Changes between Version 33 and Version 34 of StreamingGuide

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10/13/2012 07:32:01 PM (7 months ago)

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rogerdpack

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 FFmpeg can basically stream through one of two ways:  It either streams to a some "other server", which restreams for it, or it can stream via UDP directly to some destination host, or alternatively directly to a multicast destination.
-Servers which can receive from FFmpeg (to restream) include [http://ffmpeg.org/ffserver.html ffserver] (linux only, though with cygwin it might work), or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowza_Media_Server Wowza Media Server], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Media_Server Flash Media Server]. Even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player VLC] can pick up the stream from ffmpeg, then redistribute it, acting as a server.  Since FFmpeg is at times more efficient than VLC at doing the raw encoding, this can be a useful option compared to doing both transcoding and streaming in VLC. Nginx also has an rtmp redistribution plugin, as does [http://h264.code-shop.com/trac/wiki apache etc.] probably.  You can also live stream to online redistribution servers like own3d.tv or justin.tv (for instance streaming your desktop).  Also any "rtmp server" will most likely work to receive streams from FFmpeg (these typically require you to setup a running instance on a server).
+Servers which can receive from FFmpeg (to restream) include [http://ffmpeg.org/ffserver.html ffserver] (linux only, though with cygwin it might work), or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowza_Media_Server Wowza Media Server], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Media_Server Flash Media Server]. Even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player VLC] can pick up the stream from ffmpeg, then redistribute it, acting as a server.  Since FFmpeg is at times more efficient than VLC at doing the raw encoding, this can be a useful option compared to doing both transcoding and streaming in VLC. Nginx also has an rtmp redistribution plugin, as does [http://h264.code-shop.com/trac/wiki apache etc.] and there is probably more out there for apache, etc..  You can also live stream to online redistribution servers like own3d.tv or justin.tv (for instance streaming your desktop).  Also any [http://www.flashrealtime.com/list-of-available-rtmp-servers/ rtmp server] will most likely work to receive streams from FFmpeg (these typically require you to setup a running instance on a server).
 
 How to stream with several different simultaneous bitrates is described [http://sonnati.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/ffmpeg-%E2%80%93-the-swiss-army-knife-of-internet-streaming-%E2%80%93-part-iv/ here].