Live transcoding to HLS and optionally MPEG-DASH. Provides origin for CDN shield to pull streams as well as push to CDN origin.
- ffmpeg and optionally Shaka packager installed
% npm install
| Variable | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
PORT |
API port to bind and listen to | 8000 |
ORIGIN_DIR |
Location on disk where to write media segments and playlists | /tmp/media |
HLS_ONLY |
Only output HLS + TS | true |
RTMP_PORT |
RTMP port to bind and listen to | 1935 |
STREAM_KEY |
RTMP streamkey | stream |
OUTPUT_URL |
URL to upload media segments and playlists. If not set push to CDN is disabled |
Run encoder with media dir at /data
% ORIGIN_DIR=/data npm start
Web user interface available at http://localhost:8000/
Start encoder:
% curl -X 'POST' \
'http://localhost:8000/api/encoder' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"timeout": 0
}'
Get status:
% curl -X 'GET' \
'http://localhost:8000/api/encoder' \
-H 'accept: application/json'
If status is starting you can start pushing to the RTMP address rtmp://<your-host-ip>:1935/live/stream (where stream is the streamkey).
When status is running you can play the HLS from http://localhost:8000/origin/hls/index.m3u8
Top stop the encoder:
% curl -X 'DELETE' \
'http://localhost:8000/api/encoder' \
-H 'accept: application/json'
Run encoder with media dir at /data
% ORIGIN_DIR=/data \
OUTPUT_URL=https://<username>>:<password>@xxxxx.mediapackage.xxxx.amazonaws.com/in/v2/e82a0fc53d4b44ec89ac1a1fccd3a333/e82a0fc53d4b44ec89ac1a1fccd3a333/channel \
npm start
Run Eyevinn live encoding as a Docker container where /tmp/media is a directory on your host.
% docker run --rm -d \
-p 8000:8000 -p 1935:1935 \
-v /tmp/media:/data \
eyevinntechnology/live-encoding
Start the API in development mode that restart server if file changes.
% DEBUG=1 npm run dev
API is then available at http://localhost:8000/api
Start the web application in development mode
% npm run dev:app
Then the web application is available at http://localhost:3000/ and will connect to the API on port 8000.
To then build the app run:
% npm run build:app
The output is placed in the folder out/ that is then served by the server.
See CONTRIBUTING
This project is licensed under the MIT License, see LICENSE.
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