Addition of RTSP stream at runtime.

I have modified the deepstream_test3_app to add sources at runtime. Specifically, I have created another thread which adds source after some delay. So, far everything works fine if I add mp4 file source. But when I add another rtsp source the tiler does not display the newly added stream.

No errors or warnings are logged when file source is added. But, when rtsp source is added a warning about frames being dropped is logged.

Below is the code I am using to add sources at runtime. Any help will be highly appreciated.

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#include <pthread.h>

#include <chrono>
#include <gst/gst.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>

#include <thread>
#include <iostream>
#include "gstnvdsmeta.h"
#include "gst-nvmessage.h"

/* The muxer output resolution must be set if the input streams will be of
 * different resolution. The muxer will scale all the input frames to this
 * resolution. */
#define MUXER_OUTPUT_WIDTH 1280
#define MUXER_OUTPUT_HEIGHT 720

/* Muxer batch formation timeout, for e.g. 40 millisec. Should ideally be set
 * based on the fastest source's framerate. */
#define MUXER_BATCH_TIMEOUT_USEC 3400000

#define TILED_OUTPUT_WIDTH_INFER 1280
#define TILED_OUTPUT_HEIGHT_INFER 720

#define TILED_OUTPUT_WIDTH_OF 640
#define TILED_OUTPUT_HEIGHT_OF 360

using namespace std;

GstElement *pipeline = NULL;
GstElement *streammux = NULL;
bool enableThread =true;
guint i = 0;
/* NVIDIA Decoder source pad memory feature. This feature signifies that source
 * pads having this capability will push GstBuffers containing NvBufSurface. */
#define GST_CAPS_FEATURES_NVMM "memory:NVMM"


static gboolean
bus_call (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * msg, gpointer data)
{
  GMainLoop *loop = (GMainLoop *) data;

  printf("In main loop \n");

  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg)) {
    case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
      g_print ("End of stream\n");
      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
      break;
    case GST_MESSAGE_WARNING:
    {
      gchar *debug;
      GError *error;
      gst_message_parse_warning (msg, &error, &debug);
      g_printerr ("WARNING from element %s: %s\n",
          GST_OBJECT_NAME (msg->src), error->message);
      g_free (debug);
      g_printerr ("Warning: %s\n", error->message);
      g_error_free (error);
      break;
    }
    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
    {
      gchar *debug;
      GError *error;
      gst_message_parse_error (msg, &error, &debug);
      g_printerr ("ERROR from element %s: %s\n",
          GST_OBJECT_NAME (msg->src), error->message);
      if (debug)
        g_printerr ("Error details: %s\n", debug);
      g_free (debug);
      g_error_free (error);
      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
      break;
    }
    case GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT:
    {
      if (gst_nvmessage_is_stream_eos (msg)) {
        guint stream_id;
        if (gst_nvmessage_parse_stream_eos (msg, &stream_id)) {
          g_print ("Got EOS from stream %d\n", stream_id);
        }
      }
      break;
    }
      case GST_MESSAGE_DEVICE_ADDED:
      {
          printf("we added new source");
      }
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
      case GST_MESSAGE_UNKNOWN:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_INFO:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_TAG:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_BUFFERING:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_DIRTY:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STEP_DONE:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_CLOCK_PROVIDE:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_CLOCK_LOST:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_NEW_CLOCK:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STRUCTURE_CHANGE:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STREAM_STATUS:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_APPLICATION:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_SEGMENT_START:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_SEGMENT_DONE:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_DURATION_CHANGED:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_LATENCY:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_START:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_REQUEST_STATE:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STEP_START:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_QOS:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_PROGRESS:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_TOC:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_RESET_TIME:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STREAM_START:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_NEED_CONTEXT:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_HAVE_CONTEXT:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_EXTENDED:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_DEVICE_REMOVED:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_PROPERTY_NOTIFY:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STREAM_COLLECTION:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_STREAMS_SELECTED:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_REDIRECT:
          break;
      case GST_MESSAGE_ANY:
          break;
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
      default:
          break;
  }
  return TRUE;
}

static void
cb_newpad (GstElement * decodebin, GstPad * decoder_src_pad, gpointer data)
{
  g_print ("In cb_newpad\n");
  GstCaps *caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (decoder_src_pad);
  const GstStructure *str = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
  const gchar *name = gst_structure_get_name (str);
  GstElement *source_bin = (GstElement *) data;
  GstCapsFeatures *features = gst_caps_get_features (caps, 0);

  /* Need to check if the pad created by the decodebin is for video and not
   * audio. */
  if (!strncmp (name, "video", 5)) {
    /* Link the decodebin pad only if decodebin has picked nvidia
     * decoder plugin nvv4l2decoder. We do this by checking if the pad caps contain
     * NVMM memory features. */
    if (gst_caps_features_contains (features, GST_CAPS_FEATURES_NVMM)) {
      /* Get the source bin ghost pad */
      GstPad *bin_ghost_pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (source_bin, "src");
      if (!gst_ghost_pad_set_target (GST_GHOST_PAD (bin_ghost_pad),
              decoder_src_pad)) {
        g_printerr ("Failed to link decoder src pad to source bin ghost pad\n");
      }
      gst_object_unref (bin_ghost_pad);
    } else {
      g_printerr ("Error: Decodebin did not pick nvidia decoder plugin.\n");
    }
  }
}

static void
decodebin_child_added (GstChildProxy * child_proxy, GObject * object,
    gchar * name, gpointer user_data)
{
  g_print ("Decodebin child added: %s\n", name);
  if (g_strrstr (name, "decodebin") == name) {
    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (object), "child-added",
        G_CALLBACK (decodebin_child_added), user_data);
  }
}

static GstElement *
create_source_bin (guint index, gchar * uri)
{
  GstElement *bin = NULL, *uri_decode_bin = NULL;
  gchar bin_name[16] = { };

  g_snprintf (bin_name, 15, "source-bin-%02d", index);
  /* Create a source GstBin to abstract this bin's content from the rest of the
   * pipeline */
  bin = gst_bin_new (bin_name);

  /* Source element for reading from the uri.
   * We will use decodebin and let it figure out the container format of the
   * stream and the codec and plug the appropriate demux and decode plugins. */
  uri_decode_bin = gst_element_factory_make ("uridecodebin", "uri-decode-bin");

  if (!bin || !uri_decode_bin) {
    g_printerr ("One element in source bin could not be created.\n");
    return NULL;
  }

  /* We set the input uri to the source element */
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (uri_decode_bin), "uri", uri, NULL);

  /* Connect to the "pad-added" signal of the decodebin which generates a
   * callback once a new pad for raw data has beed created by the decodebin */
  g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (uri_decode_bin), "pad-added",
      G_CALLBACK (cb_newpad), bin);
  g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (uri_decode_bin), "child-added",
      G_CALLBACK (decodebin_child_added), bin);

  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (bin), uri_decode_bin);

  /* We need to create a ghost pad for the source bin which will act as a proxy
   * for the video decoder src pad. The ghost pad will not have a target right
   * now. Once the decode bin creates the video decoder and generates the
   * cb_newpad callback, we will set the ghost pad target to the video decoder
   * src pad. */
  if (!gst_element_add_pad (bin, gst_ghost_pad_new_no_target ("src",
              GST_PAD_SRC))) {
    g_printerr ("Failed to add ghost pad in source bin\n");
    return NULL;
  }

  printf("Dynamic DSO");

  return bin;
}

//############################ Add Source #######################################
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int AddSource(gchar * uri)
{
    GstPad *sinkpad, *srcpad;
    gchar pad_name[16] = { };
    GstElement *source_bin = create_source_bin (i, uri);

    if (!source_bin) {
        g_printerr ("Failed to create source bin. Exiting.\n");
        return -1;
    }

    gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (pipeline), source_bin);

    g_snprintf (pad_name, 15, "sink_%u", i);
    sinkpad = gst_element_get_request_pad (streammux, pad_name);
    if (!sinkpad) {
        g_printerr ("Streammux request sink pad failed. Exiting.\n");
        return -1;
    }

    srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (source_bin, "src");
    if (!srcpad) {
        g_printerr ("Failed to get src pad of source bin. Exiting.\n");
        return -1;
    }

    if (gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad) != GST_PAD_LINK_OK) {
        g_printerr ("Failed to link source bin to stream muxer. Exiting.\n");
        return -1;
    }
    gst_object_unref (srcpad);
    gst_object_unref (sinkpad);


    gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
    //i++;
}

void AddSourceThreadCallBack()
{
    if (enableThread)
    {

        //char *rtsp-src= "rtsp://admin:[email protected]/mpeg4";
        //char* file-src = "file:///home/User/Desktop/deepstream-4.0/samples/streams/sample_720p.mp4";
        gchar *file = "rtsp://admin:[email protected]/mpeg4";
        this_thread::__sleep_for(chrono::seconds(2),chrono::nanoseconds(1));
        AddSource(file);

        enableThread = false;

    }
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//##################################################################################

//############################ Remove Source #######################################
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//int RemoveSource()
//{
//    GList *sinkPadsList = streammux->sinkpads;
//    GList *sourcePadList = streammux->srcpads;
//    auto x = streammux->numsrcpads;
//    auto y = streammux->numsinkpads;
//
//    return 1;
//}
//
//
//void RemoveSourceThreadCallBack()
//{
//    while(enableThread)
//    {
//        this_thread::__sleep_for(chrono::seconds(3),chrono::nanoseconds(1));
//        RemoveSource();
//    }
//}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//##################################################################################

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{

  GMainLoop *loop = NULL;
  GstElement  *sink_infer = NULL,
      *tiler_infer = NULL, *pgie = NULL, *nvvidconv = NULL,
      *nvosd = NULL;

  GstBus *bus = NULL;
  guint bus_watch_id;
  guint num_sources;
  guint tiler_rows, tiler_columns;
  guint pgie_batch_size;

  /* Check input arguments */
  if (argc < 2) {
    g_printerr ("Usage: %s <uri1> [uri2] ... [uriN] \n", argv[0]);
    return -1;
  }
  num_sources = argc - 1;

  /* Standard GStreamer initialization */
  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
  loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);

  /* Create gstreamer elements */
  /* Create Pipeline element that will form a connection of other elements */
  pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("anomaly-detection-pipeline");

  /* Create nvstreammux instance to form batches from one or more sources. */
  streammux = gst_element_factory_make ("nvstreammux", "stream-muxer");

  if (!pipeline || !streammux) {
    g_printerr ("(Line=%d) One element could not be created. Exiting.\n",
        __LINE__);
    return -1;
  }
  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (pipeline), streammux);

  for (i = 0; i < num_sources; i++)
  {
    GstPad *sinkpad, *srcpad;
    gchar pad_name[16] = { };
    GstElement *source_bin = create_source_bin (i, argv[i + 1]);

    if (!source_bin) {
      g_printerr ("Failed to create source bin. Exiting.\n");
      return -1;
    }

    gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (pipeline), source_bin);

    g_snprintf (pad_name, 15, "sink_%u", i);

    cout<<pad_name;
    sinkpad = gst_element_get_request_pad (streammux, pad_name);
    if (!sinkpad) {
      g_printerr ("Streammux request sink pad failed. Exiting.\n");
      return -1;
    }

    srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (source_bin, "src");
    if (!srcpad) {
      g_printerr ("Failed to get src pad of source bin. Exiting.\n");
      return -1;
    }

    if (gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad) != GST_PAD_LINK_OK) {
      g_printerr ("Failed to link source bin to stream muxer. Exiting.\n");
      return -1;
    }

    gst_object_unref (srcpad);
    gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
  }
//##########################################################################################


auto alpha = i;
  /* Use nvinfer to infer on batched frame. */
  pgie = gst_element_factory_make ("nvinfer", "primary-nvinference-engine");

/* Use nvtiler to composite the batched frames into a 2D tiled array based
   * on the source of the frames. */
  tiler_infer =
      gst_element_factory_make ("nvmultistreamtiler", "nvtiler-infer");


  /* Use convertor to convert from NV12 to RGBA as required by nvosd */
  nvvidconv = gst_element_factory_make ("nvvideoconvert", "nvvideo-converter");

  /* Create OSD to draw on the converted RGBA buffer */
  nvosd = gst_element_factory_make ("nvdsosd", "nv-onscreendisplay");

  sink_infer =
      gst_element_factory_make ("nveglglessink", "nvelgglessink-infer");



  if (!pgie || !tiler_infer || !nvvidconv || !nvosd || !sink_infer) {
    g_printerr ("One Infer element could not be created. Exiting.\n");
    return -1;
  }

  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (streammux), "width", MUXER_OUTPUT_WIDTH, "height",
      MUXER_OUTPUT_HEIGHT, "batch-size", num_sources,
      "batched-push-timeout", MUXER_BATCH_TIMEOUT_USEC, NULL);

  /* Configure the nvinfer element using the nvinfer config file. */
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (pgie),
      "config-file-path", "/home/sabbih_shah/Desktop/Temp_WorkSpace/DeepStream_Dynamic_Source/src/dsanomaly_pgie_config.txt", NULL);

  /* Override the batch-size set in the config file with the number of sources. */
  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (pgie), "batch-size", &pgie_batch_size, NULL);
  if (pgie_batch_size != num_sources) {
    g_printerr
        ("WARNING: Overriding infer-config batch-size (%d) with number of sources (%d)\n",
        pgie_batch_size, num_sources);
    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (pgie), "batch-size", num_sources, NULL);
  }

  tiler_rows = (guint) sqrt (num_sources);
  tiler_columns = (guint) ceil (1.0 * num_sources / tiler_rows);

  /* we set the tiler properties here */
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (tiler_infer), "rows", tiler_rows, "columns",
      tiler_columns, "width", TILED_OUTPUT_WIDTH_INFER, "height",
      TILED_OUTPUT_HEIGHT_INFER, NULL);

  /* We set the sink properties here */
 // g_object_set (G_OBJECT (sink_of), "window-x", 0, "window-y", 0, NULL);
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (sink_infer), "window-x", TILED_OUTPUT_WIDTH_OF,
    "window-y", TILED_OUTPUT_HEIGHT_OF, NULL);

  /* we add a message handler */
  bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline));
  bus_watch_id = gst_bus_add_watch (bus, bus_call, loop);


  /* Set up the pipeline */
  /* we add all elements into the pipeline */
  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), pgie, tiler_infer, nvvidconv, nvosd, sink_infer, NULL);

    if (!gst_element_link_many (streammux, pgie, tiler_infer, nvvidconv, nvosd, sink_infer,
                                NULL)) {
        g_printerr ("Elements could not be linked. Exiting.\n");
        return -1;
    }

  /* Set the pipeline to "playing" state */
  g_print ("Now playing:");
  for (i = 0; i < num_sources; i++) {
    g_print (" %s,", argv[i + 1]);
  }
  g_print ("\n");

    gst_object_unref (bus);
  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);


  /* Wait till pipeline encounters an error or EOS */
  g_print ("Running...\n");

//########################### Add Source Thread ############################
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  thread AddThread(AddSourceThreadCallBack);
  AddThread.detach();
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//##########################################################################

//########################### Remove Source Thread #########################
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  thread RemoveThread(RemoveSourceThreadCallBack);
//  RemoveThread.detach();
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//##########################################################################

  g_main_loop_run (loop);

  /* Out of the main loop, clean up nicely */
  g_print ("Returned, stopping playback\n");
  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
  g_print ("Deleting pipeline\n");
  gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (pipeline));
  g_source_remove (bus_watch_id);
  g_main_loop_unref (loop);
  gst_deinit ();
  return 0;
}

Hi,
It is similar to
[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1064141/deepstream-sdk/adding-and-removing-streams-during-runtime/post/5390153/#5390153[/url]

We are still preparing a sample for the usecase of adding/deleting sources in runtime.

Hi, DaneLLL

some bug may happen when batch-size is more than number sources in nvstreammux when adding/deleting sources in runtime.

See my forum
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1066000/deepstream-sdk/some-rtsp-sources-would-blocking-after-many-hours/post/5400595/#5400595

We have Dynamic stream addition/removal app added on GitHub. Here is the link for the app:
https://github.com/NVIDIA-AI-IOT/deepstream_reference_apps/tree/master/runtime_source_add_delete

Hi, kayccc

I have known there is a demo for dynamic stream addition/removal , but nvstreammux has bug when set property “batch-size” more than actually cameras numbers. you can check my demo in my forum.

Thanks.

Hi ClancyLian,
We just released the sample. Would like to suggest you give it a try and check if it can be adapted info your usecases. In the sample, batch-size is set to 30.