Tiny DVR for RTSP/H264 cameras

dvr.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:utf-8 vi:noet
# RTSP/H264 simple camera DVR

__author__ = "Jérôme Carretero <cJ-tub@zougloub.eu>"
__license__ = "MIT"

import sys, io, os, re, time, datetime

import gi

gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
gi.require_version('GstBase', '1.0')

from gi.repository import Gst, GObject, GstBase

if __name__ == '__main__':

	import argparse

	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
	 description="Production data analysis",
	)

	parser.add_argument("--url",
	)

	parser.add_argument("--duration",
	 type=float,
	 default=365*24*60*60,
	)

	parser.add_argument("--chunk-size",
	 type=float,
	 default=60*60,
	)

	parser.add_argument("basename",
	)

	try:
		import argcomplete
		argcomplete.autocomplete(parser)
	except:
		pass

	args = parser.parse_args()

	basename = args.basename
	url = args.url
	if url is None:
		url = "rtsp://%s:554/user=admin&password=&channel=1&stream=0.sdp" % basename


	GObject.threads_init()
	Gst.init(None)


	chunk_time = int(args.chunk_size*1e9)
	duration = args.duration

	def generator():
		while True:
			fn = "%s-%s.mp4" % (datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S"), basename)
			print("- %s" % fn)
			yield fn

	fn_gen = generator()
	file = next(fn_gen)

	pipeline = Gst.parse_launch("""
	 rtspsrc location={url} protocols=4 name=rtsp
	 rtsp.
	  ! rtph264depay
	 ! queue
	  ! h264parse config-interval=1 name=parse
	  ! splitmuxsink name=sink
	   mux="mp4mux fragment-duration=1000"
	   max-size-time={chunk_time}
	   location={file}
	""".format(**locals()))

	it0 = pipeline.iterate_elements()
	while True:
		res0, e = it0.next()
		if e is None:
			break

		if e.name == "parse":
			"""
			Workaround camera PTS issue
			"""
			GstBase.BaseParse.set_infer_ts(e, True)
			GstBase.BaseParse.set_pts_interpolation(e, True)

	pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING)

	t0 = time.time()
	bus = pipeline.get_bus()

	try:
		while True:
			msg = bus.poll(Gst.MessageType.ANY, int(100*1e6))

			if msg is None:
				now = time.time()

				if now - t0 > duration:
					print("break")
					pipeline.send_event(Gst.Event.new_eos())
					break

				continue

			t = msg.type
			if t == Gst.MessageType.EOS:
				print("Error, EOS")
				break
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.ERROR:
				err, debug = msg.parse_error()
				print("Error: %s" % err, debug)
				break
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.WARNING:
				err, debug = msg.parse_warning()
				print("Warning: %s" % err, debug)
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.STATE_CHANGED:
				pass
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.STREAM_STATUS:
				pass
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.STREAM_START:
				pass
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.PROGRESS:
				pass
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.ASYNC_DONE:
				pass
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.NEW_CLOCK:
				pass
			elif t == Gst.MessageType.ELEMENT:
				"""
				Assume we receive a new chunk info.
				"""
				e = msg.src
				s = msg.get_structure()
				if "splitmuxsink-fragment-closed" in s.to_string():
					file = next(fn_gen)
					e.set_property("location", file)
			else:
				print("Error, unknown message: %s: %s" % (t, msg))
				break
	except KeyboardInterrupt:
		pipeline.send_event(Gst.Event.new_eos())
		while True:
			msg = bus.poll(Gst.MessageType.ANY, int(100*1e6))

			if msg is None:
				continue

			t = msg.type
			if t == Gst.MessageType.EOS:
				break
	finally:
		pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)

This is awesome! I had Buffer has no PTS issue and adding interpolation seems to solve it. Thank you so much

Hi, I'll create a proper repo for it then :)

Can you explain why there is config-interval=1 for h264parse?

This is awesome, Thanks for fix No PTS issue.
How can i capture image each "chunk-size"?
Thank you so much