Webcam RTSP with OpenCV and FFMpeg

Sample repo to have fun with TP-Link Tapo C100 IPCAM

Define environment variables

Add the following lines to your .bashrc file or by adding them in your systemd service as Environment=C100_USER=...

export C100_USER=...
export C100_PASSWORD=...
export C100_SERVER=...

Usage

Connects to the cam and display the stream, add -s 1 to select FHD mode, otherwise 360P is the default (-s 2)

python3 main.py

Motion Detection With Display

python3 main.py -m

Headless Mode, Motion Detection

python3 main.py -m -l

Headless Mode, Motion Detection, Log to $PWD

python3 main.py -m -l -d $PWD

Playing RTSP Stream with FFmpeg

# 1080P
ffplay rtsp://${C100_USER}:${C100_PASSWORD}@${C100_SERVER}/stream1

# 480P
ffplay rtsp://${C100_USER}:${C100_PASSWORD}@${C100_SERVER}/stream2

If you need even smaller display

ffplay -vf scale=240:-1 rtsp://${C100_USER}:${C100_PASSWORD}@${C100_SERVER}/stream2

Result:

Installed an IP cam at my door step for this demo

Result with motion detection enabled

Old monitor + Raspberry Pi 2B = Clock + CCTV

Recording RTSP Stream with FFMpeg

ffmpeg -i rtsp://${C100_USER}:${C100_PASSWORD}@${C100_SERVER}/stream2 FILENAME.mp4

ffmpeg -i rtsp://${C100_USER}:${C100_PASSWORD}@${C100_SERVER}/stream2 $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).mp4

Features to add

• Motion detection
• Add a motion detection debouncing timer by time.time()
• Replace f.write() with logger.info()
• Screenshot on motion detected
• Record for a duration on motion detected
  • Can consider using subprocess() and ffmpeg or use VideoWriter
• Notification on motion detected (e.g. Telegram Bot)
  • Request a bot token
  • Add bot token to ENV then retrieve in main by os.environ.get("BOT_TOKEN")
• Logging of events (Motion, disconnection etc)
  • Local CSV or Webhook to 3rd party HTTP server