Write to pipe instead of encoding mpeg1

frigate/output.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import glob
 import logging
 import math
 import multiprocessing as mp
+import os
 import queue
 import signal
 import subprocess as sp
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class FFMpegConverter:
+
+    BIRDSEYE_PIPE = "/tmp/birdseye"
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         in_width: int,
@@ -38,41 +42,17 @@ class FFMpegConverter:
         birdseye_rtsp: bool = False,
     ):
         if birdseye_rtsp:
-            ffmpeg_cmd = [
+            try:
-                "ffmpeg",
+                os.mkfifo(self.BIRDSEYE_PIPE, mode=0o777)
-                "-f",
+                stdin = os.open(self.BIRDSEYE_PIPE, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
-                "rawvideo",
+                self.bd_pipe = os.open(self.BIRDSEYE_PIPE, os.O_WRONLY)
-                "-pix_fmt",
+                os.close(stdin)
-                "yuv420p",
+            except Exception as e:
-                "-video_size",
+                print(f"The exception is {e}")
-                f"{in_width}x{in_height}",
+                self.bd_pipe = None
-                "-i",
-                "pipe:",
-                "-an",
-                "-f",
-                "rtp_mpegts",
-                "-s",
-                f"{out_width}x{out_height}",
-                "-codec:v",
-                "mpeg1video",
-                "-q",
-                f"{quality}",
-                "-bf",
-                "0",
-                "rtp://127.0.0.1:1998",
-                "-f",
-                "mpegts",
-                "-s",
-                f"{out_width}x{out_height}",
-                "-codec:v",
-                "mpeg1video",
-                "-q",
-                f"{quality}",
-                "-bf",
-                "0",
-                "pipe:",
-            ]
         else:
+            self.bd_pipe = None
+
         ffmpeg_cmd = [
             "ffmpeg",
             "-f",
@@ -104,9 +84,16 @@ class FFMpegConverter:
             start_new_session=True,
         )
 
-    def write(self, b):
+    def write(self, b) -> None:
         self.process.stdin.write(b)
 
+        if self.bd_pipe:
+            try:
+                os.write(self.bd_pipe, b)
+            except BrokenPipeError:
+                # catch error when no one is listening
+                return
+
     def read(self, length):
         try:
             return self.process.stdout.read1(length)
@@ -114,6 +101,9 @@ class FFMpegConverter:
             return False
 
     def exit(self):
+        if self.bd_pipe:
+            os.close(self.bd_pipe)
+
         self.process.terminate()
         try:
             self.process.communicate(timeout=30)

frigate/restream.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class RestreamApi:
         if self.config.restream.birdseye:
             self.relays[
                 "birdseye"
-            ] = "ffmpeg:rtp://127.0.0.1:1998#video=h264#audio=none"
+            ] = f"exec:ffmpeg -hide_banner -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -s {self.config.birdseye.width}x{self.config.birdseye.height} -i /tmp/birdseye -tune zerolatency -preset ultrafast -c:v libx264 -rtsp_transport tcp -f rtsp {{output}}"
 
         for name, path in self.relays.items():
             params = {"src": path, "name": name}