[FFserver-user] Streaming through ffserver

Bret Clark bclark at spectraaccess.com
Fri Oct 7 14:17:58 CEST 2011


This is on a live system, so I can really try that, but I do seem to 
recall not having a problem with both a stored or live stream. Actually, 
when testing we used a stored file initially, before going to the live 
camera.


On 10/07/2011 07:58 AM, nandan amar wrote:
> Looks gud to me.
> Are u able to play it locally .
> try with ffplay and then
> try streaming a stored video file with ffserver.
> and latter with the live stream.
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Bret Clark <bclark at spectraaccess.com 
> <mailto:bclark at spectraaccess.com>> wrote:
>
>     I use the following in ffserver.conf
>
>     <Feed feed1.ffm>
>     File /tmp/feed1.ffm
>     FileMaxSize 3M
>     </Feed>
>
>
>     <Stream cameraone.swf>
>     Feed feed1.ffm
>     Format swf
>     VideoCodec flv
>     VideoFrameRate 15
>     VideoBufferSize 80000
>     VideoBitRate 500
>     VideoQMin 1
>     VideoQMax 15
>     VideoSize 400x320
>     #VideoSize 640x480
>     AudioCodec libmp3lame
>     # Bitrate for the audio stream. Codecs usually support only a few
>     # different bitrates.
>     AudioBitRate 32
>
>     # Number of audio channels: 1 = mono, 2 = stereo
>     AudioChannels 2
>
>     # Sampling frequency for audio. When using low bitrates, you should
>     # lower this frequency to 22050 or 11025. The supported frequencies
>     # depend on the selected audio codec.
>     AudioSampleRate 44100
>
>     PreRoll 5
>     #Noaudio
>     </Stream>
>
>
>     And my ffmpeg command line is:
>
>     ffmpeg -s 400x320 -f video4linux2 -vc 1  -i /dev/video0 -f alsa
>     -ac 2  -i hw:0,0 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 32k
>     http://127.0.0.1:8090/feed1.ffm
>
>
>
>
>
>     On 10/07/2011 04:33 AM, Ioannis Maistros wrote:
>>     Hello Amar and thanks for your quick reply
>>
>>     I tried codec mpeg and still do not have motion in VLC,  I only
>>     get a picture and some times some motion for some seconds.
>>     What would be the appropriate settings in the ffserver.conf or do
>>     I have to leave them as it is?
>>
>>     Thanks again
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:37:41 +0530
>>     From: nandan.amar at gmail.com <mailto:nandan.amar at gmail.com>
>>     To: ffserver-user at ffmpeg.org <mailto:ffserver-user at ffmpeg.org>
>>     Subject: Re: [FFserver-user] Streaming through ffserver
>>
>>
>>     Dear Ioannis Maistros,
>>     Mjpeg or  jpeg is very poor compression format for video.
>>     Please try codedc like mpeg or h264 for encoding.
>>     like-
>>     ffmpeg -i
>>     "http://user:pass@192.168.1.112/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=320x240&.mjpeg
>>     <http://192.168.1.112/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=320x240&.mjpeg>"
>>     -vcodec mpeg or h264 "http://192.168.1.118:8090/feed1.ffm"
>>
>>     2011/10/7 Ioannis Maistros <patrida at hotmail.com
>>     <mailto:patrida at hotmail.com>>
>>
>>         Hello FFMpeg users.
>>
>>         I am new in FFMpeg user forum and I would like to ask your
>>         help in the following issue.
>>         I would like to stream from an Axis camera(mjpeg format)
>>         through FFmpeg to the FFserver and watch the stream from
>>         another machine by using VLC.
>>         I have tried a lot of combinations in  the ffserver.conf file
>>         and ffmpeg commands line but without any luck.
>>         The only I get is an image jpeg(without any motion) in the
>>         other end through VLC.
>>         My last attempt was the default ffserver configuration file
>>         and an extra option of AVOptions flags +global_header(because
>>         ffserver was complaint about global headers all the time) and
>>         the ffmpeg command line was like the following one:
>>
>>         ffmpeg -i
>>         "http://user:pass@192.168.1.112/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=320x240&.mjpeg
>>         <http://192.168.1.112/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=320x240&.mjpeg>"
>>         -vcodec copy "http://192.168.1.118:8090/feed1.ffm"
>>
>>         Any help will be appreciated.
>>
>>         Thanks in advance
>>         Best Regards
>>         Ioannis
>>
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>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>
>>     Amar Kumar Nandan
>>     Karnataka, India, 560100
>>     ☎:+91-9019054471
>>     ✉:nandan.amar at gmail.com <mailto:nandan.amar at gmail.com>
>>     http://aknandan.co.nr
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