No pictures when viewing via rtsp

[richw]

What version did you use during development of 1.24.x ?

I saw on the ubuntu wiki about ffmpeg version after 15261 are very unstable (which is the version I've been using).

[zoneminder]

Probably a bit old now then, I think it's SVN-r14368

[TechGuy]

Hi Phil,

I am unable to get my camera working. I following the configuration discussed in this thread, but I am recieve errors:

10/18/09 16:05:27.119492 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/473 [Got RTP Info url=rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070/track1;seq=35289]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119509 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/492 [RTSP Seq is 35289]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119522 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/493 [RTSP Rtptime is 0]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119549 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/241 [Creating thread]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119565 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/241 [Creating thread]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119577 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/280 [Starting thread]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119627 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/253 [Invoking thread]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119664 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_data.cpp/66 [Starting data thread 0 on port 8192]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119713 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/301 [Started thread -1]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119727 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/280 [Starting thread]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119770 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/253 [Invoking thread]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119806 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_ctrl.cpp/265 [Starting control thread 0 on port 8193]
10/18/09 16:05:27.119873 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/301 [Started thread -1]
10/18/09 16:05:27.179809 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_source.cpp/268 [Got new frame 0, 60499 bytes]
10/18/09 16:05:27.224166 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/120 [Got sources]
10/18/09 16:05:27.229916 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/222 [Frame: 0 - 60499/60499]
10/18/09 16:05:27.229934 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/229 [Got picture 0]
10/18/09 16:05:30.244161 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_comms.cpp/685 [Select timed out]
10/18/09 16:05:30.244193 zmc_m1[-1].ERR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/89 [RTP timed out]
10/18/09 16:05:30.244261 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/266 [Exiting thread, status (nil)]
10/18/09 16:05:30.304170 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/46 [Sending RTSP message: TEARDOWN rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070/ RTSP/1.0
Session: 18
Authorization: Basic em11c2VyOkxlbW9uUG9sYXJTZWx0emVy
User-Agent: ZoneMinder/1.24.2
CSeq: 4

]
10/18/09 16:05:30.304220 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_comms.h/309 [Send of 154 bytes on sd 2 failed: Broken pipe]
10/18/09 16:05:30.304234 zmc_m1[-1].ERR-zm_rtsp.cpp/61 [Unable to send message 'TEARDOWN rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070/ RTSP/1.0

I suspect from the log message the RTP timeout is the cause. Is it possible to increase the timeout on this?

Thanks

FYI:
ACTI ACM-1231 Camera
Firmware Version = A1D-220-V3.10.22-AC
Date of Release: 2009/07/02
Streaming Method: RTP Over UDP
RTSP Authen Enable:On
RTP B2 Frame Emable:Off
Audio in:Disabled
FrameRate Mode:Contant
FrameRate: 1
EncoderType:MPEG4
BitRateMode: Constant
BitRate: 3M (Tried lower settings down to 128K)
RTSP Port:7070

ZoneMinder Source Settings (v 1.24.2)
Remote Protocol: RTSP
Remote Method: RTP/Unicast
RemoteHostname: zmuser:zmpass@192.168.2.114
Remote Host Port: 7070
Remote Host path: <Blank>
Image Colours: 24 Bit
Capture Size: 640 x480
Orientation: Normal

[zoneminder]

THe RTSP stuff just uses the HTTP timeout the same as the other remote cameras so you can change that.

One thing to be aware of is that as RTSP over UDP involves the camera opening connections back to your ZM box you may need to modify firewalls etc to allow this through. This is often the cause of 'timeout's just because the camera can't actually talk back at all.

[TechGuy]

Hi Phil,

I increased the timeout to 15 secs (15,000 millisecs) and I seem to have gotten a better response but I am still running into a wierd error (see below)?

10/19/09 20:45:07.060988 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/473 [Got RTP Info url=rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070/track1;seq=19018]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061005 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/492 [RTSP Seq is 19018]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061018 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/493 [RTSP Rtptime is 0]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061045 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/241 [Creating thread]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061061 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/241 [Creating thread]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061073 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/280 [Starting thread]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061124 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/253 [Invoking thread]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061160 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_data.cpp/66 [Starting data thread 0 on port 8192]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061213 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/301 [Started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061227 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/280 [Starting thread]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061268 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/253 [Invoking thread]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061303 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_ctrl.cpp/265 [Starting control thread 0 on port 8193]
10/19/09 20:45:07.061372 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/301 [Started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:07.071981 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_source.cpp/268 [Got new frame 0, 10561 bytes]
10/19/09 20:45:07.166001 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/120 [Got sources]
10/19/09 20:45:07.171661 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/222 [Frame: 0 - 10561/10561]
10/19/09 20:45:07.171679 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/229 [Got picture 0]
10/19/09 20:45:07.877762 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_source.cpp/268 [Got new frame 1, 10601 bytes]
10/19/09 20:45:07.882090 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/222 [Frame: 1 - 10601/10601]
10/19/09 20:45:07.882108 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/229 [Got picture 1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.886004 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_comms.cpp/685 [Select timed out]
10/19/09 20:45:10.886034 zmc_m1[-1].ERR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/89 [RTP timed out]
10/19/09 20:45:10.886103 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/266 [Exiting thread, status (nil)]
10/19/09 20:45:10.906012 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp/46 [Sending RTSP message: TEARDOWN rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070/ RTSP/1.0
...
10/19/09 20:45:10.911182 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/306 [Joining thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911196 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_thread.cpp/327 [Attempt to join non-started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911301 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/330 [Joined thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911317 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/306 [Joining thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911329 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_thread.cpp/327 [Attempt to join non-started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911412 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/330 [Joined thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911437 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/246 [Destroying thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911492 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/306 [Joining thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911507 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_thread.cpp/327 [Attempt to join non-started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911594 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/330 [Joined thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911610 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/246 [Destroying thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911622 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/306 [Joining thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911634 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_thread.cpp/327 [Attempt to join non-started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911716 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/330 [Joined thread -1]
10/19/09 20:45:10.911734 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/266 [Exiting thread, status (nil)]
10/19/09 20:45:11.206030 zmc_m1[-1].ERR-zmc.cpp/260 [Failed to capture image from monitor 1 (0/1)]
...
10/19/09 20:57:32.071585 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_thread.cpp/301 [Started thread -1]
10/19/09 20:57:32.082054 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_source.cpp/268 [Got new frame 0, 10547 bytes]
10/19/09 20:57:32.166001 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/120 [Got sources]
10/19/09 20:57:32.171691 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/222 [Frame: 0 - 10547/10547]
10/19/09 20:57:32.171709 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/229 [Got picture 0]
10/19/09 20:57:33.318975 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_source.cpp/268 [Got new frame 1, 11597 bytes]
10/19/09 20:57:33.323361 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/222 [Frame: 1 - 11597/11597]
10/19/09 20:57:33.323378 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/229 [Got picture 1]
10/19/09 20:57:36.321410 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtp_source.cpp/268 [Got new frame 2, 10622 bytes]
10/19/09 20:57:36.325106 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/222 [Frame: 2 - 10622/10622]
10/19/09 20:57:36.325124 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/229 [Got picture 2]
10/19/09 20:57:39.317949 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc 3000001]
10/19/09 20:57:39.318961 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc 9cb2c4e6]
10/19/09 20:57:39.320439 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc 97f9b451]
10/19/09 20:57:39.321438 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc 19117da5]
10/19/09 20:57:39.322959 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc 6db9fcfd]
10/19/09 20:57:39.323956 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc e13e1edf]
10/19/09 20:57:39.325440 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc dde41c0b]
10/19/09 20:57:39.325490 zmc_m1[-1].WAR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/57 [Discarding packet for unrecognised ssrc 8d2518a3]
10/19/09 20:57:42.336010 zmc_m1[-1].DB1-zm_comms.cpp/685 [Select timed out]
10/19/09 20:57:42.336044 zmc_m1[-1].ERR-zm_rtp_data.cpp/89 [RTP timed out]
10/19/09 20:57:42.336083 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_thread.cpp/266 [Exiting thread, status (nil)]
...
10/19/09 20:57:32.068981 zmc_m1[-1].DB2-zm_rtsp.cpp[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]Error at MB: 183[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]concealing 1070 DC, 1070 AC, 1070 MV errors
[swscaler @ 0x68b40e0]No accelerated colorspace conversion found.
[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]ac-tex damaged at 14 4
[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]Error at MB: 178
[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]concealing 1075 DC, 1075 AC, 1075 MV errors
[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]Error at MB: 302
[mpeg4 @ 0x67cb270]concealing 954 DC, 954 AC, 954 MV errors
/396 [Got RTSP session 2051, timeout 0 secs]

I am thinking that their might be a firmware diffrence between your Acti Camera and My camera, and this is the cause of the trouble. What version of the firmware are you running on your camera?

I don't have a firewall between the camera, but there are a couple of switch hops and one linux router hop, so there is some increase latency betwewn the ZM server and the camera. I have been able to stream the output to a file on the zoneminder server from the camera using ffmpeg, and using an RTP connection to the camera which works fine. Allthough ffmpeg complains about the MPEG4 header (using version:FFmpeg version SVN-r19928)

[TechGuy]

Hi Phil,

It looks like its grabbing a partial/incomplete Frame:

[zoneminder]

I'm not sure the 15s timeout is actually being picked up but I don't think that's the issue as a you should be getting frame per second and not the other way round. However the space between the first two frames is around 3 seconds. Have you set it for a very low frame rate in the cam?

Do you know what firmware version you are using?

It is a little strange that where the pid would normally be in the debug you have -1 but I don't know if that points to a larger issue.

The 'Discarding packet' messages are basically because the camera hasn't noticed that ZM is no longer requesting streams from it and so is continuing to send images from previous sessions. They should time out after a minute or so, or you can restart your camera.

The final set of errors are from ffmpeg and do indicate damaged frames. There seems to be an awful lot going wrong here and I'm not sure where to start with this.

[TechGuy]

Hi Phil,

Firmware version: A1D-220-V3.10.22-AC (2009/07/02) -- See my post from Sunday for all of the details!

I have Debug 2 enabled

I have set the frame rate to 1 fps on the Acti video config settings. It seems to work better. Using higher frame rates results in even more errors.

There is no firewall, and I can capture using ffmpeg on the same ZM server. I do notice that ffmpeg takes about 15 seconds to start capturing data and returns a error (see below)

ffmpeg -i rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070 -t 25 -f m4v /tmp/out2.mpeg4
FFmpeg version SVN-r19928, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Oct 18 2009 00:13:55, gcc: 4.3.2
[NULL @ 0xc81c30]Error, header damaged or not MPEG4 header (qscale=0)
[rtsp @ 0x1ca8370]max_analyze_duration reached
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070':
Duration: -39093:-9:-18.-49, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 1 tbr, 90k tbn, 1 tbc
Metadata
title : Session streamed by RTP/RTSP server
comment : ACTi.COM Streaming Media v
Output #0, m4v, to '/tmp/out2.mpeg4':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 1 tbc
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
[mpeg4 @ 0x1caac30]Error, header damaged or not MPEG4 header (qscale=0)
frame= 27 fps= 1 q=2.0 Lsize= 66kB time=27.00 bitrate= 19.9kbits/s
video:66kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%

FYI: I tried changing the Frame size to 320x240 (but no improvement in ZM)

1. What version of the Firmware are you running? I would like to install the same version as yours to start off with a baseline.

2. Does ZM RTSP capture use ffmpeg? If so what version are you using. I can also try matching your version.

Thanks!

[TechGuy]

Hi Phil,

Any chance that you can post your Acti Camera firmware version, or let me know if ZoneMinder uses ffmpeg for rtsp streaming?

Thanks!

[TechGuy]

I ditched trying to get ZM working using the built-in RTSP support and switched to using ffmpeg. I even managed to increase the frame size up to the max the Acti Cam supports (1280x1024) with a reasonable load(0.26). But wait theres more: Its running on a VM Linux instance!

Camera: ACTI ACM1231
Firmware Version = A1D-220-V3.11.11-AC

Configuration Tyoe: ffmpeg
Source Path: rtsp://192.168.2.114:7070
Capture Width (pixels): 1280
Capture Height (pixels): 1024

FFmpeg version SVN-r20373, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Nov 4 2009 14:02:01 with gcc 4.3.2
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-static --enable-shared --cc=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-indev=alsa --disable-indev=oss --disable-indev=jack --disable-outdev=alsa --disable-outdev=oss --enable-pthreads --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libgsm --disable-vdpau --disable-altivec --cpu=core2 --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --disable-stripping --enable-hardcoded-tables
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.37. 1 / 52.37. 1
libavformat 52.39. 2 / 52.39. 2
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1. 4. 1 / 1. 4. 1
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0


ACTI Video Settings:
Streaming method: RTP over UDP
RTSP Authen Enable: False
B2 Frame Enable: True
Audio IN: Disabled
Resolution: 1280x1024
Frame Rate Mode: Constant
Frame Rate: 4
Encoder Type: MPEG4
Video Bitrate mode: Constant
Video Maximum Bitrate: 500K
RTSP Port: 7070
Video Control Port: 6001