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ffserver is a streaming server for both audio and video. Questions about using ffserver that do not involve programming should be asked at Super User.

ffserver receives prerecorded files, or FFM streams from ffmpeg, then streams them over RTP/RTSP/HTTP. It is configured through a configuration file.

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Reload ffserver.conf while streaming

I want to update dynamically ffserver.conf to add a new stream source to it. Is there anyway to reload ffserver.conf in ffserver without stopping the streams running?
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How to append another stream to ffserver when it is running?

I'm setting up a live streaming WebM video with FFmpeg. The configuration file for ffserver is coded as follow. Port 8090 # Port to bind the server to BindAddress 0.0.0.0 ... # Output stream URL…
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FFserver command not found even install ffmpeg

i follow instruction to install the ffmpeg (https://github.com/udacity/nd131-openvino-fundamentals-project-starter/blob/master/linux-setup.md) sudo apt install ffmpeg However, it does not install ffserver together while it should be after searching…
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ffserver documentation & Sample codes

Since I have been experimenting live-streaming with Android 2.2, in my application I try to use ffserver & ffmpeg. I successfully ported ffmpeg to Android by using Bambuser's build. And now I want to use ffserver through it's configuration file. But…
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Live streaming from h.264 IP camera to Web browser

I want to live stream video from h.264/h.265 IP camera to browser with little to no delay and in decent quality (Full HD). I know there are couple of questions like this one but the answers seem to be either incomplete or outdated. So far I've tried…
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Could not get audio( libopus ) stream from ffserver via rtp

I need to get the rtp stream with the next codecs vp8,opus. I get a stream from a camera (h264, aac), then I send to ffmpeg,then I send it to the ffserver and from there I want to receive a stream in the format rtp. Video (VP8) without audio i…
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ffserver configuration file: RTSPOption

What are the possible values for RTSPOption in the Stream section of the ffserver configuration file ? The https://ffmpeg.org/ffserver-all.html#toc-Stream-section mentions the option but no further details.
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ffmpeg and ffserver, rc buffer underflow?

I am attempting to write a simple streaming server for a project. I have an AWS Linux machine that will be running ffserver. Curently, as it stands, my config file looks like the following: #Server Configs HTTPPort 8090 HTTPBindAddress…
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FFMPEG Connection to tcp://127.0.0.1:8090 failed: Connection refused

I am running into the following error when running this command to read a RTSP input for a HTTP output: ffmpeg -i rtsp://@nuc.smbox.co:554/udpstream_ch1_stream1 -acodec copy -vcodec copy http://127.0.0.1:8090/feed1.ffm The following error I…
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include ffmpeg-command in c++ program

I have a c++ program that reads rendered images from shared-memory and writes them into a pipe(mkfifo), so that I can capture them with ffmpeg and stream them as live-video over ffserver. For my stream to work I have to start the program and the…
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ffserver supplying wrong MIME type for mp4

I have a video stream I am streaming from ffserver that works fine on the webm side (in Chrome), however the h264/mp4 side does not work, at least not in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer supplies an error of: 'MEDIA12899: AUDIO/VIDEO: Unknown…
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Video streaming from Android

I want to live stream video from android device. I found out that ffserver (ffmpeg) can be compiled and run on android. Now i need to get video from camera in android device and get it to the ffserver in real-time. Any ideas? Regards, MM
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Seek and pause video stream from ffserver

I managed to successfully feed ffserver from ffmpeg. ffmpeg takes input as PIPE: ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -f image2pipe -re -vcodec png -i - -vcodec libx264 http://localhost:8090/%s.ffm External java process generates svg/png images and pushes to…
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Send 2 different camera feeds to ffserver from ffmpeg

I'm currently working in a project where I have to stream 2 webcams streams from a computer to another through a TCP connection, I can stream 1 without problem: using ffserver.conf: HTTPPort 8090 HTTPBindAddress 0.0.0.0 …
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How do I use ffmpeg with live streaming from an IP camera

My question is very basic because I am a newbie to all these technologies. I have an IP camera connected to my internal network. http://192.168.1.20/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd= ...gives a live streaming view in Firefox or Internet Explorer.…
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