[afbeelding] This is the code I use to decode my rtsp stream from an Sonoff camera (GK-200MP2-B): ffmpeg -f rtsp -i "rtsp://rtsp:xxxxxx@192.168.178.73:554/av_stream/ch0" -f image2pipe pipe:1 xxxx = the code I received from the camera. As you can see I receive rc:-2 instead of the image preview …

Set the debug nodes to output the full message and inspect each one carefully, you should find an error message in there somewhere.

Thank you Collin. The message is: payload: object code: -2 topic: "" So it seems to me it has to do with the empty topic. But I can't understand where I need a topic for. I don't use a topic. So it's a mystery for me. I don't know if you have a solution, but thanks for your help. Yvonne

And what is in the object in the payload?

Payload:object Topic:”” Start stream: [Naamloos 4] Exec node: Decode RTSP stream: [Naamloos] Image node: [Naamloos 2] Image preview: [Naamloos 3] The error code is with the lowest msg [Naamloos 5] All the debug nodes are the same, only the last has an error: -2 [Naamloos 6] Thank you …

Export the exec node and paste it here. First try providing the full path to ffmpeg

flows.json (386 Bytes) Hi Colin, I uploaded the exec node. I think that it contains the whole path. Thank you. Yvonne

Try instead to use the nice working nodes developed & shared by @kevinGodell [image] Node-red-contrib-ffmpeg-spawn Developing Nodes The ffmpeg node is ready for testing. It is similar to the exec node to spawn ffmpeg, with additional features. An example flow doing way m…

Thanks Kevin. I will read it and try it if I don't succeed with the old flow. I'm happy with the support. Yvonne

I'm not Kevin, I'm Walter, just a happy user of Kevin's great work!

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Try instead to use the nice working nodes developed & shared by @kevinGodell

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