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How to make an Ubuntu 16.04 an RTSP streamer and how to consume that?
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How to make an Ubuntu 16.04 an RTSP streamer and how to consume that?

Prerequisites

It is recommended to to the following steps in a new VM in order to not accidently mess up an existing installation!

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install bison
sudo apt-get install flex
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

Get the required GStreamer sources from https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/. Focus on version 1.14.2

  1. Download

  2. Unpack tar.xz files

tar -xf <filename>
  1. Change into each of the unpacked dirs
  2. Execute these commands in each directory
./configure
make
sudo make install
  1. Change into gst-rtsp-server-1.14.2/examples
  2. Attach a webcam via USB, make sure to have /dev/video0 (or change to whatever is there)
ls /dev/video*
  1. Run server command

Running a test image

./test-launch --gst-debug=3 '( videotestsrc ! x264enc ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'

Using /dev/video0 and H.264 software encoder

./test-launch  --gst-debug=3 '( v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=480,framerate=30/1 ! x264enc tune="zerolatency" byte-stream=true bitrate=2000 ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'

If your camera exposes H.264 directly (ways less CPU power required)

./test-launch  --gst-debug=0 '( v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! video/x-h264,width=640,height=480,framerate=30/1 ! h264parse ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'

Consume the stream on a Mac, replace ip-of-rtsp-server by the real IP (GStreamer installation required)

/Library/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Commands/gst-launch-1.0 -v rtspsrc location=rtsp://<ip-of-rtsp-server>:8554/test latency=0 buffer-mode=auto ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! osxvideosink sync=false

Consume on a Linux system, replace ip-of-rtsp-server by the real IP (GStreamer installation required)

gst-launch-1.0 -v rtspsrc location=rtsp://<ip-of-rtsp-server>:8554/test latency=0 buffer-mode=auto ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false
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varunqd commented Feb 20, 2020

Hi..
I am unable to view the video
showing error while running the command
" gst-launch-1.0 -v rtspsrc location=rtsp://:8554/test latency=0 buffer-mode=auto ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false"
----------------------------ERROR---------------------------------------------------
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is live and does not need PREROLL ...
Progress: (open) Opening Stream
Progress: (connect) Connecting to rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test
Progress: (open) Retrieving server options
Progress: (open) Retrieving media info
ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstRTSPSrc:rtspsrc0: Could not read from resource.
Additional debug info:
gstrtspsrc.c(5670): gst_rtspsrc_send (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstRTSPSrc:rtspsrc0:
Got error response: 503 (Service Unavailable).
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Setting pipeline to READY ...
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
Freeing pipeline ...

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Unfortunately you are right. I don't have an Ubuntu 16.04 anymore, but installed 1.14.5 on a fresh 18.04. Same symptom, same 503. No more information.

Will give it another try with 1.16.2

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You could try to come closer by adding --gst-debug=3 to both command lines. In my case it revealed, that x264enc was missing. But after resolving that, it got stuck on another point.

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neilyoung commented Feb 20, 2020 •
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Can you tell me, if this works for you on the server side? It works here and produces a test video.

./test-launch --gst-debug=3 '( videotestsrc ! x264enc ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'

So here at least the client pipeline is correct. The problem is the camera control.

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anupamkundu commented Sep 17, 2020 •
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Can you tell me, if this works for you on the server side? It works here and produces a test video.

./test-launch --gst-debug=3 '( videotestsrc ! x264enc ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'

So here at least the client pipeline is correct. The problem is the camera control.

I get this error
bash: ./test-launch: No such file or directory

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Can you tell me, if this works for you on the server side? It works here and produces a test video.
./test-launch --gst-debug=3 '( videotestsrc ! x264enc ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'
So here at least the client pipeline is correct. The problem is the camera control.

I get this error
bash: ./test-launch: No such file or directory

Make sure you are in the right directory? The test-launch file should be within gst-rtsp-server/examples

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Can you tell me, if this works for you on the server side? It works here and produces a test video.
./test-launch --gst-debug=3 '( videotestsrc ! x264enc ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'
So here at least the client pipeline is correct. The problem is the camera control.

I get this error bash: ./test-launch: No such file or directory

Hi.. I am unable to view the video showing error while running the command " gst-launch-1.0 -v rtspsrc location=rtsp://:8554/test latency=0 buffer-mode=auto ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! autovideosink sync=false" ----------------------------ERROR--------------------------------------------------- Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... Pipeline is live and does not need PREROLL ... Progress: (open) Opening Stream Progress: (connect) Connecting to rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test Progress: (open) Retrieving server options Progress: (open) Retrieving media info ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstRTSPSrc:rtspsrc0: Could not read from resource. Additional debug info: gstrtspsrc.c(5670): gst_rtspsrc_send (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstRTSPSrc:rtspsrc0: Got error response: 503 (Service Unavailable). ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll. Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... Setting pipeline to READY ... Setting pipeline to NULL ... Freeing pipeline ...

Try these steps:
$ cd gst-rtsp-server-1.14.2/examples
$ ./test-launch --gst-debug=3 '( v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=480,framerate=30/1 ! x264enc tune="zerolatency" byte-stream=true bitrate=2000 ! rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96 )'

rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test
Now open new tab and replace rtsp ip in bellow command
$ gst-launch-1.0 rtspsrc location='rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test' der=TRUE ! rtph264depay ! video/x-h264, width=640,height=480,framerate=15/1, format=avc,alignment=au ! kvssink stream-name="test1" storage-size=512 access-key=ATR secret-key=huB****52q2 aws-region=us-east-1

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