HASS to Docker Container on NAS

[andrewtimosca]

Describe the problem you are having

Hi! I just set up a fresh Frigate install on my Synology NAS, previously running it on my Home Assistant server. I was having a lot of stability issues and thought this my be the better path. I currently have 2 cameras, a Reolink E1 which seems to be working just fine, and a Raspberry Pi I've set up to be a front door camera. Prior to migrating both cameras "worked" although the front door camera had been a little finicky. Now I've been unable to get the front door camera working at all.

I tried the original config as well as the recommended go2rtc route which I've most likely not set up properly since I haven't been able to figure it out. Both configs are attached.

Connecting directly to the camera feed via web browser and VLC works as well, so I know it's up and running. I'm just having trouble figuring out who to get Frigate to play nice with it.

Version

0.14.1-f4f3cfa

What browser(s) are you using?

No response

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  host: 192.168.50.2
  user: Username
  password: Password

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

go2rtc:
  streams:
    front_door_cam: "ffmpeg:{frontdoorcamIP:8000/stream.mjpg}#video=h264" # <- use hardware acceleration to create an h264 stream usable for other components.

cameras:
  living_room_kitchen_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://admin:password@REOLINKIP:554/h264Preview_01_main
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://admin:password@REOLINKIP:554/h264Preview_01_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 2
    record:
      enabled: true
      events:
        retain:
          default: 10
    detect:
      fps: 5
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0,1,0.112,1,0.227,1,0.264,0.711,0.226,0.542,0.128,0.544,0.112,0.493,0.071,0.454,0.04,0.303,0,0.273
        - 0.513,0.004,0.512,0.07,0.591,0.052,0.594,0
      threshold: 46
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: 'true'
      
  front_door_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
      - path: rtsp://frigateIP:8554/front_door_cam
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
        - restream
        - detect
        - clips
        - record
        
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 2
    record:
      enabled: true
      events:
        retain:
          default: 10
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 480
      fps: 10
    motion:
      mask:
      - 0,0,417,0,405,163,218,124,0,136
version: 0.14

Previous HASS Config for Front Door Cam

  front_door_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
      - path: http://frontdoorcam.local:8000/stream.mjpg
        roles:
        - detect
        - clips
        - record
      input_args: -avoid_negative_ts make_zero -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -strict
        experimental -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1
        -c:v mjpeg
      output_args:
        record: -f segment -segment_time 10 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps
          1 -strftime 1 -c:v libx264 -an
        rtmp: -c:v libx264 -an -f flv
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 2
    record:
      enabled: true
      events:
        retain:
          default: 10
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 480
      fps: 10
    motion:
      mask:
      - 0,0,417,0,405,163,218,124,0,136

Relevant Frigate log output

2024-09-03 17:53:37.165529769  [2024-09-03 17:53:37] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door_cam.
2024-09-03 17:53:37.165549881  [2024-09-03 17:53:37] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-03 17:53:37.181568164  [2024-09-03 17:53:37] ffmpeg.front_door_cam.detect   ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.50.61:8554/front_door_cam: Invalid data found when processing input
2024-09-03 17:53:37.732336603  [2024-09-03 17:53:37] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:53:37.732988686  [2024-09-03 17:53:37] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-09-03 17:53:47.207202117  [2024-09-03 17:53:47] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door_cam.
2024-09-03 17:53:47.207681419  [2024-09-03 17:53:47] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-03 17:53:47.208649024  [2024-09-03 17:53:47] ffmpeg.front_door_cam.detect   ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.50.61:8554/front_door_cam: Invalid data found when processing input
2024-09-03 17:53:47.795573900  [2024-09-03 17:53:47] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:53:47.796763100  [2024-09-03 17:53:47] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-09-03 17:53:57.252889257  [2024-09-03 17:53:57] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door_cam.
2024-09-03 17:53:57.253382449  [2024-09-03 17:53:57] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-03 17:53:57.253817381  [2024-09-03 17:53:57] ffmpeg.front_door_cam.detect   ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.50.61:8554/front_door_cam: Invalid data found when processing input
2024-09-03 17:53:57.817906734  [2024-09-03 17:53:57] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:53:57.818937748  [2024-09-03 17:53:57] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-09-03 17:54:07.292892324  [2024-09-03 17:54:07] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door_cam.
2024-09-03 17:54:07.294131821  [2024-09-03 17:54:07] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-03 17:54:07.294154340  [2024-09-03 17:54:07] ffmpeg.front_door_cam.detect   ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.50.61:8554/front_door_cam: Invalid data found when processing input
2024-09-03 17:54:07.848785755  [2024-09-03 17:54:07] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:07.850225848  [2024-09-03 17:54:07] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-09-03 17:54:17.384435732  [2024-09-03 17:54:17] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door_cam.
2024-09-03 17:54:17.384458510  [2024-09-03 17:54:17] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-03 17:54:17.384465732  [2024-09-03 17:54:17] ffmpeg.front_door_cam.detect   ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.50.61:8554/front_door_cam: Invalid data found when processing input
2024-09-03 17:54:18.598925904  [2024-09-03 17:54:18] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:18.598945608  [2024-09-03 17:54:18] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-09-03 17:54:27.490901558  [2024-09-03 17:54:27] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door_cam.
2024-09-03 17:54:27.491365156  [2024-09-03 17:54:27] watchdog.front_door_cam        ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-03 17:54:27.491714605  [2024-09-03 17:54:27] ffmpeg.front_door_cam.detect   ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.50.61:8554/front_door_cam: Invalid data found when processing input
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068576275  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068595127  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068601682  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068607868  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068614053  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068620238  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068626386  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068635238  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068703795  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068710906  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.068717943  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-09-03 17:54:28.073805788  [2024-09-03 17:54:28] frigate.video                  ERROR   : front_door_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...

Relevant go2rtc log output

2024-09-03 17:54:03.047805703  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:03.736352428  curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 1984: Connection refused
2024-09-03 17:54:03.740200071  [ERROR] The go2rtc service is not responding to ping, restarting...
2024-09-03 17:54:04.529784861  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:06.271318161  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:07.774849823  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:09.458801591  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:10.990515845  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:12.844256208  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:14.329363333  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:16.051671418  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:17.787666089  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:19.892126625  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:21.370638886  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:23.517345161  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:25.001340976  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:26.836626763  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:28.384421376  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:30.104616655  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:31.595906047  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:33.455151592  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:34.941009542  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:36.642605467  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:38.143699986  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:39.895754424  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:41.414191134  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:43.124684508  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:43.770529007  curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 1984: Connection refused
2024-09-03 17:54:43.774497652  [ERROR] The go2rtc service is not responding to ping, restarting...
2024-09-03 17:54:44.611279468  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:46.391354050  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:47.904422393  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:49.756683292  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:51.234065464  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:52.951757673  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:54.501263790  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:56.408747746  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:54:57.906144365  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:54:59.626436016  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:55:01.109195926  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:55:02.941724084  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
2024-09-03 17:55:04.437483756  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2024-09-03 17:55:06.215529386  [INFO] The go2rtc service exited with code 1 (by signal 0)

FFprobe output from your camera

Input #0, mpjpeg, from 'http://frondoorcamIP:8000/stream.mjpg':                 
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A                                                    
    Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 
640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Other

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

Coral

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Homemade Pi Camera Utilizing PiCamera2

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

I'm on the dumb side.

[NickM-27]

enable trace logs for go2rtc to get more information

go2rtc:
  log:
    exec: trace
  streams:
    front_door_cam: "ffmpeg:{frontdoorcamIP:8000/stream.mjpg}#video=h264"

[andrewtimosca]

Ok I was able to get it up and running here.

Steps I took to resolve:
I noticed I didn't open the go2rtc port properly and there was also a conflict with port 1984. I used a different port for it and was able to get into the go2rtc portal.

I also realized I didn't need the curly brackets in "ffmpeg:{frontdoorcamIP:8000/stream.mjpg}#video=h264" and I needed to append #hardware which I had removed for some reason.

The main camera url is set up with some html and after trying bunch of combos pointing the direct feed in the go2rtc worked.

I think these 3 problems were causing issues.