It’s been working flawlessly for almost two years, and just as well with Frigate the past few months thanks to the local feed. The past week, I’ve had nothing but trouble. I’ll post the go2rtc and frigate logs (from the frigate UI), respectively.
22:56:32 WRN error=“read tcp 172.18.0.2:42726->192.168.x.xxx:554: i/o timeout” url=rtsp://192.168.x.xxx:554/xxxxxx
22:56:37 WRN error=EOF url=rtsp://192.168.x.xxx:554/xxxxxx
22:56:37 WRN error=“read tcp …->192.168.x.xxx:554: i/o timeout” url=rtsp://192.168.x.xxx:554/xxxxxx
22:56:37 WRN error=“read tcp …->192.168.x.xxx:554: i/o timeout” url=rtsp://192.168.x.xxx:554/xxxxxx
22:56:38 WRN error=“read tcp …->192.168.x.xxx:554: i/o timeout” url=rtsp://192.168.x.xxx:554/xxxxxx
[2026-01-06 10:11:28] frigate.config.config WARNING : Frigate+ is configured but clean snapshots are not enabled, submissions to Frigate+ will not be possible.
[2026-01-06 10:11:28] frigate.app INFO : Starting Frigate (0.16.2-4d58206)
[2026-01-06 10:11:30] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO : TPU found
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : backyard: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : backyard: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread…
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : doorbell: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : doorbell: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread…
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : frontlawn: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : frontlawn: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread…
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : garage: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
[2026-01-06 10:11:38] frigate.video ERROR : garage: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread…
[2026-01-06 10:11:48] watchdog.backyard ERROR : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for backyard.
[2026-01-06 10:11:48] ffmpeg.backyard.detect ERROR : [rtsp @ 0x5db2adaad7c0] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
[2026-01-06 10:11:48] ffmpeg.backyard.detect ERROR : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/backyard.
What’s strange is that the Starling app used to load everything up instantly, and now it’s been taking 30s to a minute. I’m aware they no longer sell the device, but they continue to provide updates (just had one a few weeks back)
I plan on going Reolink the first chance I get, but I can’t drop $1,000+ US on cameras right now.