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FFmpeg RTSP Camera (Raspberry Pi)

Cameras · Security

Partly worksVerified plugin

1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: Camera FFmpeg.

What people report

PluginStatusWhat they saidConnectsSource
Camera FFmpeg Verified
homebridge-camera-ffmpeg
Partly worksOnly still image works, live video fails on Pi
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Actually I get only still image from ffmpeg-camera on HomeBridge. Live video doesn't work. If I manually run ffmpeg command from shell, I get errors like: (different sources): [rtsp @ 0x2f251e0] CSeq 5 expected, 0 received. [h264 @ 0x2f28100] Increasing reorder buffer to 1 [h264 @ 0x2f28100] error while decoding MB 67 18, bytestream -5 [h264 @ 0x2f28100] concealing 2142 DC, 2142 AC, 2142 MV errors in P frame [rtsp @ 0x2f251e0] decoding for stream 0 failed [rtsp @ 0x2f251e0] Could not find codec parameters for stream 1 (Audio: mp3, 0 channels, s16p): unspecified frame size Consider increasing …

Excerpt saved from Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-22.

LocalReddit thread · 2018-11

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Identifiers

BrandGeneric
CategoryCameras

Also reported as

  • ffmpeg RTSP camera on Raspberry Pi