Built-in go2rtc camera setup problem

Configuration
1

Hi there,

I'm trying to setup my ip camera with built-in go2rtc and generic camera intergration.
I've been crawling through all the documents and forum threads I could find but still can not get it working.

in the configuration.yamI I have a line:

go2rtc:

in config directory I created go2rtc.yaml file:

streams:
  water_meter_rtsp: rtsp://***:***@192.168.100.*:554/Streaming/Channels/1
  water_meter_digits_go2rtc: 
    - ffmpeg:water_meter_rtsp#video=h264#hardware#rtsp#vf=crop=305:70:155:200

When HA starts there are no errors or warnings related to go2rtc in logs.

When I try to add camera wth Generic Camera integration:

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I get this error in logs:
Error from stream worker: Not Found error opening stream (Server returned 404 Not Found, rtsp://127.0.0.1:18554/water_meter_digits_go2rtc)

Can anybody tell me what am I doing wrong before I get insane please?
many thanks

2

In theory HA is supposed to pick up on a stream and determine the best way to present it without futzing with stuff.
Did you try without that file, and just have the go2rtc: in the configuration.yaml to enable it?

3

No I did not. How HA will know stream exists if it isn't defined in go2rtc.yaml? I also wanted go2rtc to crop the picture before reaching HA.

4

Have you changed the go2rtc ports? Because the default port numbers are 8554 and 1984. You can also replace 127.0.0.1 with the LAN address of your HA device, e.g. I have this and it works:

  url: "http://homeassistant.mydomain.com:1984/api/frame.jpeg?src=akuvox"

You can test this in your browser.

5

You don't need this unless you've disabled default_config, as it's included in the default config.

These configuration options don't exist, so they have no effect. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/go2rtc/#go2rtc-configuration-variables

You're supposed to put the RTSP stream URL of the camera, not localhost.

HA manages the go2rtc server itself. When you add a generic camera it will add the RTSP url to go2rtc. It creates the stream, it doesn't consume it from go2rtc.