On TP-Link Tapo cameras "cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg..." config fix. (kind of) 0.12b9 #5668

kpcz · 2023-03-07T13:31:32Z

kpcz
Mar 7, 2023

So I have multiple Tapo C210 cameras, and all where crashing ffmpeg service because of bad stream. With error:

livingroom2_cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...

so config that works without any errors, and Birdseye does not freeze is:

go2rtc:
  webrtc:
    candidates:
      - 192.168.1.6:8555
      - stun:8555
  streams:
    livingroom2_cam:
      - rtsp://X:[email protected]:554/stream1
    livingroom2_cam_sub:
      - rtsp://X:[email protected]:554/stream2
      - ffmpeg:livingroom2_cam_sub      

cameras:
  livingroom2_cam:
    ui:
      order: 2
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/livingroom2_cam_sub  
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/livingroom2_cam 
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record       
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360           
      fps: 5

- ffmpeg:livingroom2_cam_sub This was the missing bit in gazzilion of config variations I tried.
ffmpeg:rtsp://X:[email protected]:554/stream2 like this it did not work
Maybe this should be added to "Camera specific configurations" As I was pulling my hair out for few days :)

NickM-27 · 2023-03-07T13:39:29Z

NickM-27
Mar 7, 2023
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So I have multiple Tapo C210 cameras, and all where crashing ffmpeg service because of bad stream. With error:

livingroom2_cam exceeded fps limit. Exiting ffmpeg...

so config that works without any errors, and Birdseye does not freeze is:
go2rtc:
  webrtc:
    candidates:
      - 192.168.1.6:8555
      - stun:8555
  streams:
    livingroom2_cam:
      - rtsp://X:[email protected]:554/stream1
    livingroom2_cam_sub:
      - rtsp://X:[email protected]:554/stream2
      - ffmpeg:livingroom2_cam_sub      

cameras:
  livingroom2_cam:
    ui:
      order: 2
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/livingroom2_cam_sub  
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/livingroom2_cam 
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record       
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360           
      fps: 5
- ffmpeg:livingroom2_cam_sub This was the missing bit in gazzilion of config variations I tried.
ffmpeg:rtsp://X:[email protected]:554/stream2 like this it did not work
Maybe this should be added to "Camera specific configurations" As I was pulling my hair out for few days :)

Doing that won't do anything except be the same as if ffmpeg: wasn't there. That's because the original stream and ffmpeg stream offer the same codecs so go2rtc will never ask for the streams from the ffmpeg: module

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NickM-27 Mar 7, 2023
Collaborator Sponsor

https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc#source-tapo

kpcz Mar 7, 2023
Author

will try that. Thanks. But also previous config suits me, as it works.

with tapo:// I dont quite understand how to get stream and substream

kpcz Mar 7, 2023
Author

theres somethig not right. Got the same result as: AlexxIT/WebRTC#448

atv2016 Mar 16, 2023

@kpcz So did your 'placebo' solution work ? I get these fps exceeded errors as well, from eufy cameras. Or did you still get the messages later on?

kpcz Mar 16, 2023
Author

Oddly enough it works, no more fps exceeded errors on any of 4 tapo cameras. Did you tried this placebo solution?

jmtatsch · 2023-03-10T07:34:03Z

jmtatsch
Mar 10, 2023

Didn't know the tapo cameras have a sub stream. What a nice discovery.

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atv2016 · 2023-03-16T21:15:38Z

atv2016
Mar 16, 2023

Not yet, but i intend to, might be some weird glitch i guess.

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maumauns · 2023-09-27T11:14:01Z

maumauns
Sep 27, 2023

Had the same errors with Tapo C200, Made ur config and all errors gone. Thx dude.

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pShota · 2023-12-08T10:46:05Z

pShota
Dec 8, 2023

I have the same error, same config except I don't use the main stream,
on frigate UI, the stream looks okay , but in the log, it keep crashing

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pShota Dec 9, 2023

I managed to sort it out by using @kpcz method,
but I have to use double quote around the string

 living_cam_sub:
      - rtsp://acc:[email protected]/stream2
      - "ffmpeg:living_cam_sub"

I have the other old dlink camera with the same issue
but that one is solved by using
preset-rtsp-generic instead of preset-rtsp-restream

I'm on frigate 0.12.1
tapo c200 firmware 1.3.11

KelvinVenancio · 2024-05-17T00:21:30Z

KelvinVenancio
May 17, 2024

thanks, man! your solution still works and helped me a lot! here is my final config also:

mqtt:
  host: core-mosquitto
  user: user
  password: pass

go2rtc:
  webrtc:
    candidates:
      - 192.168.1.20:8555
      - stun:8555
  streams:
    camera_living:
      - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream1
    camera_living_sub:
      - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream2
      - "ffmpeg:camera_living_sub"
    camera_kids:
      - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream1
    camera_kids_sub:
      - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream2
      - "ffmpeg:camera_kids_sub"

cameras:
  camera_living:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/camera_living
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/camera_living_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5
    objects:
      track:
        - person
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: false
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 2
  camera_kids:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/camera_kids
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/camera_kids_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5
    objects:
      track:
        - person
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: false
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 2

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djusHa · 2025-02-09T10:51:30Z

djusHa
Feb 9, 2025

Same here. Big Thanks! You made my Day! :-)

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