ONVIF in Frigate failing on h52 ga and h60ga

[Close04]

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone has ONVIF working in Frigate on h52ga or h60ga. Both are on 0.3.1. For the life of me I can't get the fovtest.py script to give me useful info. Frigate and the script return the same kind of error (no status):

2024-03-18 20:08:49.943832805 [2024-03-18 20:08:49] frigate.ptz.onvif WARNING : Unable to get status from camera: cam: Unknown error: No status

Any idea how to troubleshoot?

P.S. In tools like ONVIFViewer the stream works if I remove the authentication. In TinyCam for Android everything is working fine, including PTZ.

[roleoroleo]

https://github.com/roleoroleo/yi-hack-Allwinner-v2/issues/767#issuecomment-2002107985

[Close04]

Hi @roleoroleo, I was trying to enable basic ONVIF without autotracking. At least to load the camera control panel for manual control.

Both cameras log the same thing:

2024-03-19 19:04:38.804474980  [2024-03-19 19:04:38] frigate.ptz.onvif              WARNING : Unable to get status from camera: cam: Unknown error: No status
2024-03-19 19:04:38.804491702  [2024-03-19 19:04:38] frigate.ptz.onvif              DEBUG   : cam: Relative move request: {
2024-03-19 19:04:38.804494387      'ProfileToken': 'Profile_0',
2024-03-19 19:04:38.804496553      'Translation': None,
2024-03-19 19:04:38.804498387      'Speed': None
2024-03-19 19:04:38.804499813  }
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813794193  [2024-03-19 19:04:38] frigate.http                   ERROR   : Exception on /cam/ptz/info [GET]
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813806081  Traceback (most recent call last):
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813809544    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 2190, in wsgi_app
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813811952      response = self.full_dispatch_request()
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813815081    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1486, in full_dispatch_request
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813817155      rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813820229    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1484, in full_dispatch_request
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813822155      rv = self.dispatch_request()
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813825118    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1469, in dispatch_request
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813827803      return self.ensure_sync(self.view_functions[rule.endpoint])(**view_args)
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813830322    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/http.py", line 1428, in camera_ptz_info
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813832785      return jsonify(current_app.onvif.get_camera_info(camera_name))
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813835359    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/ptz/onvif.py", line 534, in get_camera_info
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813837229      self._init_onvif(camera_name)
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813839748    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/ptz/onvif.py", line 179, in _init_onvif
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813841859      move_request.Translation = status.Position
2024-03-19 19:04:38.813844266  AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'Position'

Does the linked comment suggest the beta fixed it and it should be in 0.3.2?

Thank you!

[roleoroleo]

Probably the beta fix the issue. If you want to try, tell me your model.

[Close04]

I tried the h60ga FW that you linked here but all I got was a GUI that wasn't really loading anymore. Used the standard procedure so maybe I can try something else or wait for final.

I have a h60ga and a h52ga with similar ONVIF behavior, only tried the upgrade on the h60ga.

[roleoroleo]

Use the manual update procedure. You can find it in the wiki.

[Close04]

I tried the procedure here and it definitely worked in the past (like for fixing the missing GUI upgrade options a month or so ago) but this time nothing happens. I have my FW file in place on the SD but the upgrade in the GUI shows me "Installed: 0.3.1 - Available: 0.3.1" so nothing is triggered when I click update.

root@cam:/tmp/sd# ls -lart
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      67108864 Apr  6  2023 swapfile
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 Apr  6  2023 record
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Sep 18  2023 log
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          3622 Feb 12 21:47 lower_half_init.sh
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Feb 12 21:47 Factory.done
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Feb 12 21:47 backup
drwxr-xr-x   10 root     root          4096 Feb 12 21:47 yi-hack
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root          4096 Feb 12 21:49 .fw_upgrade.conf
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       2674260 Mar 22 22:00 h60ga_x.x.x.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x    8 root     root          4096 Mar 22 22:10 .
drwxrwxrwt   12 root     root           580 Mar 22 22:16 ..

[roleoroleo]

The extension must be .tgz

[Close04]

Duh. Said so in the instructions but thought it's better to leave it as I downloaded it. The ONVIF PTZ works like a charm in Frigate now.

I'll keep testing other ONVIF config and functionality (including Synology, which I haven't tried so far). I'll see if this also improves the stability of the stream. The logs are flooded with ffmpeg errors (Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.; ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture; Invalid data found when processing input; etc.) and the Frigate stream just blacks out. Weirdly enough the event detection works fine, with snapshots and all, just the video stream never recovers until I restart the camera or Frigate.

[roleoroleo]

About errors, check if you can configure tcp instead of udp.

[Close04]

Tried with "-rtsp_transport tcp" with no change. I'm investigating in parallel if the WiFi may be iffy. Thank you!

[roleoroleo]

If you want to check the stream inside the cam, try to capture the video locally and play it with vlc. You can use h264grabber to capture the stream in console. h264grabber -m h52ga -r high > /tmp/cap.h264

[Close04]

Just wanted to say the ONVIF part in the beta FW works great in HA/Frigate. Need to test Synology next.

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