Gray screens when adding ip network cameras

[D Songwriter]

Using the latest motioneyeos on Odriod HC1 (fully compatible with XU4).  Of 3 ip cameras I have (all different) only one works fine.  The other 2 I can open in a browser fine, but when I add them to motioneyeos it just shows a gray screen.

Version - as copied and pasted from the browser

0.42.1
Motion Version	4.2.2+gitUNKNOWN
OS Version	motionEyeOS 20200606

1st problem child -   

2nd -    

Motioneye does not find either camera using any kind of http settings.. only rtsp, then it will show to select either the TCP or UDP.. but after selecting I only get the gray screen.

The one that works is a     using rtsp://10.0.0.9/live   

I have tried the ip:554/live...    or /onvif1   or /profile1 and get the same resulting gray screen on the two that don't work.

What else can I try?

I've tried matching up the frame rates and resolution but it's not making any difference.

Thank you.

[ivan jimenez]

I have similar problem. I am new in Raspberry Pi.

I have Rapsberry Pi 4B and I added 3 IP cameras (ONVIF). After added the screen get black with symbol of camera like this

Please, any help I will very appreciate it

Thank you very much

Regards

Ivan

[Kevin Shumaker]

You forgot one minor detail:  WHICH camera? there are websites dedicated to all sorts of cameras, but without that info, can't help...

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[James Lambert]

I've got the same issue.  I'm using a Victure IPC530 camera and the rtsp feed works flawlessly in VLC using this address from onvif:

rtsp://192.168.0.51:554/realmonitor?channel=0&stream=0.sdp

Pasting that in as my IP camera address results in the grey screen no camera detected.

I've tried embedding user&pw into the URL, but motioneye doesnt like that

rtsp://admin:123...@192.168.0.51:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=0&subtype=1

I've tried the same but with user and pw entered in the fields for adding the camera

rtsp://192.168.0.51:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=0&subtype=1

Even tried this one:  rtsp://192.168.0.51:554/11  (with and without the port number)

None of these give video.  I've tried ffmpeg using http port 80...nothing.

Assuming this may be of a camera type that is nto compatible?

Any help would be awesome, cheers!

James

[Kevin Shumaker]

As to the camera:

I have a Foscam rtsp camera

for the URL I have to use

rtsp://ip_address:88/videoMain

and username and password in the proper fields

For yours, this site

https://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Victure#

recommends

rtsp://ip_address/11

with username & password in the correct fields.

Let me know if this helps.:

 

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[James Lambert]

"For yours, this site

https://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Victure#

recommends

rtsp://ip_address/11

with username & password in the correct fields."

You'll see in my initial reply Ive already tried that ;)

[Rolf Pedersen]

Using motioneye for some time but not feeling like an authority.  However, for some reason, more than once, when I add a camera, it shows up in the web page as, say, Camera10, as the default, while the actual camera in the configuration file(s) is shown as Camera0, for the first camera added.

Also, by default, there are settings wrt "localhost" that need to be switched to off or false in order for the web page to serve them:

pi@pi4w:~ $ cd /etc/motioneye/
pi@pi4w:/etc/motioneye $ ls
camera-1.conf  camera-2.conf  camera-3.conf  camera-4.conf  motion.conf  motioneye.conf  prefs.json  tasks.pickle

pi@pi4w:/etc/motioneye $ grep localhost *.conf
camera-1.conf:stream_localhost off
camera-2.conf:stream_localhost off
camera-4.conf:stream_localhost off
motion.conf:webcontrol_localhost off
motioneye.conf:# (0.0.0.0 for all interfaces, 127.0.0.1 for localhost)
motioneye.conf:# localhost or on all interfaces
motioneye.conf:motion_control_localhost false

pi@pi4w:/etc/motioneye $ cd ../motion

pi@pi4w:/etc/motion $ grep localhost *.conf
motion.conf:# Restrict webcontrol connections to the localhost.
motion.conf:webcontrol_localhost off
motion.conf:# Restrict stream connections to the localhost.
motion.conf:stream_localhost off

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[StarbaseSSD]

When I start a new Pi, it shows the cameras in order of added, camera-1.conf to camera-x.conf, and even if I delete a camera it adds as the next camera (camera-x+1).

If I start modifying and changing the order, it can (or did) cause problems for me.

Probably a good idea to turn off stream_localhost off in motion since motionEyeOS doesn't have a GUI to view, but on another OS with motion/motionEye it can be viewed locally so could be set to localhost only. I've done that, then enabled VNC to be more secure. Can only view on local console or VNC connection, no 'streaming'...

[D Songwriter]

The V1 - Arducam 5MP Camera for Raspberry Pi, 1080P HD OV5647 Camera Module V1 for Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 3, 3B+, and Other A/B Series, Pi Zero & W

[D Songwriter]

I got the previous cameras to work.. trouble was finding the exact verbage/text for the URL.. having same problem now with a raspberry Pi ZeroW  with the V1 camera I just posted.  Zero is running motioneyeos, I can pull it up fine in a browser and camera is working fine.  I want to stream it to the Odroid.. so turned off movies and stills.. set it for streaming and copied the URL motioneye gives you.  I only get the gray screen when I bring up the Odroid.. which has other cameras operating fine.  It seems to be finding and adding it fine, just does not show picture.

[Kevin Shumaker]

Are they both running the same version of motionEye? 

Can you view the video in a browser on a PC or MAC using the same streaming URL?

Have you considered turning ON Fast Network Camera in Expert Settings in the PiZero?

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[D Songwriter]

I'm using the older PC650 version but used the exact same rtsp you posted above (first one without any login info) (rtsp://192.168.0.51:554/realmonitor?channel=0&stream=0.sdp) and it works with my Odroid HC1 running motionEyeOS 20200606

Camera type is Network Camera.. using Video Resolution 640x480  Frame rate 30, Auto bright off, and no extra motion options.

I did have to create an account and connect to the camera first using a phone app.. then set the onvif to on and rebooted the camera.

Hope that may be of some help.

Daniel