ffmpeg-webcam-rtmp-stream

Webcam capture streaming via RTMP or saving into video file. Cross-platform.

Build (static)

make static

Build (dynamic)

Prerequisites (Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libavresample-dev libavdevice-dev -y
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg -y
sudo apt-get install build-essential clang -y

Prerequisites (MacOS)

brew install ffmpeg

After you installed everything for your host OS, run:

make

Build artifacts will be stored inside build/ directory.

Example Live Stream

On MacOS:

./build/stream 0 rtmp://localhost/live/stream flv 1920 1080 30

On Linux:

./build/stream /dev/video0 rtmp://localhost/live/stream flv 800 600 24

You can also save webcam stream into file:

./build/stream 0 out.mp4 mp4 800 600 30

Docker

There are 3 Docker files prepared, choose your preferable one and build an image:

• Ubuntu (dynamic)

docker build -t ffmpeg-webcam-rtmp-stream .

• Ubuntu (static)

docker build -t ffmpeg-webcam-rtmp-stream -f Dockerfile.ubuntu.static .

• Alpine (static)

docker build -t ffmpeg-webcam-rtmp-stream -f Dockerfile.alpine.static .

Then run stream from container (only works on Linux as host):

docker run --device /dev/video0 -it ffmpeg-webcam-rtmp-stream stream /dev/video0 rtmp://localhost/live/stream flv 1280 720 30

RTMP Server

For testing purposes you can run RTMP server as:

docker run -it -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:8080 --name rtmp-server jkuri/urtmp

Then open your browser at http://localhost:8080 where you can watch your published streams.

License

MIT