Bounce without stop/start image?

[gniknalu]

Is it possible, via the command line, to bounce viseron without doing a docker stop/start of the image?

[roflcoopter]

You mean restarting a single camera and reloading settings?

[gniknalu]

Either of those is fine. I'm really looking for a way to 'bounce' everything via the command line that I can script just in case some situation causes it to stop functioning. ( I can script taking down the image if that's the best way. )

[gniknalu]

You mean restarting a single camera and reloading settings?

Perfect example is what was in the logs this morning. Saw this error:

[2021-06-15 02:00:30] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.backeast ] - FFmpeg process has exited
[2021-06-15 02:00:35] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.backeast ] - Restarting frame pipe
[2021-06-15 02:00:35] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.stream.backeast] - [tcp @ 0x557e20b7fec0] Connection to tcp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:554?timeout=5000000 failed: Connection refused
[2021-06-15 02:00:35] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.stream.backeast] - rtsp://*****:*****@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:554/cam/******?*************************: Connection refused
[2021-06-15 02:00:35] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.backeast ] - FFmpeg process has exited
[2021-06-15 02:00:40] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.backeast ] - Restarting frame pipe
[2021-06-15 02:00:41] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.stream.backeast] - [tcp @ 0x55b70681aec0] Connection to tcp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:554?timeout=5000000 failed: Connection refused
[2021-06-15 02:00:41] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.stream.backeast] - rtsp://*****:*****@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:554/cam/******?*************************: Connection refused
[2021-06-15 02:00:41] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.backeast ] - FFmpeg process has exited
[2021-06-15 02:00:46] [ERROR   ] [viseron.camera.backeast ] - Restarting frame pipe

Then, I tested the camera via VLC, and it was working. But, for some reason, viseron's connection was refused. The ability to know about this error (MQTT message?) and to react to this message (command to restart the camera?) would be cool.

Thank you!

[roflcoopter]

As of now the only way is to restart the container, but its probably fairly easy to add some restart functionality.
I will hold off on that a bit tho until i managed to cobble up a proper API

But yes the status sensor really needs to be set when cameras are connected/disconnected