Loss of stream/connection

[Nas.CloudBusinessPortal]

This is a little out of the realm of Merlin firmware, but I wanted to ask, I’m sure you can point me in some directions.

I am a model train freak lol. I’ve gone so much as to place my model trains online. You can operate a locomotive on my Layout remotely.

See

for the live video stream, and to control the locomotive. Goto http://atc.lovethosetrains.com:12080/web/webThrottle.html?loconame=1


So to make this work is a little bit awkward as the manufacturer of the camera does not want to disclose RTSP URL. They want me to continue to use their generic app on iOS platform

So how I get this to the Internet is awkward, screen, capturing my iPhone, to a Windows 10 machine, which is also using OBS studio, to stream it to YouTube

That’s a lot of connections for my network network

So needless to say, the stream goes down about once a day.

The laptop is connected wirelessly at 866 to a 5g wirelss.

The camera on the locomotives are 2.4g and Merlin says it utilizing 37% of the bandwidth.

Most of the time my problem is the link between the iPhone and the laptop, the screen capture has been interrupted.

I get it all this would be avoided if I just had an RTSP url.

I’m gonna see if I can get a ethernet adaptor for the iPhone, and see if that helps

Any suggestions?

Try my trains out!

 

[AntonK]

I experience "loss of stream" every day, but it has nothing to do with computers and everything to do with age.

 

[Nas.CloudBusinessPortal]

Os there any way to tell what device dropped in the streaming process?

 

[bennor]

@Nas.CloudBusinessPortal, It doesn't appear you haven't listed your router or what specific firmware you are running. Nor have you listed the broadband provider and speed that may play a role if it's a broadband connection issue. Listing the camera make and model if its a camera stream dropping off issue will also help others in formulating a response.

As a troubleshooting step, check the router system log to see if it indicates a reason or if/when the camera or the PC/mobile device used for streaming or access drops off the local network.

 

[heysoundude]

So to make this work is a little bit awkward as the manufacturer of the camera does not want to disclose RTSP URL.

Most of the time my problem is the link between the iPhone and the laptop, the screen capture has been interrupted.

I get it all this would be avoided if I just had an RTSP url.

I’m gonna see if I can get a ethernet adaptor for the iPhone, and see if that helps

Real-Time Streaming Protocol - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That might help...
along with WireShark, and then just a port forward...right?

 

[Nas.CloudBusinessPortal]

@Nas.CloudBusinessPortal, It doesn't appear you haven't listed your router or what specific firmware you are running. Nor have you listed the broadband provider and speed that may play a role if it's a broadband connection issue. Listing the camera make and model if its a camera stream dropping off issue will also help others in formulating a response.

As a troubleshooting step, check the router system log to see if it indicates a reason or if/when the camera or the PC/mobile device used for streaming or access drops off the local network.

All my routers are RT-ax88u pro

Using merlin’s latest.

Well i ruled out the iphone. I have since bought a LAN adapter for the iphone and wifi is no longer used for it.

I also stream a audio channel on the laptop.

So my last drop both the audio stream and the video stream stopped.

So i’ve narrow the problem down to the laptop.

 

[Tech9]

You can operate a locomotive on my Layout remotely.

Very nice setup and actually responds to remote commands.

 

[Nas.CloudBusinessPortal]

Update.

I found the issue, the router is rebooting.

RT-AX88U Pro with merlin firmware 388.6.2 firmware , and entware, with dn-vnstat, common, ntp merlin, spdmerlin, help and suppport, site map.

i started streaming videos, from my model train camera. an after a amount of time, this time 12 hours, the router re-boot, with no advance warning.

Jun 1 22:46:16 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:16 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:18 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:18 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:20 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:20 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:22 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:22 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:24 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:24 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPINFORM(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1
Jun 1 22:46:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1 GrandStream
Jun 1 22:46:26 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:26 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:28 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:28 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:30 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:30 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:30 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05
Jun 1 22:46:30 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.141 d0:73:d5:43:b5:05 LifxTrainStrip3
Jun 1 22:47:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPINFORM(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1
Jun 1 22:47:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1 GrandStream
Jun 1 22:48:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e
Jun 1 22:48:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.158 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e
Jun 1 22:48:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.158 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e
Jun 1 22:48:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.158 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e Samsung-Range
Jun 1 22:48:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPINFORM(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1
Jun 1 22:48:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1 GrandStream
Jun 1 22:49:10 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) 40:ca:63:0f:28:ce
Jun 1 22:49:10 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.217 40:ca:63:0f:28:ce
Jun 1 22:49:10 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.217 40:ca:63:0f:28:ce
Jun 1 22:49:10 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.217 40:ca:63:0f:28:ce SamsungFridge
Jun 1 22:49:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPINFORM(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1
Jun 1 22:49:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1 GrandStream
Jun 1 22:50:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPINFORM(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1
Jun 1 22:50:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1 GrandStream
Jun 1 22:51:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e
Jun 1 22:51:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.158 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e
Jun 1 22:51:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.158 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e
Jun 1 22:51:06 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.158 88:57:1d:d2:68:4e Samsung-Range
Jun 1 22:51:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPINFORM(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1
Jun 1 22:51:25 dnsmasq-dhcp[5547]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.254 00:0b:82:ee:fa:a1 GrandStream
May 5 01:05:19 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.25.1
May 5 01:05:19 syslogd: using server 192.168.1.198:514
May 5 01:05:19 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.25.1 (2024-02-26 21:43:30 EST)
May 5 01:05:19 kernel: Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0000000000 [0x420f1000]

Any suggestion on were to start with fixing this issue?

I might start with AMTM, and delete the add-ons.

 

[Nas.CloudBusinessPortal]

Well upgraded the firmware seem to have fixed the issue of the router rebooting without and notice.