RTSP via VLC works. Not in Frigate.

[thesebastianf]

Hey
I already have a couple of cameras in frigate.
Today I tried to add a new one but I only see it timed out in frigate.

When I open the RTSP stream in VLC the camera actually shows a video.
Any hints how I could investigate further what could be the issue?

Thanks

2024-09-20 17:15:37.881008501  [2024-09-20 17:15:37] audio.mobil                    ERROR   : ffmpeg process is not running, restarting...
2024-09-20 17:15:41.683653201  [2024-09-20 17:15:41] watchdog.haustuere             ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for haustuere.
2024-09-20 17:15:41.683662811  [2024-09-20 17:15:41] watchdog.haustuere             ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-09-20 17:15:41.683666680  [2024-09-20 17:15:41] ffmpeg.haustuere.detect        ERROR   : [tcp @ 0x56244ebf9380] Connection to tcp://192.168.1.119:554?timeout=5000000 failed: Connection timed out
2024-09-20 17:15:41.683669974  [2024-09-20 17:15:41] ffmpeg.haustuere.detect        ERROR   : rtsp://192.168.1.119:554/user=*&password=* Connection timed out

[NickM-27]

vlc uses udp by default, you could try using udp in frigate

[thesebastianf]

what did you put? most likely it was not done correclty

sorry it took a while. I upgraded to latest stable frigate ... so many changes in config needed .. :(

but my problem is still persisting.
I again tried UDP at camera level --> Still shows TCP timeout
I also tried UDP at globale level -> also the log says TCP timeout

# Global ffmpeg configuration
ffmpeg:
  # Optional: global input args (default: shown below)
  input_args: preset-rtsp-udp
  retry_interval: 10

[NickM-27]

open frigate/api/stats and you will be able to see what the ffmpeg commands are (you can paste the whole output)

[thesebastianf]

open frigate/api/stats and you will be able to see what the ffmpeg commands are (you can paste the whole output)

haustuere is the not working cam

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[NickM-27]

fmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -threads 2 -hwaccel_flags allow_profile_mismatch -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -user_agent FFmpeg Frigate/0.14.1-f4f3cfa -avoid_negative_ts make_zero -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -rtsp_transport udp -timeout 5000000 -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1 -i rtsp://192.168.1.119:554/user=*&password=* -r 5 -vf fps=5,scale_vaapi=w=1280:h=720:format=nv12,hwdownload,format=nv12,format=yuv420p -threads 2 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p pipe:

we can see ffmpeg is being told to use udp

[thesebastianf]

I played more with the camera.
I added it to Tinycam to see what happens.
It opens the RTSP stream fine. But when looking at the stream info in Tinycam it says "Protocol HTTP". For my other cameras it says RTSP via TCP.

maybe its a strange RTSP implementation from the manufacturer