mpeg stream method not work: connection refused

[vlad2005]

I try to use mpeg stream method with zoneminder but failed with this error:
web_php 8591 ERR socket_sendto( /tmp/zm/zms-077598s.sock ) failed: Connection refused /usr/share/zoneminder/includes/functions.php 2330

Step to reproduce:

1. chose for option WEB_H_STREAM_METHOD value mpeg
   Specs:
   zoneminder 1.27.0+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2014070904 i386
   OS:
   Ubuntu 14.04

Want to back this issue? Post a bounty on it! We accept bounties via Bountysource.

[tazeat]

Is this the same? #247

[vlad2005]

I don't know exactly.
Here is complete log in my case.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69AOJjsJM5neEdkMTdZdlpLNU0/edit?usp=sharing

[connortechnology]

Can you please try 1.28 or even better current master dev branch? I just fixed one crash in zms, and it may be yours.

[connortechnology]

I am currently updating my ppa, which I see you are using. Please make sure that you get snapshot 2015012901 at least

[vlad2005]

Hi!
Currently i use 1.28 and with this option still not work. I have two types of cams: local and libvlc. Local cam show an static image and libvlc don't show anything. If need, later i will test more and got some logs to post here.

[kylejohnson]

@vlad2005 Assuming your 'Bandwidth' option is set to 'High',

• WEB_H_STREAM_METHOD is set to mpeg?
• What is MPEG_LIVE_FORMAT set to?
• What is MPEG_REPLAY_FORMAT set to?
• What is WEB_USE_OBJECT_TAGS set to?

[vlad2005]

WEB_H_STREAM_METHOD -> mpeg
MPEG_LIVE_FORMAT -> swf
MPEG_REPLAY_FORMAT -> swf
WEB_USE_OBJECT_TAGS -> true (option check)
Now follows the strangeness. I have an capture card with two broadcom chipsets an 16 cams (i know that is bad :) ). All have same settings, the most important:
Captures Per Frame -> 2
Cam on /dev/video0(0) and /dev/video1(0) work properly using mpeg stream. In the remaining cams image is frozen.
Both IP cam (libvlc) still not work.

[kylejohnson]

That ERR socket_sendto error itself is usually not the real issue.

Try this:

1. Change both MPEG_LIVE_FORMAT and MPEG_REPLAY_FORMAT to webm.
2. Open a new monitor stream to view it live
3. Inspect the HTML code, and find the <embed> or <object> tag.
4. Grab the URL inside of the src attribute, e.g.: vlc 'http://zmdev01/cgi-bin/zms?mode=mpeg&monitor=25&scale=100&bitrate=10000000&maxfps=30&format=webm&connkey=484161&rand=1422377232'
5. Open that URL inside of VLC
6. If the stream doesn't work, try changing from webm to ogg.
7. Tell me what happens

[vlad2005]

Google chrome (latest version 40.0.2214.94) work with both options webm and ogg.
Firefox 35.0.1 require plugin for both options. I don't know why because is supposing that firefox support both video streaming. I will investigate more.
All test are made on Xubuntu 14.04. Also i test firefox on windows XP but I met the same issue, about missing plugins.
Also i want to mention that switching between views is significantly slower when using mpeg streaming mode.

[SteveGilvarry]

Closing as part of 2017 cleanup, not saying not valid, just no one is working on this and don't believe anyone is planning on doing so.