[FFmpeg-user] How can I expose an rtsp stream using ffmpeg

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Agniva De Sarker

2018-12-05 09:38:45 UTC

I have a stream of images coming from an another application which I am
streaming to ffmpeg from a pipe. Now I want to expose this stream as an
rtsp stream encoded with .h264.

I can do the stream using something like this -
https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/12961/ffmpeg-input-from-images-stream-out-video

I see that using ffserver, I can create the rtsp stream. (
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26999595/what-steps-are-needed-to-stream-rtsp-from-ffmpeg).
But ffserver seems to be discontinued. So what is the best option in this
scenario ?

In short, I have a stream of images, which I want to compress using h.264
and send off as an rtsp stream. Is it possible natively using ffmpeg ?

Thanks.
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Carl Eugen Hoyos

2018-12-05 12:14:04 UTC

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Post by Agniva De Sarker
I have a stream of images coming from an another application which I am
streaming to ffmpeg from a pipe. Now I want to expose this stream as an
rtsp stream encoded with .h264.
I can do the stream using something like this -
https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/12961/ffmpeg-input-from-images-stream-out-video
I see that using ffserver, I can create the rtsp stream. (
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26999595/what-steps-are-needed-to-stream-rtsp-from-ffmpeg).
But ffserver seems to be discontinued. So what is the best option in this
scenario ?
In short, I have a stream of images, which I want to compress using h.264
and send off as an rtsp stream. Is it possible natively using ffmpeg ?

What did you try?

$ ffmpeg -i - -vcodec h264 rtsp://127.0.0.1

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Agniva De Sarker

2018-12-05 14:54:55 UTC

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I tried with a simple mp4 file.

ffmpeg -i timescape.mp4 -vcodec h264 rtsp://127.0.0.1
ffmpeg version git-2017-09-02-69e6877 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg
developers
built with gcc 5.2.1 (Ubuntu 5.2.1-22ubuntu2) 20151010
configuration:
libavutil 55. 74.100 / 55. 74.100
libavcodec 57.104.101 / 57.104.101
libavformat 57. 81.100 / 57. 81.100
libavdevice 57. 8.100 / 57. 8.100
libavfilter 6.101.100 / 6.101.100
libswscale 4. 7.103 / 4. 7.103
libswresample 2. 8.100 / 2. 8.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'timescape.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 1
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
Duration: 00:02:18.55, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2674 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p,
1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2515 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn,
47.95 tbc (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz,
stereo, fltp, 157 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
[NULL @ 0x3bf1880] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'rtsp://
127.0.0.1'
rtsp://127.0.0.1: Invalid argument

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https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/12961/ffmpeg-input-from-images-stream-out-video

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I see that using ffserver, I can create the rtsp stream. (

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26999595/what-steps-are-needed-to-stream-rtsp-from-ffmpeg
).

Post by Agniva De Sarker
But ffserver seems to be discontinued. So what is the best option in this
scenario ?
In short, I have a stream of images, which I want to compress using h.264
and send off as an rtsp stream. Is it possible natively using ffmpeg ?

What did you try?
$ ffmpeg -i - -vcodec h264 rtsp://127.0.0.1
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Agniva De Sarker

2018-12-10 14:38:26 UTC

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Thanks. But I was wondering what is the idiomatic way to expose an rtsp
stream using ffmpeg. Does that mean we cannot do rtsp streaming using pure
ffmpeg at all ?

-Agniva

Hi Agniva,
To use rtsp stream inside ffmpeg you need to run ffserver which is removed
in latest version, but here I have created separate repo which can be used
as rtsp stream,
https://github.com/harshil1991/ffserver
and just you need to pass your AVpacket in place of av read frame function.
Thanks
Harshil
Sent from my iPhone

On 10-Dec-2018, at 2:41 PM, Agniva De Sarker <
Wanted to follow up on this again. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 8:24 PM Agniva De Sarker <

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I tried with a simple mp4 file.
ffmpeg -i timescape.mp4 -vcodec h264 rtsp://127.0.0.1
ffmpeg version git-2017-09-02-69e6877 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg
developers
built with gcc 5.2.1 (Ubuntu 5.2.1-22ubuntu2) 20151010
libavutil 55. 74.100 / 55. 74.100
libavcodec 57.104.101 / 57.104.101
libavformat 57. 81.100 / 57. 81.100
libavdevice 57. 8.100 / 57. 8.100
libavfilter 6.101.100 / 6.101.100
libswscale 4. 7.103 / 4. 7.103
libswresample 2. 8.100 / 2. 8.100
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 1
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
Duration: 00:02:18.55, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2674 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p,
1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2515 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn,
47.95 tbc (default)
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz,
stereo, fltp, 157 kb/s (default)
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
127.0.0.1'
rtsp://127.0.0.1: Invalid argument

2018-12-05 10:38 GMT+01:00, Agniva De Sarker <

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I have a stream of images coming from an another application which I

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
streaming to ffmpeg from a pipe. Now I want to expose this stream as

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
rtsp stream encoded with .h264.
I can do the stream using something like this -

https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/12961/ffmpeg-input-from-images-stream-out-video

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I see that using ffserver, I can create the rtsp stream. (

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26999595/what-steps-are-needed-to-stream-rtsp-from-ffmpeg

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
But ffserver seems to be discontinued. So what is the best option in

this

Post by Agniva De Sarker
scenario ?
In short, I have a stream of images, which I want to compress using

h.264

Post by Agniva De Sarker
and send off as an rtsp stream. Is it possible natively using ffmpeg ?

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Harshil Makwana

2018-12-10 14:51:31 UTC

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Yes, we can not do rtsp stream using pure ffmpeg., we need server to stream
rtsp packet.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 8:08 PM Agniva De Sarker <

Post by Agniva De Sarker
Thanks. But I was wondering what is the idiomatic way to expose an rtsp
stream using ffmpeg. Does that mean we cannot do rtsp streaming using pure
ffmpeg at all ?
-Agniva
On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 17:55 Harshil Makwana <

Hi Agniva,
To use rtsp stream inside ffmpeg you need to run ffserver which is

removed

in latest version, but here I have created separate repo which can be

used

as rtsp stream,
https://github.com/harshil1991/ffserver
and just you need to pass your AVpacket in place of av read frame

function.

Thanks
Harshil
Sent from my iPhone

On 10-Dec-2018, at 2:41 PM, Agniva De Sarker <
Wanted to follow up on this again. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 8:24 PM Agniva De Sarker <

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I tried with a simple mp4 file.
ffmpeg -i timescape.mp4 -vcodec h264 rtsp://127.0.0.1
ffmpeg version git-2017-09-02-69e6877 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the

FFmpeg

Post by Agniva De Sarker
developers
built with gcc 5.2.1 (Ubuntu 5.2.1-22ubuntu2) 20151010
libavutil 55. 74.100 / 55. 74.100
libavcodec 57.104.101 / 57.104.101
libavformat 57. 81.100 / 57. 81.100
libavdevice 57. 8.100 / 57. 8.100
libavfilter 6.101.100 / 6.101.100
libswscale 4. 7.103 / 4. 7.103
libswresample 2. 8.100 / 2. 8.100
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 1
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
Duration: 00:02:18.55, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2674 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p,
1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2515 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn,
47.95 tbc (default)
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz,
stereo, fltp, 157 kb/s (default)
creation_time : 2011-12-04T22:18:54.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler

'rtsp://

Post by Agniva De Sarker
127.0.0.1'
rtsp://127.0.0.1: Invalid argument

2018-12-05 10:38 GMT+01:00, Agniva De Sarker <

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I have a stream of images coming from an another application which I

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
streaming to ffmpeg from a pipe. Now I want to expose this stream as

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
rtsp stream encoded with .h264.
I can do the stream using something like this -

https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/12961/ffmpeg-input-from-images-stream-out-video

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
I see that using ffserver, I can create the rtsp stream. (

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26999595/what-steps-are-needed-to-stream-rtsp-from-ffmpeg

Post by Agniva De Sarker

Post by Agniva De Sarker
But ffserver seems to be discontinued. So what is the best option in

this

Post by Agniva De Sarker
scenario ?
In short, I have a stream of images, which I want to compress using

h.264

Post by Agniva De Sarker
and send off as an rtsp stream. Is it possible natively using

ffmpeg ?

Post by Agniva De Sarker

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