Nginx Streaming examples

Examples of MPEG-DASH streaming using nginx.

• Prepared Mpeg-dash streaming, "vanilla" nginx, dash.js
• Live Mpeg-dash streaming, nginx + nginx-rtmp-module, dash.js, sources: webcam, video stream

Setup

Note: docker, ffmpeg and gpac need to be installed

To start off, run ./setup_video_fixtures.sh. This will download a test video, transcode it to various resolutions and prepare it's mpeg-dash manifest.

Then you can kick things off by running docker compose up --build

Examples

Streaming a prepared MPEG-DASH video:

You can stream the video from http://localhost:3110/video/bbb

Streaming a live video

Run ./stream_bbb.sh

Visit http://localhost:3110/video/live

Streaming from webcam (macos)

You need a mac and a webcam for this. Run ./stream_webcam_mac.sh. Allow webcam access.

Visit http://localhost:3110/video/webcam

Links

• https://nginx.org/en/docs/
• https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module
• https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js
• https://gpac.wp.imt.fr/
• https://ffmpeg.org/