Record video

[netRunner0]

Hey. No video is recorded. Creates empty mp4 files. No errors.

Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-26.mp4 [12/11/2018, 5:24:26 PM] [Dafang] Setting Record Video Value to true Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-28.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-31.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-34.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-37.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-40.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-43.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-46.mp4 [12/11/2018, 5:24:48 PM] [RaspberryPi Info] Raspberry Temperatur: 52.078 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-49.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-51.mp4 Start record home/pi/record/recordingshall/Dafang Hall/Dec-11th-18/video/2018-12-11-5-24-53.mp4 [12/11/2018, 5:24:57 PM] [Dafang] ** Sending MQTT event to accessory at home/camerahall/brightness with payload : 20 [12/11/2018, 5:24:59 PM] [Dafang] ** Sending MQTT event to accessory at home/camerahall/night_mode with payload : ON [12/11/2018, 5:24:59 PM] [Dafang] ** Sending MQTT event to accessory at home/camerahall/night_mode/auto with payload : ON [12/11/2018, 5:24:59 PM] [Dafang] ** Sending MQTT event to accessory at home/camerahall/motion/detection with payload : OFF [12/11/2018, 5:25:00 PM] [Dafang] ** Sending MQTT event to accessory at home/camerahall/motion/tracking with payload : ON [12/11/2018, 5:25:00 PM] [Dafang] Setting Record Video Value to false

Audio file records...

[netRunner0]

What are the best parameters to put on the camera, (Dafang), so that the video was not slow in the homekit?

I constantly get video from these cameras, as if in slow motion. How can I enter the video settings? I use Raspberry pi3+

[sahilchaddha]

Hey @netRunner0 ,

If you are able to record audio, but not video. Its most commonly issue with video codecs.
Make sure you have installed all ffmpeg dependencies that support your streams video codec.

RPi isnt powerful enough to stream/record HD videos. Either you can use a more powerful system or you can downgrade your video resolution for RPi.

[netRunner0]

@sahilchaddha

What are the optimal settings on the camera, so that there is a sound and a normal flow? my stream is now like a slow-motion video ... but it’s not with the other rtsp camera

[netRunner0]

I started getting the perfect high definition video stream using the homebridge-ffmpeg plugin on my raspberry.
However, the video files are still empty, and the raspberry processor is not loaded.

[Hussamfhaily]

I get zero KB recorded videos!

[mkormendy]

@netRunner0 what does your .homebridge config look like?

[netRunner0]

`
{
"mdns": {
"interface": "10.0.0.100"
},
"bridge": {
"name": "Homebridge77",
"pin": "917-32-180",
"username": "0E:65:76:62:A4:6C",
"port": 51826
},
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "HTTP-TEMPERATURE",
"name": "iKettle 2.0t",
"getUrl": "http://localhost:2080/api/10.0.0.13/raw/temperature"
},
{
"accessory": "RaspberryPiTemperature",
"name": "RaspberryPi Info",
"updateInterval": 30000
},
{
"accessory": "lgtv-2012",
"name": "TV Tema",
"ip": "10.0.0.27",
"pairingKey": "783339",
"min_volume": 2,
"max_volume": 20,
"on_command": "MUTE"
},
{
"accessory": "MiHumidifier",
"name": "Увлажнитель спальня",
"ip": "10.0.0.23",
"model": "ca1",
"token": "c3c415c7093cb0ec9b0b4854008a2b47",
"showTemperature": true,
"nameTemperature": "Температура спальня"
},
{
"accessory": "MiHumidifier",
"name": "Увлажнитель Тема",
"ip": "10.0.0.17",
"model": "ca1",
"token": "598caf7ccd38601ace4a64252bc54405",
"showTemperature": true,
"nameTemperature": "Температура Тема"
}
],
"platforms": [
{
"name": "Config",
"port": 8080,
"auth": "form",
"theme": "blue",
"restart": "sudo systemctl restart homebridge",
"tempUnits": "c",
"sudo": true,
"log": {
"method": "systemd",
"service": "homebridge"
},
"platform": "config"
},
{
"platform": "AutomationSwitches",
"switches": [
{
"type": "automation",
"name": "Automation Switch #1",
"period": 5,
"autoOff": false
},
{
"type": "automation",
"name": "Automation Switch #2",
"period": 5,
"autoOff": false
},
{
"type": "automation",
"name": "Automation Switch #3",
"period": 5,
"autoOff": false
},
{
"type": "automation",
"name": "Automation Switch #4",
"period": 5,
"autoOff": false
},
{
"type": "automation",
"name": "Automation Switch #5",
"period": 5,
"autoOff": false
},
{
"type": "automation",
"name": "Automation Switch #6",
"period": 5,
"autoOff": false
}
]
},
{
"platform": "Video-DoorbellV2",
"buttonSid": "158d0001d62c2b",
"cameras": [
{
"name": "Домофон",
"videoConfig": {
"source": "-re -i http://10.0.0.12:81/videostream.cgi?loginuse=admin&loginpas=",
"maxStreams": 2,
"maxWidth": 1280,
"maxHeight": 720,
"maxBitrate": 1600,
"maxFPS": 15,
"audio": false
}
}
]
},
{
"platform": "Camera-ffmpeg",
"cameras": [
{
"name": "Холл1",
"videoConfig": {
"source": "-i rtsp://10.0.0.36:8554/unicast",
"stillImageSource": "-i rtsp://10.0.0.36:8554/unicast -vframes 1 -r 1",
"maxBitrate": 4000,
"maxStreams": 3,
"packetSize": 752,
"debug": true,
"vcodec": "copy",
"audio": true
}
}
]
},
{
"platform": "Camera-ffmpeg",
"cameras": [
{
"name": "Детская1",
"videoConfig": {
"source": "-i rtsp://10.0.0.21:8554/unicast",
"stillImageSource": "-i rtsp://10.0.0.21:8554/unicast -vframes 1 -r 1",
"maxBitrate": 4000,
"maxStreams": 3,
"vcodec": "copy",
"packetSize": 752,
"debug": true,
"audio": true
}
}
]
},
{
"platform": "cmdSwitch2",
"switches": [
{
"name": "iKettle 2.0",
"on_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew heat 100 30 10.0.0.13",
"off_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew stop 10.0.0.13",
"state_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew status 10.0.0.13 | grep 'busy'",
"manufacturer": "iBrew",
"model": "iBrew iKettle 2.0",
"serial": "44DE2AD79BC",
"polling": true,
"interval": 10
},
{
"name": "iKettle night",
"on_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew heat 41 30 10.0.0.13",
"off_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew stop 10.0.0.13",
"state_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew status 10.0.0.13 | grep 'keep warm'",
"manufacturer": "iBrew",
"model": "iBrew iKettle 2.0",
"serial": "44DE2AD79BA",
"polling": true,
"interval": 9
},
{
"name": "iKettle Green Tea",
"on_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew heat 65 10.0.0.13",
"off_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew stop 10.0.0.13",
"state_cmd": "/home/pi/iBrew/ibrew status 10.0.0.13 | grep 'busy'",
"manufacturer": "iBrew",
"model": "iBrew iKettle 2.0",
"serial": "44DE2AD79BA",
"polling": true,
"interval": 11
}
]
}
]
}

`

I do not use the original plugin to view the video

[mkormendy]

I do not use the original plugin to view the video

This is likely the reason why. But looking at your config, I don't see the homebridge-dafang entry's settings at all.

Your homebridge-dafang is the plugin that does the recording, so you need to get this to work properly. It's likely your system's ffmpeg library not configured or installed with all of the required codecs for outputting to a file.

[renedivx]

I have same problem with correct config like this

{
"platform": "Dafang",
"mqtt": {
"hostBroker": false,
"port": 1883,
"host": "192.168.22.104",
"debug": true
},
"cameras": [
{
"cameraName": "terrasse",
"cameraRTSPStreamUrl": "rtsp://192.168.22.69:8554/unicast",
"mqttTopic": "haus/terrasse/#",
"folder": "/home/pi/kamera/",
"recordingDirectoryPathFormat": "DD-MM-YYYY",
"recordingFilenameFormat": "DD-MM-YYYY-kk-mm-ss",
"accessories": [
{
"name": "Bewegungssensor",
"type": "richMotionSensor",
"threshold": 100000
},
{
"name": "Auto Bewegung",
"type": "autoMotionTrackingSwitch"
},
{
"name": "Nachtsichtsensor",
"type": "nightVisionSensor",
"threshold": 0
},
{
"name": "Nachtsicht",
"type": "nightVisionSwitch"
},
{
"name": "Auto Nachtsicht",
"type": "autoNightVisionSwitch"
},
{
"name": "Links",
"type": "moveCamera",
"axis": "horizontal",
"direction": "left"
},
{
"name": "Rechts",
"type": "moveCamera",
"axis": "horizontal",
"direction": "right"
},
{
"name": "Hoch",
"type": "moveCamera",
"axis": "vertical",
"direction": "up"
},
{
"name": "Runter",
"type": "moveCamera",
"axis": "vertical",
"direction": "down"
},
{
"name": "Video aufnehmen",
"type": "recordVideo"
},
{
"name": "Audio aufnehmen",
"type": "recordAudio"
},
{
"name": "Bild aufnehmen",
"type": "captureImage"
},
{
"name": "RPi Speicher",
"type": "storageSensor"
},
{
"name": "Speicher bereinigen",
"type": "clearStorage"
},
{
"name": "Stream zurücksetzen",
"type": "resetFFMPEG"
},
{
"name": "Helligkeit",
"type": "brightness"
},
{
"name": "Neustarten",
"type": "restartSwitch"
},
{
"name": "Kalibrieren",
"type": "recalibrateSwitch"
}
],
"videoConfig": {
"source": "-rtsp_transport tcp -re -i rtsp://192.168.22.69:8554/unicast",
"stillImageSource": "-i http://root:ismart12@192.168.22.69/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi",
"maxStreams": 2,
"maxWidth": 1280,
"maxHeight": 720,
"maxFPS": 21,
"maxBitrate": 299,
"vcodec": "h264_omx",
"audio": false,
"packetSize": 188
}
}
]
},

Have you find a solution for thsi problem? i also get empty mp4 files. But no errors on log file

if i start recording with mqtt. my log file shows this

Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-29.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-30.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-32.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-34.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-36.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-38.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-40.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-42.mp4
Start record /home/pi/kamera/terrasse/05-03-2019/video/05-03-2019-13-04-44.mp4

Than i have many mp4 files in the folder, but all have 0 bytes

Thanks
best regards rene

[renedivx]

I solve this problem. change in the audio settings from dafang the type to mp3. Than record videos works fine. Maybe this can help others.

[mkormendy]

@renedivx what does your homebridge config look like with the changes?

[renedivx]

@renedivx what does your homebridge config look like with the changes?

I change the audio settings at camera webif not in the config.json. there change to mp3. after that i can recrod video files.

[mkormendy]

What do you mean by “camera webif”? Oh you're talking about the Dafang Hack Web Interface.

Well I already had mine set to MP3, video is working but no audio still.

[renedivx]

Ok great. have you set in config.json = "audio": true

[mkormendy]

Wow, so many months later .. sorry for not responding sooner.

Unfortunately the video streaming never works with the "audio": true in the homebridge config.json, and MP3 selected in the dafang web interface.

What sample rates and filter settings do you have in the dafang web Interface?