rtsp_camera

Intro

Build, configure, and install the V4L2 RTSP camera streaming service at: https://github.com/mpromonet/v4l2rtspserver

See the default variable comments in defaults/main.yml for information on configuration.

This deployment essentially uses two tools: v4l2-ctl, which configures the camera, and v4l2rtspserver, which runs the RTSP stream.

v4l2-ctl configuration is best described at: https://www.mankier.com/1/v4l2-ctl

While v4l2rtspserver is documented here: https://github.com/mpromonet/v4l2rtspserver#usage

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

See the comment in the default variables file for information on configuration.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: whatever
  roles:
    - triplepoint.rtsp_camera

Role Testing

This role is tested with molecule, using pipenv to handle dependencies and the Python testing environment.

Setting Up Your Execution Environment

pip install pipenv

Once you have pipenv installed, you can build the execution virtualenv with:

pipenv install --dev

Running Tests

Once you have your environment configured, you can execute molecule with:

pipenv run molecule test

Regenerating the Lock File

You shouldn't have to do this very often, but if you change the Python package requirements using pipenv install {some_package} commands or by editing the Pipfile directly, or if you find the build dependencies have fallen out of date, you might need to regenerate the Pipfile.lock.