From a87675d3cc16d2b5e4e22e5a953a1de4ebd35b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Blake Blackshear Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 07:57:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] add additional info for non-H264 cameras --- docs/docs/guides/getting_started.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/guides/getting_started.md b/docs/docs/guides/getting_started.md index 90de06471..c4af845ae 100644 --- a/docs/docs/guides/getting_started.md +++ b/docs/docs/guides/getting_started.md @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ cameras: roles: - detect - rtmp + rtmp: + enabled: False # <-- RTMP should be disabled if your stream is not H264 detect: width: 1280 # <---- update for your camera's resolution height: 720 # <---- update for your camera's resolution @@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ cameras: At this point you should be able to start Frigate and see the the video feed in the UI. -If you get a green image from the camera, this means ffmpeg was not able to get the video feed from your camera. Check the logs for error messages from ffmpeg. The default ffmpeg arguments are designed to work with RTSP cameras that support TCP connections. FFmpeg arguments for other types of cameras can be found [here](/configuration/camera_specific). +If you get a green image from the camera, this means ffmpeg was not able to get the video feed from your camera. Check the logs for error messages from ffmpeg. The default ffmpeg arguments are designed to work with H264 RTSP cameras that support TCP connections. If you do not have H264 cameras, make sure you have disabled RTMP. It is possible to enable it, but you must tell ffmpeg to re-encode the video with customized output args. + +FFmpeg arguments for other types of cameras can be found [here](/configuration/camera_specific). ### Step 5: Configure hardware acceleration (optional)