stream from rtsp

[arnauldb]

Hello,

can I stream from a rtsp adress?

Thank you,

[scivision]

I think you might be able to,

• ffmpeg -i "rtsp://1.2.3.4" as the beginning, where 1.2.3.4 is the IP address of your RTSP streaming source.
• source must be x264
• will require a new top-level Python script as some more options are particular to this case

We will have to create a command line that works, then update the Python code to automatically create that command line (or just always copy and paste that command)

Which site are you wanting to stream to? E.g. YouTube Live, Periscope, Facebook Live...?

[arnauldb]

Currently, I stream ( a raspberry pi+camera/ that records birds in my garden) to youtube using a script that takes a rtsp stream from the Pi. I found your "ffmpeg-youtube-live" today, and will try it this week. I wish to be able to stream audio/video and easily switch between youtube/Periscope...

Or maybe I could install "ffmpeg-youtube-live" directly on the Pi (where is already installed Pikrellcam, an audio/video recording motion detect program https://billw2.github.io/pikrellcam/pikrellcam.html)...

[scivision]

That sounds like a great idea. I would install on the Pi by git clone and pip install -e . so that in the future you can git pull any changes.

Basically I use this Python script instead of copying and pasting long Bash lines, I would need several for my various tasks. Instead I just remember to run a particular Python script. All these scripts due is "compute" a command line for the particular task.

OK so I think you have PiCam->Pi->RTSP->Youtube, and the GPU on the Pi is fast enough for X264 and this task.
Periscope uses a lower quality stream (lower bitrate) so prima facie I think that Periscope should work just as well.
Currently Periscope allows two different resolutions, with the same maximum bitrate.
If the Raspi CPU/GPU can handle it, due to the low motion in your garden video, you might be able to do HD Periscope (1280x720) instead of SD (960x540)

[scivision]

Does a shell command like from this script work?
https://github.com/ppihus/rtsp-stream-to-youtube

[sbonaime]

@scivision
Hi ! Can you re open this issue ? I would like to stream an rtsp source to youtube and twitch. Here is the command line I use

ffmpeg -rtsp_transport tcp 
            -i rtsp://admin:@rtsp_IP:554 \
            -q:v 1 -c:v libx264    -c:a aac -ab 44.1k -crf 25\
            -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/Xxxxx-xxxx-xx