DroidCamera IP Camera: ERROR FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - http://<IP>:4343/video: End of file -

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Describe the bug

When using DroidCam as an IP Camera, the following errors appear when trying to consume the (RTSP?) stream. Both on the default http non-encrypted :4747 connection and the SSL configuration on port :4343 fail for homebridge-camera-ui:

[8/4/2022, 10:26:31 PM] [CameraUI]  ERROR  Homebridge Nexus 4 Camera: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - [tcp @ 0xaa641310] Connection to tcp://192.168.1.120:8080?timeout=100000000 failed: Connection refused - rtsp://192.168.1.120:8080/h264_ulaw.sdp: Connection refused -
[8/4/2022, 10:26:31 PM] [CameraUI] Homebridge Nexus 4 Camera: Restart prebuffer session..
[8/4/2022, 10:26:31 PM] [CameraUI]  ERROR  Nexus 4 Camera: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - http://192.168.1.121:4343/video: End of file -
[8/4/2022, 10:26:31 PM] [CameraUI] Nexus 4 Camera: Restart prebuffer session..
[8/4/2022, 10:26:34 PM] [CameraUI] camera.ui v5.0.27 is listening on port 8081 (http)
[8/4/2022, 10:26:41 PM] [CameraUI]  ERROR  Homebridge Nexus 4 Camera: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - [tcp @ 0xa9b41790] Connection to tcp://192.168.1.120:8080?timeout=100000000 failed: Connection refused - rtsp://192.168.1.120:8080/h264_ulaw.sdp: Connection refused -
[8/4/2022, 10:26:41 PM] [CameraUI] Homebridge Nexus 4 Camera: Restart prebuffer session..
[8/4/2022, 10:26:41 PM] [CameraUI]  ERROR  Nexus 4 Camera: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - http://192.168.1.121:4343/video: End of file -
[8/4/2022, 10:26:41 PM] [CameraUI] Nexus 4 Camera: Restart prebuffer session..
[8/4/2022, 10:26:51 PM] [CameraUI]  ERROR  Homebridge Nexus 4 Camera: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - [tcp @ 0xb08c1410]  - Connection to tcp://192.168.1.120:8080?timeout=100000000 failed: Connection refused -  - rtsp://192.168.1.120:8080/h264_ulaw.sdp: Connection refused -
[8/4/2022, 10:26:51 PM] [CameraUI] Homebridge Nexus 4 Camera: Restart prebuffer session..
[8/4/2022, 10:26:52 PM] [CameraUI]  ERROR  Nexus 4 Camera: FFmpeg prebuffer process exited with error! (null) - http://192.168.1.121:4343/video: End of file -
[8/4/2022, 10:26:52 PM] [CameraUI] Nexus 4 Camera: Restart prebuffer session..

To Reproduce

1. Install DroidCam on an old android device.
2. Set it up as IP Camera and optionally configure the HTTPS support.
3. Edit config.json accordingly at the homebridge side.
4. Error above.

Expected behavior

The stream should be consumed transparently by homebridge-camera-ui.

Environment

Same as in issue #622

[sidhuamansingh]

I’m having same error recently out of a sudden but I’m not using DroidCam. I’m on a generic rasp camera.

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