[FFserver-user] Streaming through ffserver

nandan amar nandan.amar at gmail.com
Fri Oct 7 16:14:25 CEST 2011


I tried once streaming video from my Logitech webcam using vlc
Link<http://sites.google.com/site/amarkumarnandan/Home/conte/Linux/vlc>..........
may be useful for fault check.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Bret Clark <bclark at spectraaccess.com> wrote:

> **
> 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>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
>> To: 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>
>>
>>  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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