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3@settitle ffserver Documentation
4@titlepage
5@center @titlefont{ffserver Documentation}
6@end titlepage
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8@top
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10@contents
11
12@chapter Synopsis
13
14ffserver [@var{options}]
15
16@chapter Description
17@c man begin DESCRIPTION
18
19@command{ffserver} is a streaming server for both audio and video.
20It supports several live feeds, streaming from files and time shifting
21on live feeds. You can seek to positions in the past on each live
22feed, provided you specify a big enough feed storage.
23
24@command{ffserver} is configured through a configuration file, which
25is read at startup. If not explicitly specified, it will read from
26@file{/etc/ffserver.conf}.
27
28@command{ffserver} receives prerecorded files or FFM streams from some
29@command{ffmpeg} instance as input, then streams them over
30RTP/RTSP/HTTP.
31
32An @command{ffserver} instance will listen on some port as specified
33in the configuration file. You can launch one or more instances of
34@command{ffmpeg} and send one or more FFM streams to the port where
35ffserver is expecting to receive them. Alternately, you can make
36@command{ffserver} launch such @command{ffmpeg} instances at startup.
37
38Input streams are called feeds, and each one is specified by a
39@code{<Feed>} section in the configuration file.
40
41For each feed you can have different output streams in various
42formats, each one specified by a @code{<Stream>} section in the
43configuration file.
44
45@chapter Detailed description
46
47@command{ffserver} works by forwarding streams encoded by
48@command{ffmpeg}, or pre-recorded streams which are read from disk.
49
50Precisely, @command{ffserver} acts as an HTTP server, accepting POST
51requests from @command{ffmpeg} to acquire the stream to publish, and
52serving RTSP clients or HTTP clients GET requests with the stream
53media content.
54
55A feed is an @ref{FFM} stream created by @command{ffmpeg}, and sent to
56a port where @command{ffserver} is listening.
57
58Each feed is identified by a unique name, corresponding to the name
59of the resource published on @command{ffserver}, and is configured by
60a dedicated @code{Feed} section in the configuration file.
61
62The feed publish URL is given by:
63@example
64http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{http_port}/@var{feed_name}
65@end example
66
67where @var{ffserver_ip_address} is the IP address of the machine where
68@command{ffserver} is installed, @var{http_port} is the port number of
69the HTTP server (configured through the @option{HTTPPort} option), and
70@var{feed_name} is the name of the corresponding feed defined in the
71configuration file.
72
73Each feed is associated to a file which is stored on disk. This stored
74file is used to allow to send pre-recorded data to a player as fast as
75possible when new content is added in real-time to the stream.
76
77A "live-stream" or "stream" is a resource published by
78@command{ffserver}, and made accessible through the HTTP protocol to
79clients.
80
81A stream can be connected to a feed, or to a file. In the first case,
82the published stream is forwarded from the corresponding feed
83generated by a running instance of @command{ffmpeg}, in the second
84case the stream is read from a pre-recorded file.
85
86Each stream is identified by a unique name, corresponding to the name
87of the resource served by @command{ffserver}, and is configured by
88a dedicated @code{Stream} section in the configuration file.
89
90The stream access HTTP URL is given by:
91@example
92http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{http_port}/@var{stream_name}[@var{options}]
93@end example
94
95The stream access RTSP URL is given by:
96@example
97http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{rtsp_port}/@var{stream_name}[@var{options}]
98@end example
99
100@var{stream_name} is the name of the corresponding stream defined in
101the configuration file. @var{options} is a list of options specified
102after the URL which affects how the stream is served by
103@command{ffserver}. @var{http_port} and @var{rtsp_port} are the HTTP
104and RTSP ports configured with the options @var{HTTPPort} and
105@var{RTSPPort} respectively.
106
107In case the stream is associated to a feed, the encoding parameters
108must be configured in the stream configuration. They are sent to
109@command{ffmpeg} when setting up the encoding. This allows
110@command{ffserver} to define the encoding parameters used by
111the @command{ffmpeg} encoders.
112
113The @command{ffmpeg} @option{override_ffserver} commandline option
114allows one to override the encoding parameters set by the server.
115
116Multiple streams can be connected to the same feed.
117
118For example, you can have a situation described by the following
119graph:
120@example
121 _________ __________
122 | | | |
123ffmpeg 1 -----| feed 1 |-----| stream 1 |
124 \ |_________|\ |__________|
125 \ \
126 \ \ __________
127 \ \ | |
128 \ \| stream 2 |
129 \ |__________|
130 \
131 \ _________ __________
132 \ | | | |
133 \| feed 2 |-----| stream 3 |
134 |_________| |__________|
135
136 _________ __________
137 | | | |
138ffmpeg 2 -----| feed 3 |-----| stream 4 |
139 |_________| |__________|
140
141 _________ __________
142 | | | |
143 | file 1 |-----| stream 5 |
144 |_________| |__________|
145@end example
146
147@anchor{FFM}
148@section FFM, FFM2 formats
149
150FFM and FFM2 are formats used by ffserver. They allow storing a wide variety of
151video and audio streams and encoding options, and can store a moving time segment
152of an infinite movie or a whole movie.
153
154FFM is version specific, and there is limited compatibility of FFM files
155generated by one version of ffmpeg/ffserver and another version of
156ffmpeg/ffserver. It may work but it is not guaranteed to work.
157
158FFM2 is extensible while maintaining compatibility and should work between
159differing versions of tools. FFM2 is the default.
160
161@section Status stream
162
163@command{ffserver} supports an HTTP interface which exposes the
164current status of the server.
165
166Simply point your browser to the address of the special status stream
167specified in the configuration file.
168
169For example if you have:
170@example
171<Stream status.html>
172Format status
173
174# Only allow local people to get the status
175ACL allow localhost
176ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255
177</Stream>
178@end example
179
180then the server will post a page with the status information when
181the special stream @file{status.html} is requested.
182
183@section How do I make it work?
184
185As a simple test, just run the following two command lines where INPUTFILE
186is some file which you can decode with ffmpeg:
187
188@example
189ffserver -f doc/ffserver.conf &
190ffmpeg -i INPUTFILE http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm
191@end example
192
193At this point you should be able to go to your Windows machine and fire up
194Windows Media Player (WMP). Go to Open URL and enter
195
196@example
197 http://<linuxbox>:8090/test.asf
198@end example
199
200You should (after a short delay) see video and hear audio.
201
202WARNING: trying to stream test1.mpg doesn't work with WMP as it tries to
203transfer the entire file before starting to play.
204The same is true of AVI files.
205
206You should edit the @file{ffserver.conf} file to suit your needs (in
207terms of frame rates etc). Then install @command{ffserver} and
208@command{ffmpeg}, write a script to start them up, and off you go.
209
210@section What else can it do?
211
212You can replay video from .ffm files that was recorded earlier.
213However, there are a number of caveats, including the fact that the
214ffserver parameters must match the original parameters used to record the
215file. If they do not, then ffserver deletes the file before recording into it.
216(Now that I write this, it seems broken).
217
218You can fiddle with many of the codec choices and encoding parameters, and
219there are a bunch more parameters that you cannot control. Post a message
220to the mailing list if there are some 'must have' parameters. Look in
221ffserver.conf for a list of the currently available controls.
222
223It will automatically generate the ASX or RAM files that are often used
224in browsers. These files are actually redirections to the underlying ASF
225or RM file. The reason for this is that the browser often fetches the
226entire file before starting up the external viewer. The redirection files
227are very small and can be transferred quickly. [The stream itself is
228often 'infinite' and thus the browser tries to download it and never
229finishes.]
230
231@section Tips
232
233* When you connect to a live stream, most players (WMP, RA, etc) want to
234buffer a certain number of seconds of material so that they can display the
235signal continuously. However, ffserver (by default) starts sending data
236in realtime. This means that there is a pause of a few seconds while the
237buffering is being done by the player. The good news is that this can be
238cured by adding a '?buffer=5' to the end of the URL. This means that the
239stream should start 5 seconds in the past -- and so the first 5 seconds
240of the stream are sent as fast as the network will allow. It will then
241slow down to real time. This noticeably improves the startup experience.
242
243You can also add a 'Preroll 15' statement into the ffserver.conf that will
244add the 15 second prebuffering on all requests that do not otherwise
245specify a time. In addition, ffserver will skip frames until a key_frame
246is found. This further reduces the startup delay by not transferring data
247that will be discarded.
248
249@section Why does the ?buffer / Preroll stop working after a time?
250
251It turns out that (on my machine at least) the number of frames successfully
252grabbed is marginally less than the number that ought to be grabbed. This
253means that the timestamp in the encoded data stream gets behind realtime.
254This means that if you say 'Preroll 10', then when the stream gets 10
255or more seconds behind, there is no Preroll left.
256
257Fixing this requires a change in the internals of how timestamps are
258handled.
259
260@section Does the @code{?date=} stuff work.
261
262Yes (subject to the limitation outlined above). Also note that whenever you
263start ffserver, it deletes the ffm file (if any parameters have changed),
264thus wiping out what you had recorded before.
265
266The format of the @code{?date=xxxxxx} is fairly flexible. You should use one
267of the following formats (the 'T' is literal):
268
269@example
270* YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS (localtime)
271* YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ (UTC)
272@end example
273
274You can omit the YYYY-MM-DD, and then it refers to the current day. However
275note that @samp{?date=16:00:00} refers to 16:00 on the current day -- this
276may be in the future and so is unlikely to be useful.
277
278You use this by adding the ?date= to the end of the URL for the stream.
279For example: @samp{http://localhost:8080/test.asf?date=2002-07-26T23:05:00}.
280@c man end
281
282@chapter Options
283@c man begin OPTIONS
284
285@include fftools-common-opts.texi
286
287@section Main options
288
289@table @option
290@item -f @var{configfile}
291Read configuration file @file{configfile}. If not specified it will
292read by default from @file{/etc/ffserver.conf}.
293
294@item -n
295Enable no-launch mode. This option disables all the @code{Launch}
296directives within the various @code{<Feed>} sections. Since
297@command{ffserver} will not launch any @command{ffmpeg} instances, you
298will have to launch them manually.
299
300@item -d
301Enable debug mode. This option increases log verbosity, and directs
302log messages to stdout. When specified, the @option{CustomLog} option
303is ignored.
304@end table
305
306@chapter Configuration file syntax
307
308@command{ffserver} reads a configuration file containing global
309options and settings for each stream and feed.
310
311The configuration file consists of global options and dedicated
312sections, which must be introduced by "<@var{SECTION_NAME}
313@var{ARGS}>" on a separate line and must be terminated by a line in
314the form "</@var{SECTION_NAME}>". @var{ARGS} is optional.
315
316Currently the following sections are recognized: @samp{Feed},
317@samp{Stream}, @samp{Redirect}.
318
319A line starting with @code{#} is ignored and treated as a comment.
320
321Name of options and sections are case-insensitive.
322
323@section ACL syntax
324An ACL (Access Control List) specifies the address which are allowed
325to access a given stream, or to write a given feed.
326
327It accepts the folling forms
328@itemize
329@item
330Allow/deny access to @var{address}.
331@example
332ACL ALLOW <address>
333ACL DENY <address>
334@end example
335
336@item
337Allow/deny access to ranges of addresses from @var{first_address} to
338@var{last_address}.
339@example
340ACL ALLOW <first_address> <last_address>
341ACL DENY <first_address> <last_address>
342@end example
343@end itemize
344
345You can repeat the ACL allow/deny as often as you like. It is on a per
346stream basis. The first match defines the action. If there are no matches,
347then the default is the inverse of the last ACL statement.
348
349Thus 'ACL allow localhost' only allows access from localhost.
350'ACL deny 1.0.0.0 1.255.255.255' would deny the whole of network 1 and
351allow everybody else.
352
353@section Global options
354@table @option
355@item HTTPPort @var{port_number}
356@item Port @var{port_number}
357@item RTSPPort @var{port_number}
358
359@var{HTTPPort} sets the HTTP server listening TCP port number,
360@var{RTSPPort} sets the RTSP server listening TCP port number.
361
362@var{Port} is the equivalent of @var{HTTPPort} and is deprecated.
363
364You must select a different port from your standard HTTP web server if
365it is running on the same computer.
366
367If not specified, no corresponding server will be created.
368
369@item HTTPBindAddress @var{ip_address}
370@item BindAddress @var{ip_address}
371@item RTSPBindAddress @var{ip_address}
372Set address on which the HTTP/RTSP server is bound. Only useful if you
373have several network interfaces.
374
375@var{BindAddress} is the equivalent of @var{HTTPBindAddress} and is
376deprecated.
377
378@item MaxHTTPConnections @var{n}
379Set number of simultaneous HTTP connections that can be handled. It
380has to be defined @emph{before} the @option{MaxClients} parameter,
381since it defines the @option{MaxClients} maximum limit.
382
383Default value is 2000.
384
385@item MaxClients @var{n}
386Set number of simultaneous requests that can be handled. Since
387@command{ffserver} is very fast, it is more likely that you will want
388to leave this high and use @option{MaxBandwidth}.
389
390Default value is 5.
391
392@item MaxBandwidth @var{kbps}
393Set the maximum amount of kbit/sec that you are prepared to consume
394when streaming to clients.
395
396Default value is 1000.
397
398@item CustomLog @var{filename}
399Set access log file (uses standard Apache log file format). '-' is the
400standard output.
401
402If not specified @command{ffserver} will produce no log.
403
404In case the commandline option @option{-d} is specified this option is
405ignored, and the log is written to standard output.
406
407@item NoDaemon
408Set no-daemon mode. This option is currently ignored since now
409@command{ffserver} will always work in no-daemon mode, and is
410deprecated.
411@end table
412
413@section Feed section
414
415A Feed section defines a feed provided to @command{ffserver}.
416
417Each live feed contains one video and/or audio sequence coming from an
418@command{ffmpeg} encoder or another @command{ffserver}. This sequence
419may be encoded simultaneously with several codecs at several
420resolutions.
421
422A feed instance specification is introduced by a line in the form:
423@example
424<Feed FEED_FILENAME>
425@end example
426
427where @var{FEED_FILENAME} specifies the unique name of the FFM stream.
428
429The following options are recognized within a Feed section.
430
431@table @option
432@item File @var{filename}
433@item ReadOnlyFile @var{filename}
434Set the path where the feed file is stored on disk.
435
436If not specified, the @file{/tmp/FEED.ffm} is assumed, where
437@var{FEED} is the feed name.
438
439If @option{ReadOnlyFile} is used the file is marked as read-only and
440it will not be deleted or updated.
441
442@item Truncate
443Truncate the feed file, rather than appending to it. By default
444@command{ffserver} will append data to the file, until the maximum
445file size value is reached (see @option{FileMaxSize} option).
446
447@item FileMaxSize @var{size}
448Set maximum size of the feed file in bytes. 0 means unlimited. The
449postfixes @code{K} (2^10), @code{M} (2^20), and @code{G} (2^30) are
450recognized.
451
452Default value is 5M.
453
454@item Launch @var{args}
455Launch an @command{ffmpeg} command when creating @command{ffserver}.
456
457@var{args} must be a sequence of arguments to be provided to an
458@command{ffmpeg} instance. The first provided argument is ignored, and
459it is replaced by a path with the same dirname of the @command{ffserver}
460instance, followed by the remaining argument and terminated with a
461path corresponding to the feed.
462
463When the launched process exits, @command{ffserver} will launch
464another program instance.
465
466In case you need a more complex @command{ffmpeg} configuration,
467e.g. if you need to generate multiple FFM feeds with a single
468@command{ffmpeg} instance, you should launch @command{ffmpeg} by hand.
469
470This option is ignored in case the commandline option @option{-n} is
471specified.
472
473@item ACL @var{spec}
474Specify the list of IP address which are allowed or denied to write
475the feed. Multiple ACL options can be specified.
476@end table
477
478@section Stream section
479
480A Stream section defines a stream provided by @command{ffserver}, and
481identified by a single name.
482
483The stream is sent when answering a request containing the stream
484name.
485
486A stream section must be introduced by the line:
487@example
488<Stream STREAM_NAME>
489@end example
490
491where @var{STREAM_NAME} specifies the unique name of the stream.
492
493The following options are recognized within a Stream section.
494
495Encoding options are marked with the @emph{encoding} tag, and they are
496used to set the encoding parameters, and are mapped to libavcodec
497encoding options. Not all encoding options are supported, in
498particular it is not possible to set encoder private options. In order
499to override the encoding options specified by @command{ffserver}, you
500can use the @command{ffmpeg} @option{override_ffserver} commandline
501option.
502
503Only one of the @option{Feed} and @option{File} options should be set.
504
505@table @option
506@item Feed @var{feed_name}
507Set the input feed. @var{feed_name} must correspond to an existing
508feed defined in a @code{Feed} section.
509
510When this option is set, encoding options are used to setup the
511encoding operated by the remote @command{ffmpeg} process.
512
513@item File @var{filename}
514Set the filename of the pre-recorded input file to stream.
515
516When this option is set, encoding options are ignored and the input
517file content is re-streamed as is.
518
519@item Format @var{format_name}
520Set the format of the output stream.
521
522Must be the name of a format recognized by FFmpeg. If set to
523@samp{status}, it is treated as a status stream.
524
525@item InputFormat @var{format_name}
526Set input format. If not specified, it is automatically guessed.
527
528@item Preroll @var{n}
529Set this to the number of seconds backwards in time to start. Note that
530most players will buffer 5-10 seconds of video, and also you need to allow
531for a keyframe to appear in the data stream.
532
533Default value is 0.
534
535@item StartSendOnKey
536Do not send stream until it gets the first key frame. By default
537@command{ffserver} will send data immediately.
538
539@item MaxTime @var{n}
540Set the number of seconds to run. This value set the maximum duration
541of the stream a client will be able to receive.
542
543A value of 0 means that no limit is set on the stream duration.
544
545@item ACL @var{spec}
546Set ACL for the stream.
547
548@item DynamicACL @var{spec}
549
550@item RTSPOption @var{option}
551
552@item MulticastAddress @var{address}
553
554@item MulticastPort @var{port}
555
556@item MulticastTTL @var{integer}
557
558@item NoLoop
559
560@item FaviconURL @var{url}
561Set favicon (favourite icon) for the server status page. It is ignored
562for regular streams.
563
564@item Author @var{value}
565@item Comment @var{value}
566@item Copyright @var{value}
567@item Title @var{value}
568Set metadata corresponding to the option. All these options are
569deprecated in favor of @option{Metadata}.
570
571@item Metadata @var{key} @var{value}
572Set metadata value on the output stream.
573
574@item NoAudio
575@item NoVideo
576Suppress audio/video.
577
578@item AudioCodec @var{codec_name} (@emph{encoding,audio})
579Set audio codec.
580
581@item AudioBitRate @var{rate} (@emph{encoding,audio})
582Set bitrate for the audio stream in kbits per second.
583
584@item AudioChannels @var{n} (@emph{encoding,audio})
585Set number of audio channels.
586
587@item AudioSampleRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,audio})
588Set sampling frequency for audio. When using low bitrates, you should
589lower this frequency to 22050 or 11025. The supported frequencies
590depend on the selected audio codec.
591
592@item AVOptionAudio @var{option} @var{value} (@emph{encoding,audio})
593Set generic option for audio stream.
594
595@item AVPresetAudio @var{preset} (@emph{encoding,audio})
596Set preset for audio stream.
597
598@item VideoCodec @var{codec_name} (@emph{encoding,video})
599Set video codec.
600
601@item VideoBitRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
602Set bitrate for the video stream in kbits per second.
603
604@item VideoBitRateRange @var{range} (@emph{encoding,video})
605Set video bitrate range.
606
607A range must be specified in the form @var{minrate}-@var{maxrate}, and
608specifies the @option{minrate} and @option{maxrate} encoding options
609expressed in kbits per second.
610
611@item VideoBitRateRangeTolerance @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
612Set video bitrate tolerance in kbits per second.
613
614@item PixelFormat @var{pixel_format} (@emph{encoding,video})
615Set video pixel format.
616
617@item Debug @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
618Set video @option{debug} encoding option.
619
620@item Strict @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
621Set video @option{strict} encoding option.
622
623@item VideoBufferSize @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
624Set ratecontrol buffer size, expressed in KB.
625
626@item VideoFrameRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
627Set number of video frames per second.
628
629@item VideoSize (@emph{encoding,video})
630Set size of the video frame, must be an abbreviation or in the form
631@var{W}x@var{H}. See @ref{video size syntax,,the Video size section
632in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
633
634Default value is @code{160x128}.
635
636@item VideoIntraOnly (@emph{encoding,video})
637Transmit only intra frames (useful for low bitrates, but kills frame rate).
638
639@item VideoGopSize @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
640If non-intra only, an intra frame is transmitted every VideoGopSize
641frames. Video synchronization can only begin at an intra frame.
642
643@item VideoTag @var{tag} (@emph{encoding,video})
644Set video tag.
645
646@item VideoHighQuality (@emph{encoding,video})
647@item Video4MotionVector (@emph{encoding,video})
648
649@item BitExact (@emph{encoding,video})
650Set bitexact encoding flag.
651
652@item IdctSimple (@emph{encoding,video})
653Set simple IDCT algorithm.
654
655@item Qscale @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
656Enable constant quality encoding, and set video qscale (quantization
657scale) value, expressed in @var{n} QP units.
658
659@item VideoQMin @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
660@item VideoQMax @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
661Set video qmin/qmax.
662
663@item VideoQDiff @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
664Set video @option{qdiff} encoding option.
665
666@item LumiMask @var{float} (@emph{encoding,video})
667@item DarkMask @var{float} (@emph{encoding,video})
668Set @option{lumi_mask}/@option{dark_mask} encoding options.
669
670@item AVOptionVideo @var{option} @var{value} (@emph{encoding,video})
671Set generic option for video stream.
672
673@item AVPresetVideo @var{preset} (@emph{encoding,video})
674Set preset for video stream.
675
676@var{preset} must be the path of a preset file.
677@end table
678
679@subsection Server status stream
680
681A server status stream is a special stream which is used to show
682statistics about the @command{ffserver} operations.
683
684It must be specified setting the option @option{Format} to
685@samp{status}.
686
687@section Redirect section
688
689A redirect section specifies where to redirect the requested URL to
690another page.
691
692A redirect section must be introduced by the line:
693@example
694<Redirect NAME>
695@end example
696
697where @var{NAME} is the name of the page which should be redirected.
698
699It only accepts the option @option{URL}, which specify the redirection
700URL.
701
702@chapter Stream examples
703
704@itemize
705@item
706Multipart JPEG
707@example
708<Stream test.mjpg>
709Feed feed1.ffm
710Format mpjpeg
711VideoFrameRate 2
712VideoIntraOnly
713NoAudio
714Strict -1
715</Stream>
716@end example
717
718@item
719Single JPEG
720@example
721<Stream test.jpg>
722Feed feed1.ffm
723Format jpeg
724VideoFrameRate 2
725VideoIntraOnly
726VideoSize 352x240
727NoAudio
728Strict -1
729</Stream>
730@end example
731
732@item
733Flash
734@example
735<Stream test.swf>
736Feed feed1.ffm
737Format swf
738VideoFrameRate 2
739VideoIntraOnly
740NoAudio
741</Stream>
742@end example
743
744@item
745ASF compatible
746@example
747<Stream test.asf>
748Feed feed1.ffm
749Format asf
750VideoFrameRate 15
751VideoSize 352x240
752VideoBitRate 256
753VideoBufferSize 40
754VideoGopSize 30
755AudioBitRate 64
756StartSendOnKey
757</Stream>
758@end example
759
760@item
761MP3 audio
762@example
763<Stream test.mp3>
764Feed feed1.ffm
765Format mp2
766AudioCodec mp3
767AudioBitRate 64
768AudioChannels 1
769AudioSampleRate 44100
770NoVideo
771</Stream>
772@end example
773
774@item
775Ogg Vorbis audio
776@example
777<Stream test.ogg>
778Feed feed1.ffm
779Metadata title "Stream title"
780AudioBitRate 64
781AudioChannels 2
782AudioSampleRate 44100
783NoVideo
784</Stream>
785@end example
786
787@item
788Real with audio only at 32 kbits
789@example
790<Stream test.ra>
791Feed feed1.ffm
792Format rm
793AudioBitRate 32
794NoVideo
795</Stream>
796@end example
797
798@item
799Real with audio and video at 64 kbits
800@example
801<Stream test.rm>
802Feed feed1.ffm
803Format rm
804AudioBitRate 32
805VideoBitRate 128
806VideoFrameRate 25
807VideoGopSize 25
808</Stream>
809@end example
810
811@item
812For stream coming from a file: you only need to set the input filename
813and optionally a new format.
814
815@example
816<Stream file.rm>
817File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/tlive.rm"
818NoAudio
819</Stream>
820@end example
821
822@example
823<Stream file.asf>
824File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/test.asf"
825NoAudio
826Metadata author "Me"
827Metadata copyright "Super MegaCorp"
828Metadata title "Test stream from disk"
829Metadata comment "Test comment"
830</Stream>
831@end example
832@end itemize
833
834@c man end
835
836@include config.texi
837@ifset config-all
838@ifset config-avutil
839@include utils.texi
840@end ifset
841@ifset config-avcodec
842@include codecs.texi
843@include bitstream_filters.texi
844@end ifset
845@ifset config-avformat
846@include formats.texi
847@include protocols.texi
848@end ifset
849@ifset config-avdevice
850@include devices.texi
851@end ifset
852@ifset config-swresample
853@include resampler.texi
854@end ifset
855@ifset config-swscale
856@include scaler.texi
857@end ifset
858@ifset config-avfilter
859@include filters.texi
860@end ifset
861@end ifset
862
863@chapter See Also
864
865@ifhtml
866@ifset config-all
867@url{ffserver.html,ffserver},
868@end ifset
869@ifset config-not-all
870@url{ffserver-all.html,ffserver-all},
871@end ifset
872the @file{doc/ffserver.conf} example,
873@url{ffmpeg.html,ffmpeg}, @url{ffplay.html,ffplay}, @url{ffprobe.html,ffprobe},
874@url{ffmpeg-utils.html,ffmpeg-utils},
875@url{ffmpeg-scaler.html,ffmpeg-scaler},
876@url{ffmpeg-resampler.html,ffmpeg-resampler},
877@url{ffmpeg-codecs.html,ffmpeg-codecs},
878@url{ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html,ffmpeg-bitstream-filters},
879@url{ffmpeg-formats.html,ffmpeg-formats},
880@url{ffmpeg-devices.html,ffmpeg-devices},
881@url{ffmpeg-protocols.html,ffmpeg-protocols},
882@url{ffmpeg-filters.html,ffmpeg-filters}
883@end ifhtml
884
885@ifnothtml
886@ifset config-all
887ffserver(1),
888@end ifset
889@ifset config-not-all
890ffserver-all(1),
891@end ifset
892the @file{doc/ffserver.conf} example, ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffprobe(1),
893ffmpeg-utils(1), ffmpeg-scaler(1), ffmpeg-resampler(1),
894ffmpeg-codecs(1), ffmpeg-bitstream-filters(1), ffmpeg-formats(1),
895ffmpeg-devices(1), ffmpeg-protocols(1), ffmpeg-filters(1)
896@end ifnothtml
897
898@include authors.texi
899
900@ignore
901
902@setfilename ffserver
903@settitle ffserver video server
904
905@end ignore
906
907@bye