Stream mp4 video via ffmpeg and rtmp using red5
Sophia Terry 
I need to stream mp4 video file via FFMPEG and stream the output to RED5 using RTMP protocol. I am using the following command to do this. It's encoding perfectly, but it does not play when I embed with jwplayer.
ffmpeg -i -acodec copy -vcodec copy -f flv rtmp://xxxxxxx/live/stream1it's given the following result:
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from ' Metadata: major_brand : mp42 minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: mp42isomavc1 creation_time : 2013-10-14 11:57:33 encoder : HandBrake 0.9.9 2013052900 Duration: 00:04:50.99, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 912 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline), yuv420p, 1920x360 [PAR 847:1920 DAR 847:360], 795 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc Metadata: creation_time : 2013-10-14 11:57:33 Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 11025 Hz, stereo, s16, 116 kb/s Metadata: creation_time : 2013-10-14 11:57:33
Output #0, flv, to 'rtmp://xxxxxxxxx/live/stream1': Metadata: major_brand : mp42 minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: mp42isomavc1 creation_time : 2013-10-14 11:57:33 encoder : Lavf53.21.1 Stream #0.0(und): Video: libx264, yuv420p, 1920x360 [PAR 847:1920 DAR 847:360], q=2-31, 795 kb/s, 1k tbn, 25 tbc Metadata: creation_time : 2013-10-14 11:57:33 Stream #0.1(und): Audio: libvo_aacenc, 11025 Hz, stereo, 116 kb/s Metadata: creation_time : 2013-10-14 11:57:33
Stream mapping: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press ctrl-c to stop encoding
frame= 7266 fps=563 q=-1.0 Lsize= 32544kB time=290.64 bitrate= 917.3kbits/s
video:28220kB audio:4130kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.601155%After this i embed the RTMP url to my jwplayer
<script type='text/javascript'> jwplayer('mediaspace').setup({ 'flashplayer': ' 'stretching': 'exactfit', 'type': 'rtmp', 'file':'stream1', 'autostart': 'true', 'controlbar': 'bottom', 'streamer':'rtmp://xxxxxxxx/live/', 'width': '889', 'height': '410', }); </script>After done this my player show the following error
Error loading stream Could not connect to the server
how can i solve this and stream like live stream....???
1 Answer
Try this command. This is the command i usually use to stream a video file as a live stream
ffmpeg -re -i localFile.mp4 -c copy -f flv rtmp://server/live/streamName
The -re option tells FFmpeg to read the input file in realtime and not in the standard as-fast-as-possible manner. With -c copy (alias -acodec copy -vcodec copy ) I’m telling FFmpeg to copy the essences of the input file without transcoding, then to package them in an FLV container (-f flv) and send the final bitstream to an rtmp destination (rtmp://server/live/streamName).
The JWplayer source is as follows
<html>
<head><title>TEST PLAYER</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jwplayer.js"></script>
<div>Loading the player...</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
jwplayer("myElement").setup({
file: "rtmp://[ip-address]/live/streamname", });
</script>
</body>
</html>Make sure the jwplayer.js and player.swf are in the correct locations.
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