[Camera Support]: Camera exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...

[lee-costa]

Describe the problem you are having

Camera keeps crashing with exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg....

Version

0.14.1

What browser(s) are you using?

Firefox

Frigate config file

#########################################################
## Global
#########################################################

mqtt:
  host: 192.168.141.21
  user: REDACTED
  password: REDACTED

birdseye:
  enabled: true
  mode: continuous

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

database:
  path: /db/frigate.db


go2rtc:
  streams:
    driveway_cam:
      - ffmpeg:rtsp://{FRIGATE_RTSP_USER}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.141.14:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
    backyard_cam:
      - ffmpeg:rtsp://{FRIGATE_RTSP_USER}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.141.15:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
    living_room_cam:
      - ffmpeg:rtsp://{FRIGATE_RTSP_USER}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.141.16:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

live:
  # Optional: Set the height of the jsmpeg stream. (default: 720)
  # This must be less than or equal to the height of the detect stream. Lower resolutions
  # reduce bandwidth required for viewing the jsmpeg stream. Width is computed to match known aspect ratio.
  height: 2160
  # Optional: Set the encode quality of the jsmpeg stream (default: shown below)
  # 1 is the highest quality, and 31 is the lowest. Lower quality feeds utilize less CPU resources.
  quality: 5

##########################################################
## Driveway
##########################################################

cameras:
  driveway_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/driveway_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            - detect

    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 10
      enabled: true

    zones:
      street:
        coordinates: 0.627,0.675,0.943,0.835,0.958,0.712,0.711,0.6
        objects:
          - person
          - dog
          - cat
          - car
          - bicycle
        inertia: 3
        loitering_time: 0
      driveway:
        coordinates: 
          0.596,0.708,0.444,0.633,0.134,0.717,0.131,0.767,0.004,0.807,0.002,0.895,0,1,0.325,0.997,0.996,0.999,1,0.875,0.623,0.681
        loitering_time: 0
        objects:
          - bicycle
          - cat
          - dog
          - person
        inertia: 3

    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        - car
        - cat
        - bicycle
      filters:
        person:
          min_area: 8000
          max_area: 100000
        dog:
          max_area: 12000
        car:
          max_area: 200000
        cat: {}
        bicycle: {}
      mask: 
        0.128,0.706,0.113,0.744,0.005,0.781,0.001,0.001,0.998,0.001,0.998,0.429,1,0.721,0.709,0.588,0.643,0.652,0.593,0.699,0.435,0.622
    motion:
      threshold: 30
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: 'true'
      mask: 
        0.128,0.706,0.113,0.744,0.005,0.781,0.001,0.001,0.998,0.001,0.998,0.429,1,0.721,0.709,0.588,0.643,0.652,0.593,0.699,0.435,0.622

    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 3
        mode: all
      events:
        retain:
          default: 15
          mode: motion

    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      required_zones:
        - driveway
        - street
      retain:
        default: 7

    review:
      alerts:
        labels: []
      detections:
        labels:
          - car
          - person
          - dog
          - cat
          - bicycle
        required_zones:
          - driveway
          - street

##########################################################
## Backyard
##########################################################

  backyard_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/backyard_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            - detect

# Detect
    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 10
      enabled: true

    motion:
      threshold: 30
      mask:
        - 0.814,0.274,0.846,0.195,1,0.236,1,0,0,0,0.011,0.494,0.597,0.303
        - 0.992,0.598,0.885,0.524,0.84,0.707,0.945,0.808
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        # - bird
      filters:
        dog:
          mask:
            - 1562,296,1624,211,1920,255,1920,0,0,0,21,534,1146,327
        person:
          mask:
            - 1562,296,1624,211,1920,255,1920,0,0,0,21,534,1146,327
        # bird: {}
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 3
        mode: all
      events:
        retain:
          default: 15
          mode: motion

    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      required_zones: []
      retain:
        default: 7

    review:
      alerts:
        labels: []

      detections:
        labels: []

##########################################################
## Living Room
##########################################################

  living_room_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/living_room_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            - detect

    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.832,0.332,0.86,0.654,0.605,0.658,0.602,0.642,0.597,0.388
        - 0.97,0,0.747,0,0.75,0.092,0.969,0.097
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
      filters:
        person:
          mask:
            - 0.823,0.343,0.841,0.636,0.61,0.653,0.606,0.397
            - 0.97,0,0.747,0,0.75,0.092,0.969,0.097
    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 10
      enabled: true

    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 7
        # mode: active_objects
        mode: motion
      events:
        retain:
          default: 7
          # mode: active_objects
          mode: motion

    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      required_zones: []
      retain:
        default: 7

version: 0.14

Relevant Frigate log output

2024-12-02 16:50:21.551982406  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
    2024-12-02 16:50:21.598111045  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.456127965  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.14.1-f4f3cfa)
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.456580693  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Checking if frigate config needs migration...
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.499462974  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.util.config            INFO    : frigate config does not need migration...
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.545830398  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.util.services          WARNING : Did not detect hwaccel, using a GPU for accelerated video decoding is highly recommended
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.595834626  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.596174628  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.603900187  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 312
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.608161504  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 313
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.610737063  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 106
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.636725210  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 343
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.642938968  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] detector.coral                 INFO    : Starting detection process: 341
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.642942583  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : Attempting to load TPU as usb
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.679514564  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for driveway_cam: 360
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.684291987  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for backyard_cam: 361
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.694232949  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for living_room_cam: 367
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.694623430  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for driveway_cam: 368
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.700059978  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for backyard_cam: 371
    2024-12-02 16:50:23.705491973  [2024-12-02 16:50:23] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for living_room_cam: 374
    2024-12-02 16:50:26.294209181  [2024-12-02 16:50:26] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : TPU found
    2024-12-02 16:52:28.889783011  [2024-12-02 16:52:28] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off detection for living_room_cam
    2024-12-02 16:52:29.634019446  [2024-12-02 16:52:29] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off recordings for living_room_cam
    2024-12-02 16:52:30.442084297  [2024-12-02 16:52:30] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off snapshots for living_room_cam
    2024-12-03 07:34:14.970242622  [2024-12-03 07:34:14] watchdog.living_room_cam       INFO    : living_room_cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...
    2024-12-03 07:34:14.970453247  [2024-12-03 07:34:14] watchdog.living_room_cam       INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
    2024-12-03 07:34:15.004039414  [2024-12-03 07:34:15] frigate.video                  ERROR   : living_room_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
    2024-12-03 07:34:15.004232309  [2024-12-03 07:34:15] frigate.video                  ERROR   : living_room_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.602869978  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] watchdog.driveway_cam          INFO    : driveway_cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.603084592  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] watchdog.driveway_cam          INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.662595852  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : driveway_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.662770096  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : driveway_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.958323022  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] watchdog.backyard_cam          INFO    : backyard_cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.958518569  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] watchdog.backyard_cam          INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.993203565  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : backyard_cam: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
    2024-12-03 07:34:24.993415511  [2024-12-03 07:34:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : backyard_cam: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
    2024-12-03 07:34:25.020647242  [2024-12-03 07:34:25] watchdog.living_room_cam       ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for living_room_cam.
    2024-12-03 07:34:25.020650436  [2024-12-03 07:34:25] watchdog.living_room_cam       ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
    2024-12-03 07:34:25.020654920  [2024-12-03 07:34:25] ffmpeg.living_room_cam.detect  ERROR   : [segment @ 0x557d93262700] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
    2024-12-03 07:34:25.020940677  [2024-12-03 07:34:25] ffmpeg.living_room_cam.detect  ERROR   : [segment @ 0x557d93262700] Non-monotonous DTS in output stream 0:0; previous: 0, current: 0; changing to 1. This may result in incorrect timestamps in the output file.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.669763001  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] watchdog.driveway_cam          ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for driveway_cam.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.669766517  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] watchdog.driveway_cam          ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.669768441  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [segment @ 0x55f5d4db61c0] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.669770022  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4eff440] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4e2edc0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.669787422  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4eff440] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53c7400] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670139910  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [segment @ 0x55f5d4db61c0] Non-monotonous DTS in output stream 0:0; previous: 0, current: 0; changing to 1. This may result in incorrect timestamps in the output file.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670307241  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53f4b80] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4eff440] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670468997  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53f4b80] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4e47580] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670611639  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53f4b80] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4eff440] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670744208  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53f4b80] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53b2dc0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670939023  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53f4b80] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d4eff440] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.670941188  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.driveway_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53f4b80] [swscaler @ 0x55f5d53b2dc0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.996888309  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] watchdog.backyard_cam          ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for backyard_cam.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.997263408  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] watchdog.backyard_cam          ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.997529554  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [segment @ 0x563edd16e980] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.997829127  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd3098c0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.998143808  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd870500] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.998533259  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [segment @ 0x563edd16e980] Non-monotonous DTS in output stream 0:0; previous: 0, current: 0; changing to 1. This may result in incorrect timestamps in the output file.
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.998807683  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd82f000] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.999107971  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd1aa4c0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.999341340  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd82f000] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.999595965  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd1aa4c0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:34.999825832  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd82f000] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
    2024-12-03 07:34:35.000112094  [2024-12-03 07:34:34] ffmpeg.backyard_cam.detect     ERROR   : [swscaler @ 0x563edd2a2880] [swscaler @ 0x563edd1aa4c0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly

Relevant go2rtc log output

Clean. No errors.

FFprobe output from your camera

N/A

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

Coral

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

IP8M-2496EW and IP2M-841

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

N/A

Any other information that may be helpful

Sorry for opening another discussion but I think my other issue is irrelevant since I have now switched to ffmpeg as instructed here. Now, as you can see, the errors started here:

2024-12-03 07:34:14.970242622  [2024-12-03 07:34:14] watchdog.living_room_cam       INFO    : living_room_cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...

I am starting to wonder if errors like these are normal and I should simply ignore them? I've been doing some research and found similar issues where users are having ffmpeg crash. Here's one that has gone unanswered.
#14903

Anything else I could try? What does this error even mean?

[NickM-27]

what version of go2rtc are you using?

[lee-costa]

1.9.2.

[NickM-27]

what are the cameras settings (video encoding and audio encoding)

[lee-costa]

Audio is disabled on all cameras. The bottom screenshot is for the driveway and backyard camera.