VigilantPI

Vigilant is an nvr system for IP cameras, having mainly RaspberryPI as target.

It can record any URL supported by ffmpeg. It provides some HTTP hooks that can be used to deal with IP camera's instabilities

Sample config.yaml:

ffmpeg: /usr/bin/ffmpeg

mount_dir: /mnt/hdd
mount_dev: /dev/sda1
prevent_hdd_spindown: true

admin:
  user: ""
  pass: ""
  addr: :80

videos_dir: /mnt/hdd/cameras

duration: 30m0s

cameras:
- name: main street 
  url: rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.2:554/onvif1

- name: front yard
  url: rtsp://192.168.1.4:10554/udp/av0_1
  pre_rec_urls:
  - url: http://192.168.1.4/decoder_control.cgi?loginuse=admin&loginpas=admin&command=31&onestep=0&sit=31
    method: get
    basic_user: admin
    basic_pass: admin
    headers: []
    expect: result="ok"
    desc: return camera to main position

wifi_ssid: "My Home WIFI"
wifi_pass: "dontenter"

cron:
- every: [2h]
  hooks:
  - url: http://192.168.1.4/reboot.cgi?&loginuse=admin&loginpas=admin
    method: get
    basic_user: admin
    basic_pass: admin
    headers: []
    expect: result="ok"
    desc: reboot camera


raspberry_pi:
  led_pin: 19

Raspberry PI dependencies:

• ffmpeg
• hdparm when using prevent_hdd_spindown option on config.yaml