[Camera Support]: Lenovo EasyCamera (USB)

[Doomsdayrs]

Describe the problem you are having

I am struggling to get a proper configuration down from my Lenovo EasyCamera.

I tried using /dev/video0 directly, but that makes other components break.
and if I did use it directly, the output was flickery and not accurate to what the camera should be capable of.

Version

0.13.2

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: False

logger:
  default: debug

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi

record:
  enabled: False
  retain:
    days: 7
    mode: motion

snapshots:
  enabled: False

go2rtc:
  streams:
    # I tried mapping the old config (below) to a go2rtc format
    internal: "ffmpeg:device?video=0&video_size=640x480&framerate=30&f=v4l2#-vf=transpose=1,transpose=2#f=rawvideo"

cameras:
  internal:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://localhost:8554/internal

# Disabled, since I need go2rtc to consume /dev/video0 into a multi-consumable stream.
#      inputs:
#        - path: /dev/video0
#          input_args: -f v4l2
#          roles:
#            - detect
#            - record
#     output_args:
        # These are the only args that give some form of stream. but it is very broken. 
#       detect: -vf transpose=1,transpose=2 -f rawvideo

Relevant log output

// Frigate

2024-05-07 21:07:13.726223847  [2024-05-07 21:07:13] frigate.video                  ERROR   : internal: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-05-07 21:07:13.726392015  [2024-05-07 21:07:13] frigate.video                  ERROR   : internal: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread

// Go2rtc
2024-05-07 21:10:50.206379330  21:10:50.206 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: exec: exit status 1" stream=internal

FFprobe output from your camera

Input #0, video4linux2,v4l2, from '/dev/video0':
  Duration: N/A, start: 12525.773981, bitrate: 147456 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (YUY2 / 0x32595559), yuyv422, 640x480, 147456 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 1000k tbn

Frigate stats

{"cameras":{"internal":{"audio_dBFS":0.0,"audio_rms":0.0,"camera_fps":0.0,"capture_pid":318,"detection_enabled":1,"detection_fps":0.0,"ffmpeg_pid":328,"pid":316,"process_fps":0.0,"skipped_fps":0.0}},"cpu_usages":{"1":{"cmdline":"/package/admin/s6/command/s6-svscan -d4 -- /run/service","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"10":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise s6-linux-init-shutdownd","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"12":{"cmdline":"/package/admin/s6-linux-init/command/s6-linux-init-shutdownd -c /run/s6/basedir -g 3000 -C -B","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"19":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise s6rc-oneshot-runner","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"20":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise s6rc-fdholder","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"21":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise frigate","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"22":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise frigate-log","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"23":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise go2rtc","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"24":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise go2rtc-healthcheck","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"25":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise go2rtc-log","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"26":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise nginx","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"27":{"cmdline":"s6-supervise nginx-log","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"36":{"cmdline":"/package/admin/s6/command/s6-ipcserverd -1 -- /package/admin/s6/command/s6-ipcserver-access -v0 -E -l0 -i data/rules -- /package/admin/s6/command/s6-sudod -t 30000 -- /package/admin/s6-rc/command/s6-rc-oneshot-run -l ../.. --","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"37":{"cmdline":"/package/admin/s6-2.11.3.2/command/s6-fdholderd -1 -i data/rules","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"75":{"cmdline":"s6-log -b -- T 1 n0 s10000000 T /dev/shm/logs/nginx","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"76":{"cmdline":"s6-log -b -- T 1 n0 s10000000 T /dev/shm/logs/go2rtc","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"77":{"cmdline":"s6-log -b -- T 1 n0 s10000000 T /dev/shm/logs/frigate","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"84":{"cmdline":"/usr/local/go2rtc/bin/go2rtc -config=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"92":{"cmdline":"bash ./run.user go2rtc-healthcheck","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"94":{"cmdline":"python3 -u -m frigate","cpu":"5.5","cpu_average":"26","mem":"1.6"},"113":{"cmdline":"nginx: master process nginx","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"140":{"cmdline":"nginx: worker process","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"141":{"cmdline":"nginx: worker process","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"142":{"cmdline":"nginx: worker process","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"165":{"cmdline":"nginx: worker process","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"220":{"cmdline":"nginx: cache manager process","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"221":{"cmdline":"nginx: cache loader process","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"},"292":{"cmdline":"frigate.logger       ","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"1.0"},"299":{"cmdline":"frigate.recording_manager","cpu":"2.4","cpu_average":"0","mem":"1.0"},"308":{"cmdline":"/usr/bin/python3 -c from multiprocessing.resource_tracker import main;main(38)","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1"},"309":{"cmdline":"frigate.detector.cpu ","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"1.0"},"311":{"cmdline":"frigate.output       ","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"1.0"},"314":{"cmdline":"ffmpeg -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -video_size 1280x720 -i pipe: -f mpegts -s 1280x720 -codec:v mpeg1video -q 8 -bf 0 pipe:","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.2"},"316":{"cmdline":"frigate.process:internal","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"1.0"},"317":{"cmdline":"ffmpeg -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -video_size 1280x720 -i pipe: -f mpegts -s 1280x720 -codec:v mpeg1video -q 8 -bf 0 pipe:","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.2"},"318":{"cmdline":"frigate.capture:internal","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"1.0"},"345":{"cmdline":"sleep 30s","cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0"}},"detection_fps":0.0,"detectors":{"cpu":{"detection_start":0.0,"inference_speed":10.0,"pid":309}},"gpu_usages":{"amd-vaapi":{"gpu":"0.00%","mem":"1.48%"}},"processes":{"go2rtc":{"pid":84},"logger":{"pid":292},"recording":{"pid":299}},"service":{"last_updated":1715130926,"latest_version":"0.13.2","storage":{"/dev/shm":{"free":99.5,"mount_type":"tmpfs","total":100.0,"used":0.5},"/media/frigate/clips":{"free":229548.7,"mount_type":"btrfs","total":242661.0,"used":11314.7},"/media/frigate/recordings":{"free":229548.7,"mount_type":"btrfs","total":242661.0,"used":11314.7},"/tmp/cache":{"free":1024.0,"mount_type":"tmpfs","total":1024.0,"used":0.0}},"temperatures":{},"uptime":11,"version":"0.13.2-6476f8a"}}

Operating system

Other Linux

Install method

Docker CLI

Coral version

CPU (no coral)

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Lenovo EasyCamera

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[Doomsdayrs]

Alright, Solution:

1. port forward 1984 from the docker file to be able to access go2rtc web ui.
2. In go2rtc web UI, navigate to add, then select "Add" then "FFmpeg Devices"
3. It will give you the URL to use, REMOVE HARDWARE. It does not work for some reason?? (I need help here)
4. Add the edited URL as config for go2rtc stream.
5. Restart frigate