[FFserver-user] Can't make ffserver work!

informatique lycee Pays-de-Retz adminrezo.0441992b at ac-nantes.fr
Thu Mar 29 13:28:35 CEST 2012


Hi Thomas,

I suggest that you send a bug report.
There is an entry "bug reports" in the www.ffmpeg.org site.

best regards,


Thomas Seilund a écrit :
> On 27-03-2012 12:59, tps wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> I can't make ffserver work.
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>> Here is what I have done!
>> 1. My pc is a Ubuntu 11.04
>> 2. Download lastest ffmpeg as of 27. Mar. 2012.
>> 3. ./configure and make
>> 4. Start ffserver in a terminal with default ffserver.conf
>> tps at T420:~/data/ffmpeg$ ./ffserver -loglevel debug -f doc/ffserver.conf
>> ffserver version N-39323-gab31db0 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg 
>> developers
>>  built on Mar 27 2012 11:37:23 with gcc 4.6.1
>>  configuration:
>>  libavutil      51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100
>>  libavcodec     54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100
>>  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
>>  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
>>  libavfilter     2. 66.100 /  2. 66.100
>>  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
>>  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
>> Tue Mar 27 12:19:45 2012 [ffm @ 0x2b35160]Format ffm probed with 
>> size=2048 and score=101
>> Tue Mar 27 12:19:45 2012 FFserver started.
>> 5. In another terminal I call ffmpeg with dv camera attached and 
>> ffmpeg starts to send data to ffserver.
>> tps at T420:~/data/record$ dvgrab -format dv1 - | ../ffmpeg/ffmpeg -f dv 
>> -i - http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffmffmpeg version N-39323-gab31db0 
>> Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
>>  built on Mar 27 2012 11:37:23 with gcc 4.6.1
>>  configuration:
>>  libavutil      51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100
>>  libavcodec     54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100
>>  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
>>  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
>>  libavfilter     2. 66.100 /  2. 66.100
>>  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
>>  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
>> Found AV/C device with GUID 0x0080880309603c32
>> libiec61883 error: Failed to get channels available.
>> Waiting for DV...
>> [dv @ 0x16bb3e0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be 
>> inaccurate
>> Input #0, dv, from 'pipe:':
>>  Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 28800 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720x576, 28800 kb/s, SAR 
>> 64:45 DAR 16:9, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
>>    Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1024 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1024 kb/s
>> Capture Started
>> [buffer @ 0x16d09a0] w:720 h:576 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 
>> sar:64/45 sws_param:
>> [scale @ 0x16d11a0] w:720 h:576 fmt:yuv420p sar:64/45 -> w:160 h:128 
>> fmt:yuv420p sar:64/45 flags:0x4
>> [buffer @ 0x16fcea0] w:720 h:576 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 
>> sar:64/45 sws_param:
>> [scale @ 0x1760280] w:720 h:576 fmt:yuv420p sar:64/45 -> w:352 h:240 
>> fmt:yuv420p sar:40/33 flags:0x4
>> Output #0, ffm, to 'http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm':
>>  Metadata:
>>    encoder         : Lavf54.3.100
>>    Stream #0:0: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 32 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:1: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 160x128 [SAR 64:45 DAR 
>> 16:9], q=2-31, 64 kb/s, 1000k tbn, 25 tbc
>>    Stream #0:2: Audio: wmav2, 22050 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 63 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:3: Video: msmpeg4, yuv420p, 352x240 [SAR 40:33 DAR 
>> 16:9], q=2-31, 256 kb/s, 1000k tbn, 25 tbc
>> Stream mapping:
>>  Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (pcm_s16le -> mp2)
>>  Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (dvvideo -> mpeg1video)
>>  Stream #0:1 -> #0:2 (pcm_s16le -> wmav2)
>>  Stream #0:0 -> #0:3 (dvvideo -> msmpeg4)
>> 6. I check ffserver status from http://localhost:8090/stat.html and I 
>> get:
>> ffserver Status
>> Available Streams
>> Path    Served
>> Conns
>> bytes    Format    Bit rate
>> kbits/s    Video
>> kbits/s
>> Codec    Audio
>> kbits/s
>> Codec    Feed
>> test1.mpg     0     0     mpeg     96     64     mpeg1video     
>> 32     mp2     feed1.ffm
>> test.asf     0     0     asf_stream     320     256     msmpeg4     
>> 63     wmav2     feed1.ffm
>> stat.html     1     0     -     -     -         -
>> index.html     0     0     -     -     -         -
>> Feed feed1.ffm
>> Stream    type    kbits/s    codec    Parameters
>> 0    audio    32    mp2    1 channel(s), 44100 Hz
>> 1    video    64    mpeg1video    160x128, q=2-31, fps=25
>> 2    audio    63    wmav2    1 channel(s), 22050 Hz
>> 3    video    256    msmpeg4    352x240, q=2-31, fps=25
>> Connection Status
>> Number of connections: 2 / 1000
>> Bandwidth in use: 0k / 1000k
>> #    File    IP    Proto    State    Target bits/sec    Actual 
>> bits/sec    Bytes transferred
>> 1    stat.html    127.0.0.1    HTTP/1.1    HTTP_WAIT_REQUEST    0     
>> 0     0
>> 2    feed1.ffm(input)    127.0.0.1    HTTP/1.1    RECEIVE_DATA    
>> 128k    396k    6623k
>> Generated at Tue Mar 27 12:25:19 2012
>> 7. From a third terminal I call ffplay and I DO GET VIDEO!
>> tps at T420:~/data/ffmpeg$ ./ffplay -loglevel debug 
>> http://localhost:8090/test1.mpg
>> ffplay version N-39323-gab31db0 Copyright (c) 2003-2012 the FFmpeg 
>> developers
>>  built on Mar 27 2012 11:37:23 with gcc 4.6.1
>>  configuration:
>>  libavutil      51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100
>>  libavcodec     54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100
>>  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
>>  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
>>  libavfilter     2. 66.100 /  2. 66.100
>>  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
>>  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
>> [mpeg @ 0x2d78a00] Format mpeg probed with size=16384 and score=52
>> [mpeg @ 0x2d78a00] probing stream 1 pp:2500
>> [mpeg @ 0x2d78a00] Probe with size=2032, packets=1 detected mpegvideo 
>> with score=51
>> [mpeg @ 0x2d78a00] probed stream 1
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2d982a0] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
>>    Last message repeated 5 times
>> [mpeg @ 0x2d78a00] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5015467
>> [mpeg @ 0x2d78a00] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be 
>> inaccurate
>> Input #0, mpeg, from 'http://localhost:8090/test1.mpg':
>>  Duration: N/A, start: 194.608933, bitrate: 160 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:0[0x1c0], 194, 1/90000: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, 1 
>> channels, s16, 32 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:1[0x1e0], 131, 1/90000: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 
>> 160x128 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 1/25, 128 kb/s, 25.80 fps, 25 tbr, 90k 
>> tbn, 25 tbc
>> [mpeg1video @ 0x2d982a0] detected 4 logical cores
>> 243.91 A-V: -0.012 fd=   1 aq=    2KB vq=    1KB sq=    0B f=1/1   f=0/0
>> tps at T420:~/data/ffmpeg$
>> 8. I repeat ffplay but this time I DO NOT GET VIDEO!
>> tps at T420:~/data/ffmpeg$ ./ffplay -loglevel debug 
>> http://localhost:8090/test1.mpg
>> ffplay version N-39323-gab31db0 Copyright (c) 2003-2012 the FFmpeg 
>> developers
>>  built on Mar 27 2012 11:37:23 with gcc 4.6.1
>>  configuration:
>>  libavutil      51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100
>>  libavcodec     54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100
>>  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
>>  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
>>  libavfilter     2. 66.100 /  2. 66.100
>>  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
>>  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
>> 9. During these steps here is what I get in the ffserver terminal:
>> tps at T420:~/data/ffmpeg$ ./ffserver -loglevel debug -f doc/ffserver.conf
>> ffserver version N-39323-gab31db0 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg 
>> developers
>>  built on Mar 27 2012 11:37:23 with gcc 4.6.1
>>  configuration:
>>  libavutil      51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100
>>  libavcodec     54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100
>>  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
>>  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
>>  libavfilter     2. 66.100 /  2. 66.100
>>  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
>>  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
>> Tue Mar 27 12:19:45 2012 [ffm @ 0x2b35160]Format ffm probed with 
>> size=2048 and score=101
>> Tue Mar 27 12:19:45 2012 FFserver started.
>> Tue Mar 27 12:21:14 2012 [ffm @ 0x2b3b980]Format ffm probed with 
>> size=2048 and score=101
>> Tue Mar 27 12:21:14 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [GET] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 
>> 200 4175
>> Tue Mar 27 12:22:04 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [POST] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 
>> 200 2936832
>> Tue Mar 27 12:23:08 2012 [ffm @ 0x2b3b040]Format ffm probed with 
>> size=2048 and score=101
>> Tue Mar 27 12:23:08 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [GET] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 
>> 200 4175
>> Tue Mar 27 12:25:19 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [GET] "/stat.html HTTP/1.1" 
>> 200 2240
>> Tue Mar 27 12:26:22 2012 [ffm @ 0x2b3d9e0]Format ffm probed with 
>> size=2048 and score=101
>> Tue Mar 27 12:27:18 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [GET] "/test1.mpg HTTP/1.1" 
>> 200 649279
>> Tue Mar 27 12:29:35 2012 [ffm @ 0x2b452c0]Format ffm probed with 
>> size=2048 and score=101
>> 10. Here is what I have in ffserver status:
>> ffserver Status
>> Available Streams
>> Path    Served
>> Conns
>> bytes    Format    Bit rate
>> kbits/s    Video
>> kbits/s
>> Codec    Audio
>> kbits/s
>> Codec    Feed
>> test1.mpg     2     649k    mpeg     96     64     mpeg1video     
>> 32     mp2     feed1.ffm
>> test.asf     0     0     asf_stream     320     256     msmpeg4     
>> 63     wmav2     feed1.ffm
>> stat.html     6     11736     -     -     -         -
>> index.html     0     0     -     -     -         -
>> Feed feed1.ffm
>> Stream    type    kbits/s    codec    Parameters
>> 0    audio    32    mp2    1 channel(s), 44100 Hz
>> 1    video    64    mpeg1video    160x128, q=2-31, fps=25
>> 2    audio    63    wmav2    1 channel(s), 22050 Hz
>> 3    video    256    msmpeg4    352x240, q=2-31, fps=25
>> Connection Status
>> Number of connections: 3 / 1000
>> Bandwidth in use: 96k / 1000k
>> #    File    IP    Proto    State    Target bits/sec    Actual 
>> bits/sec    Bytes transferred
>> 1    stat.html    127.0.0.1    HTTP/1.1    HTTP_WAIT_REQUEST    0     
>> 0     0
>> 2    test1.mpg    127.0.0.1    HTTP/1.1    WAIT_FEED    96000     
>> 0     63
>> 3    feed1.ffm(input)    127.0.0.1    HTTP/1.1    RECEIVE_DATA    
>> 128k    384k    32583k
>> Generated at Tue Mar 27 12:34:22 2012
>> 11. If I probe the feed1.ffm file I get this:
>> tps at T420:~/data/ffmpeg$ ./ffprobe /tmp/feed1.ffm
>> ffprobe version N-39323-gab31db0 Copyright (c) 2007-2012 the FFmpeg 
>> developers
>>  built on Mar 27 2012 11:37:23 with gcc 4.6.1
>>  configuration:
>>  libavutil      51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100
>>  libavcodec     54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100
>>  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
>>  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
>>  libavfilter     2. 66.100 /  2. 66.100
>>  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
>>  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
>> [mpeg1video @ 0x199af80] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
>>    Last message repeated 5 times
>> [ffm @ 0x19934e0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be 
>> inaccurate
>> Input #0, ffm, from '/tmp/feed1.ffm':
>>  Duration: 00:00:03.45, start: 40.035057, bitrate: 473 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:0: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 32 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:1: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 160x128 [SAR 64:45 DAR 
>> 16:9], 128 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1000k tbn, 25 tbc
>>    Stream #0:2: Audio: wmav2, 22050 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 64 kb/s
>>    Stream #0:3: Video: msmpeg4, yuv420p, 352x240, 256 kb/s, 25 fps, 
>> 15 tbr, 1000k tbn, 15 tbc
>> 12. I try to close all programs, ffplay, ffmpeg and ffserver and 
>> start all over again but this time I don't even get video the first 
>> time!
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Thomas S
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> Hi All,
>
> I managed to play stream http://localhost:8090/test1.mpg using ffplay.
>
> BUT it only works if I start ffplay before file /tmp/feed1.ffm fills 
> up. If I try to start ffplay after /tmp/feed1.ffm has reached its size 
> limit then ffmeg will not start playing the stream. I change the max 
> size of the file in ffserver.conf, FileMaxSize 200k is changed to 
> FileMaxSize 200M. That gives me plenty of time to start ffserver many 
> times. But as soon as the file /tmp/feed1.ffm reaches 200M then ffplay 
> will no longer start playing the stream. If ffplay is playing while 
> max file size is reached then ffplay keeps playing!
>
> When I try to play the other stream, http://localhost:8090/test.asf I 
> get an error from ffplay "http://localhost:8090/test.asf: Invalid data 
> found when processing input"
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Thomas S
>
>
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