Reolink RLC-410-5MP using suggested arguments - no video feeds or recording - Improvement suggestion Use Snapshot url for less overhead

[GhostlyCrowd]

I had this working one night (recording and mobile app, web interface would not live view), decided to shut it down for the night and now I cannot get it to work again. Ubuntu Server 21.04 in a Hyper-V instance.

The screen shots seems to cycle from blurry and distorted to clear and perfect.

For what its worth its a UDM-PRO with Protect 1.19.2

Below is the output I see its in a loop.

`2021-09-23 13:52:17 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Processing [ChangeVideoSettings] message

2021-09-23 13:52:17 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Spawning ffmpeg for video2 (vvJ3yWvxZINKJ3Y8): ffmpeg -nostdin -y -stimeout 15000000 -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://unifiprotect:12345678@192.168.7.100:554//h264Preview_01_main" -c:v copy -vbsf "h264_metadata=tick_rate=60000/1001:fixed_frame_rate_flag=1" -ar 32000 -ac 2 -codec:a aac -b:a 32k -metadata streamname=vvJ3yWvxZINKJ3Y8 -f flv - | /usr/bin/python3 -m unifi.clock_sync | nc 192.168.7.245 7550

2021-09-23 13:52:22 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Processing [NetworkStatus] message

2021-09-23 13:52:22 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Processing [GetSystemStats] message

2021-09-23 13:52:30 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Processing [ChangeVideoSettings] message

2021-09-23 13:52:30 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Spawning ffmpeg for video2 (vvJ3yWvxZINKJ3Y8): ffmpeg -nostdin -y -stimeout 15000000 -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://unifiprotect:12345678@192.168.7.100:554//h264Preview_01_main" -c:v copy -vbsf "h264_metadata=tick_rate=60000/1001:fixed_frame_rate_flag=1" -ar 32000 -ac 2 -codec:a aac -b:a 32k -metadata streamname=vvJ3yWvxZINKJ3Y8 -f flv - | /usr/bin/python3 -m unifi.clock_sync | nc 192.168.7.245 7550

2021-09-23 13:52:30 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Processing [ChangeVideoSettings] message

2021-09-23 13:52:30 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Spawning ffmpeg for video1 (dLA1PwkdkNwvKQ1Q): ffmpeg -nostdin -y -stimeout 15000000 -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://unifiprotect:12345678@192.168.7.100:554//h264Preview_01_main" -c:v copy -vbsf "h264_metadata=tick_rate=60000/1001:fixed_frame_rate_flag=1" -ar 32000 -ac 2 -codec:a aac -b:a 32k -metadata streamname=dLA1PwkdkNwvKQ1Q -f flv - | /usr/bin/python3 -m unifi.clock_sync | nc 192.168.7.245 7550

2021-09-23 13:52:30 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Processing [ChangeVideoSettings] message

2021-09-23 13:52:30 udnt-dns RTSPCam[73248] INFO Spawning ffmpeg for video3 (6IGqHHJaoygDHSBy): ffmpeg -nostdin -y -stimeout 15000000 -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://unifiprotect:12345678@192.168.7.100:554//h264Preview_01_main" -c:v copy -vbsf "h264_metadata=tick_rate=60000/1001:fixed_frame_rate_flag=1" -ar 32000 -ac 2 -codec:a aac -b:a 32k -metadata streamname=6IGqHHJaoygDHSBy -f flv - | /usr/bin/python3 -m unifi.clock_sync | nc 192.168.7.245 7550

[GhostlyCrowd]

I think part of my issues is the overhead for the snapshot is using 150% cpu and its spawning twice and ive given it 12vcpus

reolink supports taking a snapshot jpeg its self seperatly via this format example, can we get this implimented and see ifi t helps us Reolink users.

http://(ip address)/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=0&rs=(any combination of numbers and letters)&user=(user name)&password=(user password)

For Example

http://192.168.2.119/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=0&rs=wuuPhkmUCeI9WG7C&user=admin&password=123456

main and sub video streams are located here as en example

rtsp://admin:password@192.168.2.119:554//h264Preview_01_main

rtsp://admin:password@192.168.2.119:554//h264Preview_01_sub

[GhostlyCrowd]

After looking at the reolink_nvr stuff (im no python pro) its almost working. I edited the snapshot part to use the proper url format in the reolink_nvr

async def get_snapshot(self) -> Path: img_file = Path(self.snapshot_dir, "screen.jpg") url = ( f"http://{self.args.ip}" f"/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=0&rs=wuuPhkmUCeI9WG7C" f"&user={self.args.username}&password={self.args.password}" ) await self.fetch_to_file(url, img_file) returnimg_file `

However im getting this error when i try to send the cam specific ffmpeg arguments to it

unifi-cam-proxy -H 192.168.7.245 -i 192.168.7.100 --mac 'ec:71:db:dc:47:b8' -c client.pem -t 505zI2WzHsHCusWGVM8aOQtNTGLfclFy reolink_nvr --rtsp-transport udp --username unifiprotect --password 12345678 --channel 0 --ffmpeg-args '-c:v copy -vbsf "h264_metadata=tick_rate=60000/1001:fixed_frame_rate_flag=1" -ar 32000 -ac 2 -codec:a aac -b:a 32k'

usage: unifi-cam-proxy reolink_nvr [-h] [--ffmpeg-args FFMPEG_ARGS] [--rtsp-transport {tcp,udp,http,udp_multicast}] --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD --channel CHANNEL unifi-cam-proxy reolink_nvr: error: argument --ffmpeg-args/-f: expected one argument

[GhostlyCrowd]

in the unif protect error log this is all i see

2021-09-23T21:34:36.407Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' r ejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16147 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:34:46.405Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' r ejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16150 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:34:56.405Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' r ejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16155 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:35:06.411Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' r ejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16161 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:35:16.412Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' r ejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16164 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:35:26.415Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' rejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16170 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:35:36.421Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' rejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16175 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:35:46.583Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' rejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16178 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} } 2021-09-23T21:35:56.591Z - error: Request timed out.. Request 'GetSystemStats' rejected. MESSAGE_ID: 16184 { request: { payload: {} }, response: {} }

Which i assume is why i get no video feed Also this in the service log on unifi protect

[GhostlyCrowd]

@keshavdv I dont know if this will help but it might help resolve reolink compatibility issues since its a sanctioned full blown python api https://github.com/ReolinkCameraAPI/reolinkapipy

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.