[FFmpeg-user] No luck with live stream from ffmpeg to ffserver

En Figureo Canal figureo56.com at gmail.com
Mon May 4 15:32:24 CEST 2015


Thanks W Jansen for replying.

I've done what you requested, I would like to do a live stream from my pc
to our network. My PC has a video capture card and would like to send the
feed to a server in our LAN so, others can watch certain  videos during a
seminar.

I started with a simple configuration and still can't get it to work.

Here's the output of the command you requested, I'm still lost.

root at optimum-pbx:~# ./bin/ffmpeg -v debug -i videos/david-diaz.mp4 -vcodec
>> copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -acodec copy -override_ffserver -f mpegts
>> http://172.16.0.3:8090/channel2.ffm
>
> ffmpeg version 2.6.git Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
>
>   built with gcc 4.7 (Debian 4.7.2-5)
>
>   configuration: --prefix=/root/ffmpeg_build --pkg-config-flags=--static
>> --extra-cflags=-I/root/ffmpeg_build/include
>> --extra-ldflags=-L/root/ffmpeg_build/lib --bindir=/root/bin --enable-gpl
>> --enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libfreetype
>> --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis
>> --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-nonfree
>
>   libavutil      54. 23.101 / 54. 23.101
>
>   libavcodec     56. 35.101 / 56. 35.101
>
>   libavformat    56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
>
>   libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
>
>   libavfilter     5. 14.100 /  5. 14.100
>
>   libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
>
>   libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
>
>   libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
>
> Splitting the commandline.
>
> Reading option '-v' ... matched as option 'v' (set logging level) with
>> argument 'debug'.
>
> Reading option '-i' ... matched as input file with argument
>> 'videos/david-diaz.mp4'.
>
> Reading option '-vcodec' ... matched as option 'vcodec' (force video codec
>> ('copy' to copy stream)) with argument 'copy'.
>
> Reading option '-bsf:v' ... matched as option 'bsf' (A comma-separated
>> list of bitstream filters) with argument 'h264_mp4toannexb'.
>
> Reading option '-acodec' ... matched as option 'acodec' (force audio codec
>> ('copy' to copy stream)) with argument 'copy'.
>
> Reading option '-override_ffserver' ... matched as option
>> 'override_ffserver' (override the options from ffserver) with argument '1'.
>
> Reading option '-f' ... matched as option 'f' (force format) with argument
>> 'mpegts'.
>
> Reading option 'http://172.16.0.3:8090/channel2.ffm' ... matched as
>> output file.
>
> Finished splitting the commandline.
>
> Parsing a group of options: global .
>
> Applying option v (set logging level) with argument debug.
>
> Applying option override_ffserver (override the options from ffserver)
>> with argument 1.
>
> Successfully parsed a group of options.
>
> Parsing a group of options: input file videos/david-diaz.mp4.
>
> Successfully parsed a group of options.
>
> Opening an input file: videos/david-diaz.mp4.
>
> [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xacb99c0] Format mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2
>> probed with size=2048 and score=100
>
> [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xacb99c0] ISO: File Type Major Brand: M4V
>
> [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xacb99c0] Before avformat_find_stream_info()
>> pos: 53738 bytes read:65536 seeks:0
>
> [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xacb99c0] All info found
>
> [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xacb99c0] After avformat_find_stream_info()
>> pos: 366677 bytes read:373112 seeks:0 frames:11
>
> Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'videos/david-diaz.mp4':
>
>   Metadata:
>
>     major_brand     : M4V
>
>     minor_version   : 1
>
>     compatible_brands: M4V mp42isom
>
>     creation_time   : 2014-05-01 02:41:00
>
>   Duration: 00:02:08.38, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4153 kb/s
>
>     Stream #0:0(eng), 10, 1/24000: Video: h264 (Baseline), 2 reference
>> frames (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, left), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9],
>> 1001/48000, 3994 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
>
>     Metadata:
>
>       creation_time   : 2014-05-01 02:41:00
>
>       handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Video Media Handler
>
>       encoder         : AVC Coding
>
>     Stream #0:1(eng), 1, 1/48000: Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D),
>> 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 157 kb/s (default)
>
>     Metadata:
>
>       creation_time   : 2014-05-01 02:41:00
>
>       handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Sound Media Handler
>
> Successfully opened the file.
>
> Parsing a group of options: output file
>> http://172.16.0.3:8090/channel2.ffm.
>
> Applying option vcodec (force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)) with
>> argument copy.
>
> Applying option bsf:v (A comma-separated list of bitstream filters) with
>> argument h264_mp4toannexb.
>
> Applying option acodec (force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)) with
>> argument copy.
>
> Applying option f (force format) with argument mpegts.
>
> Successfully parsed a group of options.
>
> Opening an output file: http://172.16.0.3:8090/channel2.ffm.
>
> Using network protocols without global network initialization. Please use
>> avformat_network_init(), this will become mandatory later.
>
>     Last message repeated 1 times
>
> [http @ 0xae878c0] request: POST /channel2.ffm HTTP/1.1
>
> Transfer-Encoding: chunked
>
> User-Agent: Lavf/56.31.100
>
> Accept: */*
>
> Connection: close
>
> Host: 172.16.0.3:8090
>
> Icy-MetaData: 1
>
>
>>
>> Successfully opened the file.
>
> [mpegts @ 0xae864c0] muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200, pat/pmt
>> every 40 pkts
>
> Output #0, mpegts, to 'http://172.16.0.3:8090/channel2.ffm':
>
>   Metadata:
>
>     major_brand     : M4V
>
>     minor_version   : 1
>
>     compatible_brands: M4V mp42isom
>
>     encoder         : Lavf56.31.100
>
>     Stream #0:0(eng), 0, 1/90000: Video: h264, 1 reference frame (avc1 /
>> 0x31637661), yuv420p(left), 1280x720 (0x0) [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1001/24000,
>> q=2-31, 3994 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
>
>     Metadata:
>
>       creation_time   : 2014-05-01 02:41:00
>
>       handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Video Media Handler
>
>       encoder         : AVC Coding
>
>     Stream #0:1(eng), 0, 1/90000: Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000
>> Hz, stereo, 157 kb/s (default)
>
>     Metadata:
>
>       creation_time   : 2014-05-01 02:41:00
>
>       handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Sound Media Handler
>
> Stream mapping:
>
>   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
>
>   Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
>
> Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
>
> av_interleaved_write_frame(): Connection reset by peer
>
> No more output streams to write to, finishing.
>
> frame=   10 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=     165kB time=00:00:00.41
>> bitrate=3238.1kbits/s
>
> video:305kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB
>> muxing overhead: unknown
>
> Input file #0 (videos/david-diaz.mp4):
>
>   Input stream #0:0 (video): 10 packets read (312519 bytes);
>
>   Input stream #0:1 (audio): 1 packets read (420 bytes);
>
>   Total: 11 packets (312939 bytes) demuxed
>
> Output file #0 (http://172.16.0.3:8090/channel2.ffm):
>
>   Output stream #0:0 (video): 10 packets muxed (312555 bytes);
>
>   Output stream #0:1 (audio): 1 packets muxed (420 bytes);
>
>   Total: 11 packets (312975 bytes) muxed
>
> 0 frames successfully decoded, 0 decoding errors
>
> [AVIOContext @ 0xb06bf20] Statistics: 0 seeks, 7 writeouts
>
> [AVIOContext @ 0xacc1f60] Statistics: 373112 bytes read, 0 seeks
>
> Conversion failed!
>
>
>
Thanks again for replying.


On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:09 AM, W Jansen <widojansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 9:47 PM, En Figureo Canal <figureo56.com at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Can someone please guide me to get this working.
> >
> > I can easily stream to rtmp server: ustream and even nginx but can't
> really
> > feed ffserver and get
> >
> > av_interleaved_write_frame(): Unknown error
> >
> >
> > and have run out of patience trying to get this working. I'll really
> > appreciate if someone can please help me out with this problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advanced for your time.
> >
> > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 6:50 PM, En Figureo Canal <
> figureo56.com at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I haven’t had much luck deploying ffserver, nothing works out for me
> > > streaming live from ffmpeg to ffserver. Had different problems, I don’t
> > > know if my configuration is correct but, can’t really get ffsever to do
> > > what I need and things are just frustrating me.
> > >
> > > The last error message I’m getting is av_interleaved_write_frame():
> > > Unknown error along with Past duration too large. I’ve read somewhere
> > > saying that it might be incompatible versions of ffmpeg, which I found
> > odd
> > > and stupid.
> > >
> > > I believed ffmpeg should work with any current version.
> > >
> > > First, I’m trying to do a live stream using a capture card I’ve
> installed
> > > and/or using VidBlaster but, haven’t been able. Audio can be done
> easily
> > > but not Video.
> > >
> > > Here’s my ffmpeg conf:
> > >
> > >
> > > <Feed channel2.ffm>
> > >>         File /root/channel2.ffm
> > >>         FileMaxSize 64M
> > >> </Feed>
> > >>
> > >> <Stream channel2.sdp>
> > >>         Feed channel2.ffm
> > >>
> > >>         Format rtp
> > >>
> > >>         VideoCodec libx264
> > >> #       VideoFrameRate 30
> > >> #       VideoSize 640x360
> > >>         VideoBitRate 1000
> > >>
> > >>         # Audio settings
> > >>         AudioCodec libmp3lame #libfdk_aac
> > >>         AudioSampleRate 41000
> > >>         AudioBitRate 96
> > >>         AudioChannels 2 #this is creating problem
> > >>  #      AVOptionAudio flags +global_header
> > >>
> > >>         MaxTime 0
> > >>         AVOptionVideo me_range 16
> > >>         AVOptionVideo qdiff 4
> > >>         AVOptionVideo qmin 4
> > >>         AVOptionVideo qmax 40
> > >>         #AVOptionVideo good
> > >> #       AVOptionVideo flags +global_header
> > >>
> > >>         # Streaming settings
> > >>         PreRoll 10
> > >>         StartSendOnKey
> > >>
> > >> NoDefaults
> > >>
> > >> </Stream>
> > >
> > >
> > > When I send the feed to the server I get the previous mentioned error.
> > > What exactly am I doing wrong? I’ve tried different combinations to
> send
> > > the feed but nothing works, this is the last conf to send to the
> server:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ffmpeg –re –rtbufsize 1500M –f dshow –I video=”input”:audio=”input”
> > > –acodec libmp3lame –ar 44100 –ab 96k –vcodec libx264 –f flv
> > > http://ip:8090/channel2.ffm
> > >
> > >
> > > I've even tried feeding a video from my pc to the server, and still no
> > > luck.
> > >
> > >
> > > Please guide me to the correct path to get this working, thanks.
> > >
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> >
>
> Hi,
>
> My suggestion would be a minimum ffserver config and put all transcode
> parameters in ffmpeg with -override_ffserver.
> That way it is easier to find out what goes wrong while ffserver keeps
> running.
>
> I assume your input stream is ok as you say you stream to other servers.
> Otherwise test with 'ffprobe <input stream>'.
>
> Setup ffserver.conf like this:
> HTTPPort xxxxx
> HTTPBindAddress 0.0.0.0
>
> <Feed channel2.ffm>
> File /tmp/channel2.ffm
> FileMaxSize 64M
> </Feed>
>
> <Stream channel.ts>
> Feed channel2.ffm
> </Feed>
>
> <Stream status,html>
> Format status
> </Stream>
>
> Run ffserver in daemon mode and see what is going on on the status page
> <serverip:port/status.html>
>
> Then start to feed it with ffmpeg command like
>
> ffmpeg -v debug -i <input stream> -c:v copy -c:a copy -override_ffserver -f
> mpegts <ffserver ip:port/channel2.ffm>
>
> You can easily change the transcode settings. I am not sure what you want
> to do.
> From your previous email I assume your input is RTMP and you want change it
> to RTSP. My example has a MPEG-TS output.
>
> This way you isolate what goes wrong. FFserver keeps running and ffmpeg
> will give you some clue.
>
> Wido
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