[Config Support]: Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input & Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for #18796
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Describe the problem you are havingI've used Frigate for the past 2 years without problems, and yesterday the motherboard on my server died, and had to do a full migration. Now I cannot get it to run properly. I have 21 cameras, but I stripped down the configuration to only two to make troubleshooting easier. I have an nvidia 2060 (with the preset-nvidia args) and a coral TPU doing detection for people. I record the main stream directly from the camera, and do re-streaming on the sub stream to detect (and to use on multiple dashboards). When I start frigate, after everything runs I get Version0.15.0-6cb5cfb Frigate config filemqtt:
host: 192.168.2.1
user: MQTT-user
password: Password
ffmpeg:
hwaccel_args: preset-nvidia
input_args: -rtsp_transport tcp
# use Nvidia GPU for h264 decoding
#input_args:
#- -c:v
#- h264_cuvid
# try to prevent smearing of the video from packetloss
output_args:
record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
record:
enabled: true
retain:
days: 21
mode: all
detect:
enabled: true
fps: 5
detectors:
coral:
type: edgetpu
device: usb
snapshots:
enabled: true
retain:
default: 21
objects:
track:
- cat
- person
- dog
filters:
person:
min_score: 0.5
threshold: 0.8
cat:
min_score: 0.5
threshold: 0.8
dog:
min_score: 0.5
threshold: 0.8
go2rtc:
streams:
patioGarage_sub:
- ffmpeg:http://192.168.3.15/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_sub.bcs&user=admin&password=password#video=copy#audio=copy
entradaSecundaria_sub:
- ffmpeg:http://192.168.3.16/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_sub.bcs&user=admin&password=password#video=copy#audio=copy
cameras:
#RLC-520A
patioGarage:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: http://192.168.3.15/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=admin&password=password#video=copy#audio=copy
input_args: preset-http-reolink
roles:
- record
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/patioGarage_sub
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- detect
entradaSecundaria:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: http://192.168.3.16/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=admin&password=password#video=copy#audio=copy
input_args: preset-http-reolink
roles:
- record
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/entradaSecundaria_sub
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- detectRelevant Frigate log output2025-06-19 16:35:53.727206628 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] frigate.app INFO : Starting Frigate (0.15.0-6cb5cfb)
2025-06-19 16:35:53.741826349 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] peewee_migrate.logs INFO : Starting migrations
2025-06-19 16:35:53.742981795 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] peewee_migrate.logs INFO : There is nothing to migrate
2025-06-19 16:35:53.780770398 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] frigate.app INFO : Recording process started: 439
2025-06-19 16:35:53.785399389 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] frigate.app INFO : Review process started: 448
2025-06-19 16:35:53.786844270 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] frigate.app INFO : go2rtc process pid: 98
2025-06-19 16:35:53.794866896 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] detector.coral INFO : Starting detection process: 455
2025-06-19 16:35:56.440309504 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] frigate.app INFO : Output process started: 474
2025-06-19 16:35:56.440409523 [2025-06-19 16:35:54] frigate.app INFO : Camera processor started for patioGarage: 509
2025-06-19 16:35:56.443912258 [2025-06-19 16:35:53] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO : Attempting to load TPU as usb
2025-06-19 16:35:56.443943587 [2025-06-19 16:35:54] frigate.app INFO : Camera processor started for entradaSecundaria: 511
2025-06-19 16:35:56.444042656 [2025-06-19 16:35:56] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO : TPU found
2025-06-19 16:35:56.444159924 [2025-06-19 16:35:54] frigate.app INFO : Capture process started for patioGarage: 517
2025-06-19 16:35:56.444188754 [2025-06-19 16:35:54] frigate.app INFO : Capture process started for entradaSecundaria: 533
2025-06-19 16:35:56.444214144 [2025-06-19 16:35:54] frigate.api.fastapi_app INFO : Starting FastAPI app
2025-06-19 16:35:56.444237643 [2025-06-19 16:35:54] frigate.api.fastapi_app INFO : FastAPI started
2025-06-19 16:35:59.251839735 [2025-06-19 16:35:59] frigate.video ERROR : entradaSecundaria: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-06-19 16:35:59.252097382 [2025-06-19 16:35:59] frigate.video ERROR : entradaSecundaria: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-06-19 16:36:14.161866449 [2025-06-19 16:36:14] watchdog.entradaSecundaria ERROR : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for entradaSecundaria.
2025-06-19 16:36:14.161904989 [2025-06-19 16:36:14] watchdog.entradaSecundaria ERROR : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-06-19 16:36:14.161958378 [2025-06-19 16:36:14] ffmpeg.entradaSecundaria.detect ERROR : [in#0 @ 0x55567b47acc0] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input
2025-06-19 16:36:14.161981178 [2025-06-19 16:36:14] ffmpeg.entradaSecundaria.detect ERROR : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/entradaSecundaria_sub.
2025-06-19 16:36:14.162025017 [2025-06-19 16:36:14] ffmpeg.entradaSecundaria.detect ERROR : Error opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input
2025-06-19 16:36:19.287322262 [2025-06-19 16:36:19] frigate.video ERROR : entradaSecundaria: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-06-19 16:36:19.287622478 [2025-06-19 16:36:19] frigate.video ERROR : entradaSecundaria: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-06-19 16:36:24.178105090 [2025-06-19 16:36:24] watchdog.entradaSecundaria ERROR : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for entradaSecundaria.
2025-06-19 16:36:24.178147539 [2025-06-19 16:36:24] watchdog.entradaSecundaria ERROR : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-06-19 16:36:24.178176169 [2025-06-19 16:36:24] ffmpeg.entradaSecundaria.detect ERROR : [in#0 @ 0x555d7f37bcc0] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input
2025-06-19 16:36:24.178209358 [2025-06-19 16:36:24] ffmpeg.entradaSecundaria.detect ERROR : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/entradaSecundaria_sub.
2025-06-19 16:36:24.178240038 [2025-06-19 16:36:24] ffmpeg.entradaSecundaria.detect ERROR : Error opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input
2025-06-19 16:36:26.299772537 127.0.0.1 - - [19/Jun/2025:16:36:26 -0300] "" 400 0 "-" "-" "-"Relevant go2rtc log outputNo errors here, leaving the log just in case
2025-06-19 16:35:26.121653950 [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2025-06-19 16:35:26.419300378 [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2025-06-19 16:35:26.494371998 16:35:26.494 INF go2rtc platform=linux/amd64 revision=b2399f3 version=1.9.2
2025-06-19 16:35:26.494374938 16:35:26.494 INF config path=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
2025-06-19 16:35:26.494668904 16:35:26.494 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2025-06-19 16:35:26.494734363 16:35:26.494 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2025-06-19 16:35:26.494750383 16:35:26.494 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555/tcp
2025-06-19 16:35:36.121696172 [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...Frigate stats{"cameras":{"patioGarage":{"camera_fps":5.1,"process_fps":5.1,"skipped_fps":0.0,"detection_fps":2.2,"detection_enabled":true,"pid":509,"capture_pid":517,"ffmpeg_pid":522,"audio_rms":0.0,"audio_dBFS":0.0},"entradaSecundaria":{"camera_fps":5.1,"process_fps":5.1,"skipped_fps":0.0,"detection_fps":5.7,"detection_enabled":true,"pid":511,"capture_pid":533,"ffmpeg_pid":684,"audio_rms":0.0,"audio_dBFS":0.0}},"detectors":{"coral":{"inference_speed":7.88,"detection_start":0.0,"pid":455}},"detection_fps":7.9,"gpu_usages":{"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060":{"gpu":"0.0%","mem":"4.01%","enc":"0.0%","dec":"0.0%"}},"cpu_usages":{"frigate.full_system":{"cpu":"2.1","mem":"12.9"},"1":{"cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0","cmdline":"/package/admin/s6/command/s6-svscan -d4 -- /run/service"},"15":{"cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0","cmdline":"s6-supervise 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process"},"307":{"cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.0","cmdline":"bash ./run.user certsync"},"439":{"cpu":"0.9","cpu_average":"1","mem":"0.6","cmdline":"frigate.recording_manager"},"448":{"cpu":"0.1","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.5","cmdline":"frigate.review_segment_manager"},"455":{"cpu":"2.1","cpu_average":"3","mem":"0.6","cmdline":"frigate.detector.coral"},"474":{"cpu":"1.4","cpu_average":"1","mem":"0.6","cmdline":"frigate.output "},"479":{"cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1","cmdline":"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg -threads 1 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -video_size 640x360 -i pipe: -threads 1 -f mpegts -s 1280x720 -codec:v mpeg1video -q 8 -bf 0 pipe:"},"486":{"cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1","cmdline":"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg -threads 1 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -video_size 640x360 -i pipe: -threads 1 -f mpegts -s 1280x720 -codec:v mpeg1video -q 8 -bf 0 pipe:"},"493":{"cpu":"0.0","cpu_average":"0","mem":"0.1","cmdline":"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg 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Compose docker-compose file or Docker CLI command#version: "3.9"
services:
frigate:
container_name: frigate
privileged: true # this may not be necessary for all setups
restart: always
#image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:master-f4a44fd
image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
deploy: # <------------- Add this section
resources:
reservations:
devices:
- driver: nvidia
#device_ids: ['0'] # this is only needed when using multiple GPUs
count: 1 # number of GPUs
capabilities: [gpu]
shm_size: "2048mb" # update for your cameras based on calculation above
devices:
- /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb # passes the USB Coral, needs to be modified for other versions
- /dev/apex_0:/dev/apex_0 # passes a PCIe Coral, follow driver instructions here https://coral.ai/docs/m2/get-started/#2a-on-linux
- /dev/dri/renderD128 # for intel hwaccel, needs to be updated for your hardware
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- /opt/frigate/:/config
- /mnt/14tb/frigate:/media/frigate
- type: tmpfs # Optional: 1GB of memory, reduces SSD/SD Card wear
target: /tmp/cache
tmpfs:
size: 2000000000
ports:
- "5000:5000"
- "8554:8554" # RTSP feeds
- "8555:8555/tcp" # WebRTC over tcp
- "8555:8555/udp" # WebRTC over udp
environment:
FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: "password"Object DetectorCoral Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pagesNo response Any other information that may be helpfulNo response |
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Answered by
NickM-27
Jun 20, 2025
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Since you're using go2rtc and the problematic streams are being served from go2rtc with the ffmpeg module, you should enable trace logs: |
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Thanks for the tip, I enabled them and now there's a little more output to work with |
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You might try the |
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I'd rather not do detection on the main stream for performance reasons, and the ext doesn't seem to work. Tried it with the url and ffplay on channels 0 to 5, and none opened up a stream. |
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try connecting Frigate to the cameras sub directly in the cameras config |
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not sure why, but that seemed to fix the errors (changed the re-stream url with the camera sub directly). Should I just avoid using the sub re-stream in the future? do you know why this happens? |
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yep, just deployed the config with the 22 cameras (with the direct URL to the camera's sub-stream for detection, not the re-streaming one) and everything's running smoothly, no ffmpeg errors at all. CPU usage went down from 60% average to 10%. Thanks for the support and the project guys, I'll start playing with Frigate+ next week 👍 |
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@NickM-27 do you know why this happens? is it a reolink problem? |
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Go2rtc doesn't like something about the stream, hard to say this particular issue is definitely due to reolink |
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try connecting Frigate to the cameras sub directly in the cameras config