reolink e1 outdoor cx

[sonewtogithub]

What is the syntax for rotating the view of the reolink e1 outdoor cx.
I found various options but none of them seems to be correct.

In the Reolink android app it is possible to rotate the view, but that does not effects the Frigate view.
I like to rotate the view 90 degrees

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

I don't have specific information in the available sources about rotating the camera view for the Reolink E1 Outdoor CX within Frigate's configuration.

The available documentation covers Reolink camera connection settings and stream configurations(1), but doesn't include rotation parameters for this specific model or Reolink cameras in general.

General approach: Typically, video rotation in Frigate would be handled through FFmpeg output arguments, but I cannot provide the exact syntax without it being documented in the sources.

Helpful resources:

• Camera Specific Configurations(1)
• Full Reference Config(2)
• Camera Configuration(3)

You might also want to check if there's a way to configure the rotation directly in the camera's firmware settings, as changes made in the Reolink app may not affect the RTSP stream that Frigate uses.

Would you like me to provide a general answer based on common FFmpeg rotation techniques?

📚 Sources:

1. Camera Specific Configurations
2. Full Reference Config
3. Camera Configuration

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[hawkeye217]

To rotate a stream 90 degrees with go2rtc in Frigate, you can use FFmpeg parameters with the #rotate option in go2rtc. Here's an example configuration:

go2rtc:
  streams:
    back:
      - ffmpeg:rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=2#video=h264#audio=copy#rotate=90#hardware

The rotation is applied through FFmpeg parameters in go2rtc, which supports rotating video feeds. The #rotate=90 parameter rotates the video 90 degrees clockwise.

You can then configure your camera to use the rotated stream:

cameras:
  back:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/back
          roles:
            - detect
            - record

As the AI noted, you're much better off doing this in firmware, if possible. Rotation via software will consume a lot of CPU. See the go2rtc documentation for more: https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc