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Amcrest ASH26-W (Smart Home) Unable to Open Video Device, on both Home Assistant and Docker

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#2,175 opened on Aug 17, 2021

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Description

I have been unable to add an ASH26-W camera to motioneye addon for Home Assistant. The RTSP stream is accessible via VLC provided device login credentials.

I have the same error on a separate stock PiOS running docker. ERROR: mjpg client timed out receiving data for camera 2 on port 8082

On both instances, I have an amcrest IP2M-841 that shows the same errors unless I enter the IP2M's web interface and add a new surveillance user, as I am unable to get a stream with the camera's admin user. The ASH26-W does not have a web interface or any way to add additional device users.

Docker run command used for testing of the issue on the PI:

docker run --name="motioneye" \
    -p 8765:8765 \
    -p 8081:8081 \
    -p 8082:8082 \
    --hostname="motioneye" \
    -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
    -v motioneye:/etc/motioneye \
    -v motioneye_lib:/var/lib/motioneye \
    --restart="always" \
    --detach=true \
    ccrisan/motioneye:master-armhf

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Research direction
Investigate why the RTSP stream from Amcrest ASH26 W works in VLC but not in motioneye. Check motioneye's FFmpeg/ffmpeg configuration for compatibility with this camera's stream format. Look at motion's video device handling code.
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