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Lorex FFMPEG error code 8 #1533

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Describe The Problem:

I'm able to find the câmeras and add them to HomeKit but I get error 8 from
FFMPEG. Can anyone help?

To Reproduce:

Logs:

24/10/2025, 22:47:06] [PluginUpdate] [Garage] Starting video stream: native x native, native fps, 299 kbps
[24/10/2025, 22:47:06] [PluginUpdate] [Garage] FFmpeg exited with code: 8 and signal: null (Error)
[24/10/2025, 22:47:06] [PluginUpdate] [Garage] Stopped video stream.
[24/10/2025, 22:47:13] [PluginUpdate] [Garage] Error: Failed to fetch snapshot.

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**Homebridge Config:**

     {
            "platform": "Cameraffmpeg",
            "name": "Camera-ffmpeg",
            "manufacturer": "Lorex",
            "motion": true,
            "videoConfig": {
                "source": "-i rtsp://[email protected]:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=Casa-Garage&subtype=1",
                "audio": true
            },

**Environment:**

- **Node.js Version**: v22.17.1
- **Homebridge Version**: v1.11
- **Homebridge Camera FFmpeg Version**: latest version
- **Homebridge Config UI X Plugin 
Version**:
Raspberry Pi

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