[SOLVED] Need Help: How to use a snapshot generated by avconv/ffmpeg Topic is solved

[Antori91]

Hello,

I use avconv to generate snapshots from a camera that doesn't support this feature (avconv -i http://user:[email protected]/img/video.asf -update 1 -vsync 1 -r .5 -an /home/pi/Samba/WVC54GC-MEZZANINE.jpg )

Then I have a symbolic link to get the snapshot within domoticz web domain (/home/pi/domoticz/www/iot_CAM> ln -s /home/pi/Samba/WVC54GC-MEZZANINE.jpg ./WVC54GC-MEZZANINE)
Up to this step, everything works fine.

But I can't success to use the snapshots with Domoticz. You can see in the screenshot below the parameters I use in Edit Camera Mode. In this edit mode, I can get the snapshot if the username is null.

The issues I get :
- when in Edit mode I save the parameters, the username doesn't stay null, I get my login user name and then I can't get the snapshots anymore,
- It doesn't work at all in ShowCameraLiveSteam (when you click at the camera icon of the switch linked to the camera).

What is wrong? How do you parameter Domoticz to use snapshots generated by avconv?

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[Antori91]

OK Solved. I've found the trick. You have to use a snapshot name corresponding to a fake cgi url with user/password

[FunFair]

OK Solved. I've found the trick. You have to use a snapshot name corresponding to a fake cgi url with user/password

Did you create an ImageURL.cgi file or something that redirects to the image?
What does the cgi file contain to do this?

I can't really seem to find a good example of the contents of a camera.cgi file.

[Antori91]

Hello,
I did this using Apache with cgi support.
I've changed my cameras and don't use anymore this. As far as I remember, the cookbook is:
First to get the avconv snapshots in Apache, use symbolic link:
[/var/www/html]> ln -s .../AVCONV/MY_SNAPSHOT.jpg ./CGIProxy.fcgi.MY_SNAPSHOT.usr=MY_USER_NAME
Then in Domoticz, enter
IP Address: Apache IP address
Port: Apache Port number
Username: MY_USER_NAME
Password: leave blank
imageUrl: /CGIProxy.fcgi.MY_SNAPSHOT.usr=#USERNAME

[FunFair]

Hello,
I did this using Apache with cgi support.
I've changed my cameras and don't use anymore this. As far as I remember, the cookbook is:
First to get the avconv snapshots in Apache, use symbolic link:
[/var/www/html]> ln -s .../AVCONV/MY_SNAPSHOT.jpg ./CGIProxy.fcgi.MY_SNAPSHOT.usr=MY_USER_NAME
Then in Domoticz, enter
IP Address: Apache IP address
Port: Apache Port number
Username: MY_USER_NAME
Password: leave blank
imageUrl: /CGIProxy.fcgi.MY_SNAPSHOT.usr=#USERNAME

Thanks. I will try that