v3.0.t18

-ffmpeg still stalls even with tcp timeout parameters in place.
 added self end -t option to match the heart beat of RecLoop.
 doing this auto re-fresh ffmpeg every 30mins and should prevent
 stall. for some reason ffmpeg just can't run long term without
 stalling.

src/camera.cpp

@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ bool Loop::exec()
 
 RecLoop::RecLoop(shared_t *sharedRes, QThread *thr, QObject *parent) : Loop(sharedRes, thr, parent)
 {
-    recProc = 0;
-    imgProc = 0;
+    recProc   = 0;
+    imgProc   = 0;
+    heartBeat = 1800;
 }
 
 void RecLoop::init()
@@ -117,8 +118,8 @@ void RecLoop::init()
     imgProc = new QProcess(this);
 
     connect(QCoreApplication::instance(), &QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit, this, &RecLoop::term);
-
-    updateCmd();
+    connect(recProc, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, this, &RecLoop::rdProcErr);
+    connect(imgProc, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, this, &RecLoop::rdProcErr);
 
     Loop::init();
 }
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ void RecLoop::updateCmd()
     recArgs << "-hls_flags" << "append_list";
     recArgs << "-rtsp_transport" << "tcp";
     recArgs << "-stimeout" << "3000";
+    recArgs << "-t" << QString::number(heartBeat);
     recArgs << "stream.m3u8";
 
     imgArgs << "-hide_banner";
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ void RecLoop::updateCmd()
     imgArgs << "-vf" << "fps=1,scale=320:240";
     imgArgs << "-rtsp_transport" << "tcp";
     imgArgs << "-stimeout" << "3000";
+    imgArgs << "-t" << QString::number(heartBeat);
     imgArgs << "img/" + QString(STRFTIME_FMT) + ".bmp";
 
     recProc->setProgram("ffmpeg");
@@ -160,8 +163,12 @@ void RecLoop::updateCmd()
 
     recLog("rec_args: " + recArgs.join(" "), shared);
     recLog("img_args: " + imgArgs.join(" "), shared);
+}
 
-    curUrl = shared->recordUrl;
+void RecLoop::rdProcErr()
+{
+    procError("img", imgProc);
+    procError("rec", recProc);
 }
 
 void RecLoop::term()
@@ -173,17 +180,9 @@ void RecLoop::term()
     imgProc->waitForFinished();
 }
 
-void RecLoop::reset()
-{
-    recLog("--rec_and_img_cmds_resetting--", shared);
-
-    term();
-    updateCmd();
-}
-
 void RecLoop::procError(const QString &desc, QProcess *proc)
 {
-    if (proc->isOpen() && proc->state() == QProcess::NotRunning)
+    if (proc->isOpen() && (proc->state() != QProcess::Running))
     {
         auto errBlob  = QString(proc->readAllStandardError());
         auto errLines = errBlob.split('\n');
@@ -198,37 +197,17 @@ void RecLoop::procError(const QString &desc, QProcess *proc)
     }
 }
 
-void RecLoop::startProc(const QString &desc, QProcess *proc)
-{
-    if (proc->state() == QProcess::NotRunning)
-    {
-        proc->start();
-
-        if (proc->waitForStarted())
-        {
-            recLog(desc + "_cmd_start: ok", shared);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            recLog(desc + "_cmd_start: fail", shared);
-            procError(desc, proc);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 bool RecLoop::exec()
 {
-    procError("img", imgProc);
-    procError("rec", recProc);
-
-    if (curUrl != shared->recordUrl)
+    if ((imgProc->state() == QProcess::Running) || (recProc->state() == QProcess::Running))
     {
-        recLog("a change in the recording URL was detected.", shared);
-        reset();
+        term();
     }
 
-    startProc("img", imgProc);
-    startProc("rec", recProc);
+    updateCmd();
+
+    imgProc->start();
+    recProc->start();
 
     return Loop::exec();
 }

src/camera.h

@@ -68,14 +68,13 @@ private:
     QString   curUrl;
 
     void updateCmd();
-    void reset();
-    void startProc(const QString &desc, QProcess *proc);
     void procError(const QString &desc, QProcess *proc);
 
 private slots:
 
     void init();
     void term();
+    void rdProcErr();
 
 public:
 

src/common.h

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-#define APP_VER      "3.0.t17"
+#define APP_VER      "3.0.t18"
 #define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
 #define APP_BIN      "mow"
 #define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"