Dropping fps after some minutes

[Dukadyr]

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motionEyeOS Version: motionEyeOS 20200606

Board Model: Pi Zero w and Pi Zero 2 w

Camera : Pi Camera v2

I am using the following type of camera: Fast Network Camera

Network Connection: Wifi 2,4GHz/5GHz

My motionEyeOS unit is connected to the network via: WIFI

I am using the following peripherals that I consider relevant to this issue:

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Hey folks,
the issue:
my (Fast Network Camera) stream works for some minutes (2-4) fine with 15-20fps, but after a while its dropping to 1-2 fps.
At this moment I'm running following Settings: 800x600 / 15fps / Bitrate: 1000000/ Image Quality: 15%

I have tried all kinds of settings, like changing GPU Memory, Overclocking and Underclocking, changing Quality.

On the Wifi Connection i get 14 / 5 MBit/s Signal.
Logfiles are clean, no Errors...
Also tried it with another Pi Zero 2 w and another MotioneyeOS - same problem
Is there someone with another Hint or Solution for me?

[starbasessd]

The PiZero2W would use the Pi3 image or the other image that Jawsper posted (pinned in Issues). it is not supported with the PiZero/Pi1 image.
I suggest shifting the PiZero to dev20201026 image.
Make sure the Frame Rate dimmer and Resolution Dimmer are set to 100.

[Dukadyr]

The PiZero2W would use the Pi3 image or the other image that Jawsper posted (pinned in Issues). it is not supported with the PiZero/Pi1 image. I suggest shifting the PiZero to dev20201026 image. Make sure the Frame Rate dimmer and Resolution Dimmer are set to 100.

yes, i know.
the image version i used on the pi zero 2 w was jawspers image.
now I am running the Pi Zero w with motionEyeOS 20200606.

[starbasessd]

I would also check for thermal throttling using the

vcgencmd get_throttled

command.

I use a script to get human-readable info:

= = = = =

#!/usr/bin/env python2

import subprocess

GET_THROTTLED_CMD = 'vcgencmd get_throttled'
MESSAGES = {
0: 'Under-voltage!',
1: 'ARM frequency capped!',
2: 'Currently throttled!',
3: 'Soft temperature limit active',
16: 'Under-voltage has occurred since last reboot.',
17: 'Throttling has occurred since last reboot.',
18: 'ARM frequency capped has occurred since last reboot.',
19: 'Soft temperature limit has occurred'
}

print("Checking for throttling issues since last reboot...")

throttled_output = subprocess.check_output(GET_THROTTLED_CMD, shell=True)
throttled_binary = bin(int(throttled_output.split('=')[1], 0))

warnings = 0
for position, message in MESSAGES.iteritems():
# Check for the binary digits to be "on" for each warning message
if len(throttled_binary) > position and throttled_binary[0 - position - 1] == '1':
print(message)
warnings += 1

if warnings == 0:
print("Looking good!")
else:
print("Houston, we may have a problem!")
= = = = =
oops.py.txt

[Dukadyr]

I would also check for thermal throttling using the

vcgencmd get_throttled

command.

I use a script to get human-readable info:

= = = = =

#!/usr/bin/env python2

import subprocess

GET_THROTTLED_CMD = 'vcgencmd get_throttled' MESSAGES = { 0: 'Under-voltage!', 1: 'ARM frequency capped!', 2: 'Currently throttled!', 3: 'Soft temperature limit active', 16: 'Under-voltage has occurred since last reboot.', 17: 'Throttling has occurred since last reboot.', 18: 'ARM frequency capped has occurred since last reboot.', 19: 'Soft temperature limit has occurred' }

print("Checking for throttling issues since last reboot...")

throttled_output = subprocess.check_output(GET_THROTTLED_CMD, shell=True) throttled_binary = bin(int(throttled_output.split('=')[1], 0))

warnings = 0 for position, message in MESSAGES.iteritems(): # Check for the binary digits to be "on" for each warning message if len(throttled_binary) > position and throttled_binary[0 - position - 1] == '1': print(message) warnings += 1

if warnings == 0: print("Looking good!") else: print("Houston, we may have a problem!") = = = = = oops.py.txt

Thx for the Hint!

Checking for throttling issues since last reboot...
Looking good!

[starbasessd]

I would then switch to the dev20201026 image, and check the Dimmer settings.

[Dukadyr]

I would then switch to the dev20201026 image, and check the Dimmer settings.

Dimmers are on 100%
Ill give the dev image a try. Thx bud!