[Camera Support]: FFMPEG 401 Unauthorized but works with raw ffmpeg cmd

[FredeJ]

Describe the problem you are having

I'm trying to connect to the RTSP stream on my Reolink E1 Pro (passwords have been removed in the following).

I've had it working before, but unfortunately my setup died and now I need to redo it all from scratch.

It fails with the following error:

frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.836909229Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.836707607  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] watchdog.basement              ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for basement.
frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.852123765Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.851899394  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] watchdog.basement              ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.852665673Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.852556508  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] ffmpeg.basement.detect         ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0xaaaaf48e3480] method DESCRIBE failed: 401 Unauthorized
frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.853194456Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.853059041  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] ffmpeg.basement.detect         ERROR   : rtsp://*:*@10.0.0.10:554/: Server returned 401 Unauthorized (authorization failed)

However, I have verified that the username and password are correct, both when connecting from VNC, but also when connecting with ffmpeg from within the very same docker container:

docker compose run frigate ffmpeg -i rtsp://frigate:*@10.0.0.10 produces:

ffmpeg version 4.3.7-0+deb11u1+rpt2 Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1+rpt2 --toolchain=hardened --incdir=/usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --disable-mmal --enable-neon --enable-v4l2-request --enable-libudev --enable-epoxy --enable-sand --libdir=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu --arch=arm64 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-vout-drm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
  libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
  libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
  libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
  libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
  libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
  libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
  libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100

Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://frigate:*@10.0.0.10':
  Metadata:
    title           : Session streamed by "preview"
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.001438, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 2560x1440, 25 fps, 24.75 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC), 16000 Hz, mono, fltp
At least one output file must be specified

I've tried different combinations of including ports, trailing slashes, nothing works.

Version

0.14.1-f4f3cfa

What browser(s) are you using?

Terminal

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: false

#go2rtc:
#  streams:
#    basement:
#      - rtsp://frigate:*@10.0.0.10


cameras:
  basement:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://frigate:*@10.0.0.10:554/
          roles:
            - detect

  livingroom:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://frigate:*@10.0.0.20:554
          roles:
            - detect

Relevant Frigate log output

frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.836909229Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.836707607  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] watchdog.basement              ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for basement.
frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.852123765Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.851899394  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] watchdog.basement              ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.852665673Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.852556508  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] ffmpeg.basement.detect         ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0xaaaaf48e3480] method DESCRIBE failed: 401 Unauthorized
frigate  | 2024-12-02T20:05:50.853194456Z 2024-12-02 20:05:50.853059041  [2024-12-02 20:05:50] ffmpeg.basement.detect         ERROR   : rtsp://*:*@10.0.0.10:554/: Server returned 401 Unauthorized (authorization failed)

Relevant go2rtc log output

No go2rtc enabled. Is this necessary? Could that be why?

FFprobe output from your camera

ffprobe version 4.3.7-0+deb11u1+rpt2 Copyright (c) 2007-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1+rpt2 --toolchain=hardened --incdir=/usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --disable-mmal --enable-neon --enable-v4l2-request --enable-libudev --enable-epoxy --enable-sand --libdir=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu --arch=arm64 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-vout-drm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
  libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
  libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
  libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
  libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
  libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
  libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
  libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
[rtsp @ 0xaaaaf2577b70] method DESCRIBE failed: 401 Unauthorized
rtsp://frigate:*@10.0.0.10: Server returned 401 Unauthorized (authorization failed)



What the actual fuck.

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Other Linux

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

CPU (no coral)

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Reolink E1 Pro

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Never gets this far.

Any other information that may be helpful

Similar issues:

#9010
#8937
#9068

[FredeJ]

One super weird thing was that I was getting different responses for ffmpeg and ffprobe. I've turned of a "Illeagel Login Lockout" on the device, which would lock out after 3 wrong attempts. I've then retried and got the same response for both ffmpeg and ffprobe.

However it still does not work inside frigate.

[hawkeye217]

Does your password include any special characters?