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3 @settitle ffserver Documentation
4 @titlepage
5 @center @titlefont{ffserver Documentation}
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8 @top
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10 @contents
11
12 @chapter Synopsis
13
14 ffserver [@var{options}]
15
16 @chapter Description
17 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
18
19 @command{ffserver} is a streaming server for both audio and video.
20 It supports several live feeds, streaming from files and time shifting
21 on live feeds. You can seek to positions in the past on each live
22 feed, provided you specify a big enough feed storage.
23
24 @command{ffserver} is configured through a configuration file, which
25 is 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
30 RTP/RTSP/HTTP.
31
32 An @command{ffserver} instance will listen on some port as specified
33 in 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
35 ffserver is expecting to receive them. Alternately, you can make
36 @command{ffserver} launch such @command{ffmpeg} instances at startup.
37
38 Input streams are called feeds, and each one is specified by a
39 @code{<Feed>} section in the configuration file.
40
41 For each feed you can have different output streams in various
42 formats, each one specified by a @code{<Stream>} section in the
43 configuration 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
50 Precisely, @command{ffserver} acts as an HTTP server, accepting POST
51 requests from @command{ffmpeg} to acquire the stream to publish, and
52 serving RTSP clients or HTTP clients GET requests with the stream
53 media content.
54
55 A feed is an @ref{FFM} stream created by @command{ffmpeg}, and sent to
56 a port where @command{ffserver} is listening.
57
58 Each feed is identified by a unique name, corresponding to the name
59 of the resource published on @command{ffserver}, and is configured by
60 a dedicated @code{Feed} section in the configuration file.
61
62 The feed publish URL is given by:
63 @example
64 http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{http_port}/@var{feed_name}
65 @end example
66
67 where @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
69 the HTTP server (configured through the @option{HTTPPort} option), and
70 @var{feed_name} is the name of the corresponding feed defined in the
71 configuration file.
72
73 Each feed is associated to a file which is stored on disk. This stored
74 file is used to allow to send pre-recorded data to a player as fast as
75 possible when new content is added in real-time to the stream.
76
77 A "live-stream" or "stream" is a resource published by
78 @command{ffserver}, and made accessible through the HTTP protocol to
79 clients.
80
81 A stream can be connected to a feed, or to a file. In the first case,
82 the published stream is forwarded from the corresponding feed
83 generated by a running instance of @command{ffmpeg}, in the second
84 case the stream is read from a pre-recorded file.
85
86 Each stream is identified by a unique name, corresponding to the name
87 of the resource served by @command{ffserver}, and is configured by
88 a dedicated @code{Stream} section in the configuration file.
89
90 The stream access HTTP URL is given by:
91 @example
92 http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{http_port}/@var{stream_name}[@var{options}]
93 @end example
94
95 The stream access RTSP URL is given by:
96 @example
97 http://@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
101 the configuration file. @var{options} is a list of options specified
102 after the URL which affects how the stream is served by
103 @command{ffserver}. @var{http_port} and @var{rtsp_port} are the HTTP
104 and RTSP ports configured with the options @var{HTTPPort} and
105 @var{RTSPPort} respectively.
106
107 In case the stream is associated to a feed, the encoding parameters
108 must 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
111 the @command{ffmpeg} encoders.
112
113 The @command{ffmpeg} @option{override_ffserver} commandline option
114 allows one to override the encoding parameters set by the server.
115
116 Multiple streams can be connected to the same feed.
117
118 For example, you can have a situation described by the following
119 graph:
120 @example
121 _________ __________
122 | | | |
123 ffmpeg 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 | | | |
138 ffmpeg 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
150 FFM and FFM2 are formats used by ffserver. They allow storing a wide variety of
151 video and audio streams and encoding options, and can store a moving time segment
152 of an infinite movie or a whole movie.
153
154 FFM is version specific, and there is limited compatibility of FFM files
155 generated by one version of ffmpeg/ffserver and another version of
156 ffmpeg/ffserver. It may work but it is not guaranteed to work.
157
158 FFM2 is extensible while maintaining compatibility and should work between
159 differing versions of tools. FFM2 is the default.
160
161 @section Status stream
162
163 @command{ffserver} supports an HTTP interface which exposes the
164 current status of the server.
165
166 Simply point your browser to the address of the special status stream
167 specified in the configuration file.
168
169 For example if you have:
170 @example
171 <Stream status.html>
172 Format status
173
174 # Only allow local people to get the status
175 ACL allow localhost
176 ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255
177 </Stream>
178 @end example
179
180 then the server will post a page with the status information when
181 the special stream @file{status.html} is requested.
182
183 @section How do I make it work?
184
185 As a simple test, just run the following two command lines where INPUTFILE
186 is some file which you can decode with ffmpeg:
187
188 @example
189 ffserver -f doc/ffserver.conf &
190 ffmpeg -i INPUTFILE http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm
191 @end example
192
193 At this point you should be able to go to your Windows machine and fire up
194 Windows Media Player (WMP). Go to Open URL and enter
195
196 @example
197 http://<linuxbox>:8090/test.asf
198 @end example
199
200 You should (after a short delay) see video and hear audio.
201
202 WARNING: trying to stream test1.mpg doesn't work with WMP as it tries to
203 transfer the entire file before starting to play.
204 The same is true of AVI files.
205
206 You should edit the @file{ffserver.conf} file to suit your needs (in
207 terms 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
212 You can replay video from .ffm files that was recorded earlier.
213 However, there are a number of caveats, including the fact that the
214 ffserver parameters must match the original parameters used to record the
215 file. If they do not, then ffserver deletes the file before recording into it.
216 (Now that I write this, it seems broken).
217
218 You can fiddle with many of the codec choices and encoding parameters, and
219 there are a bunch more parameters that you cannot control. Post a message
220 to the mailing list if there are some 'must have' parameters. Look in
221 ffserver.conf for a list of the currently available controls.
222
223 It will automatically generate the ASX or RAM files that are often used
224 in browsers. These files are actually redirections to the underlying ASF
225 or RM file. The reason for this is that the browser often fetches the
226 entire file before starting up the external viewer. The redirection files
227 are very small and can be transferred quickly. [The stream itself is
228 often 'infinite' and thus the browser tries to download it and never
229 finishes.]
230
231 @section Tips
232
233 * When you connect to a live stream, most players (WMP, RA, etc) want to
234 buffer a certain number of seconds of material so that they can display the
235 signal continuously. However, ffserver (by default) starts sending data
236 in realtime. This means that there is a pause of a few seconds while the
237 buffering is being done by the player. The good news is that this can be
238 cured by adding a '?buffer=5' to the end of the URL. This means that the
239 stream should start 5 seconds in the past -- and so the first 5 seconds
240 of the stream are sent as fast as the network will allow. It will then
241 slow down to real time. This noticeably improves the startup experience.
242
243 You can also add a 'Preroll 15' statement into the ffserver.conf that will
244 add the 15 second prebuffering on all requests that do not otherwise
245 specify a time. In addition, ffserver will skip frames until a key_frame
246 is found. This further reduces the startup delay by not transferring data
247 that will be discarded.
248
249 @section Why does the ?buffer / Preroll stop working after a time?
250
251 It turns out that (on my machine at least) the number of frames successfully
252 grabbed is marginally less than the number that ought to be grabbed. This
253 means that the timestamp in the encoded data stream gets behind realtime.
254 This means that if you say 'Preroll 10', then when the stream gets 10
255 or more seconds behind, there is no Preroll left.
256
257 Fixing this requires a change in the internals of how timestamps are
258 handled.
259
260 @section Does the @code{?date=} stuff work.
261
262 Yes (subject to the limitation outlined above). Also note that whenever you
263 start ffserver, it deletes the ffm file (if any parameters have changed),
264 thus wiping out what you had recorded before.
265
266 The format of the @code{?date=xxxxxx} is fairly flexible. You should use one
267 of 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
274 You can omit the YYYY-MM-DD, and then it refers to the current day. However
275 note that @samp{?date=16:00:00} refers to 16:00 on the current day -- this
276 may be in the future and so is unlikely to be useful.
277
278 You use this by adding the ?date= to the end of the URL for the stream.
279 For 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}
291 Read configuration file @file{configfile}. If not specified it will
292 read by default from @file{/etc/ffserver.conf}.
293
294 @item -n
295 Enable no-launch mode. This option disables all the @code{Launch}
296 directives within the various @code{<Feed>} sections. Since
297 @command{ffserver} will not launch any @command{ffmpeg} instances, you
298 will have to launch them manually.
299
300 @item -d
301 Enable debug mode. This option increases log verbosity, and directs
302 log messages to stdout. When specified, the @option{CustomLog} option
303 is ignored.
304 @end table
305
306 @chapter Configuration file syntax
307
308 @command{ffserver} reads a configuration file containing global
309 options and settings for each stream and feed.
310
311 The configuration file consists of global options and dedicated
312 sections, which must be introduced by "<@var{SECTION_NAME}
313 @var{ARGS}>" on a separate line and must be terminated by a line in
314 the form "</@var{SECTION_NAME}>". @var{ARGS} is optional.
315
316 Currently the following sections are recognized: @samp{Feed},
317 @samp{Stream}, @samp{Redirect}.
318
319 A line starting with @code{#} is ignored and treated as a comment.
320
321 Name of options and sections are case-insensitive.
322
323 @section ACL syntax
324 An ACL (Access Control List) specifies the address which are allowed
325 to access a given stream, or to write a given feed.
326
327 It accepts the folling forms
328 @itemize
329 @item
330 Allow/deny access to @var{address}.
331 @example
332 ACL ALLOW <address>
333 ACL DENY <address>
334 @end example
335
336 @item
337 Allow/deny access to ranges of addresses from @var{first_address} to
338 @var{last_address}.
339 @example
340 ACL ALLOW <first_address> <last_address>
341 ACL DENY <first_address> <last_address>
342 @end example
343 @end itemize
344
345 You can repeat the ACL allow/deny as often as you like. It is on a per
346 stream basis. The first match defines the action. If there are no matches,
347 then the default is the inverse of the last ACL statement.
348
349 Thus '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
351 allow 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
364 You must select a different port from your standard HTTP web server if
365 it is running on the same computer.
366
367 If 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}
372 Set address on which the HTTP/RTSP server is bound. Only useful if you
373 have several network interfaces.
374
375 @var{BindAddress} is the equivalent of @var{HTTPBindAddress} and is
376 deprecated.
377
378 @item MaxHTTPConnections @var{n}
379 Set number of simultaneous HTTP connections that can be handled. It
380 has to be defined @emph{before} the @option{MaxClients} parameter,
381 since it defines the @option{MaxClients} maximum limit.
382
383 Default value is 2000.
384
385 @item MaxClients @var{n}
386 Set number of simultaneous requests that can be handled. Since
387 @command{ffserver} is very fast, it is more likely that you will want
388 to leave this high and use @option{MaxBandwidth}.
389
390 Default value is 5.
391
392 @item MaxBandwidth @var{kbps}
393 Set the maximum amount of kbit/sec that you are prepared to consume
394 when streaming to clients.
395
396 Default value is 1000.
397
398 @item CustomLog @var{filename}
399 Set access log file (uses standard Apache log file format). '-' is the
400 standard output.
401
402 If not specified @command{ffserver} will produce no log.
403
404 In case the commandline option @option{-d} is specified this option is
405 ignored, and the log is written to standard output.
406
407 @item NoDaemon
408 Set no-daemon mode. This option is currently ignored since now
409 @command{ffserver} will always work in no-daemon mode, and is
410 deprecated.
411
412 @item UseDefaults
413 @item NoDefaults
414 Control whether default codec options are used for the all streams or not.
415 Each stream may overwrite this setting for its own. Default is @var{UseDefaults}.
416 The lastest occurrence overrides previous if multiple definitions.
417 @end table
418
419 @section Feed section
420
421 A Feed section defines a feed provided to @command{ffserver}.
422
423 Each live feed contains one video and/or audio sequence coming from an
424 @command{ffmpeg} encoder or another @command{ffserver}. This sequence
425 may be encoded simultaneously with several codecs at several
426 resolutions.
427
428 A feed instance specification is introduced by a line in the form:
429 @example
430 <Feed FEED_FILENAME>
431 @end example
432
433 where @var{FEED_FILENAME} specifies the unique name of the FFM stream.
434
435 The following options are recognized within a Feed section.
436
437 @table @option
438 @item File @var{filename}
439 @item ReadOnlyFile @var{filename}
440 Set the path where the feed file is stored on disk.
441
442 If not specified, the @file{/tmp/FEED.ffm} is assumed, where
443 @var{FEED} is the feed name.
444
445 If @option{ReadOnlyFile} is used the file is marked as read-only and
446 it will not be deleted or updated.
447
448 @item Truncate
449 Truncate the feed file, rather than appending to it. By default
450 @command{ffserver} will append data to the file, until the maximum
451 file size value is reached (see @option{FileMaxSize} option).
452
453 @item FileMaxSize @var{size}
454 Set maximum size of the feed file in bytes. 0 means unlimited. The
455 postfixes @code{K} (2^10), @code{M} (2^20), and @code{G} (2^30) are
456 recognized.
457
458 Default value is 5M.
459
460 @item Launch @var{args}
461 Launch an @command{ffmpeg} command when creating @command{ffserver}.
462
463 @var{args} must be a sequence of arguments to be provided to an
464 @command{ffmpeg} instance. The first provided argument is ignored, and
465 it is replaced by a path with the same dirname of the @command{ffserver}
466 instance, followed by the remaining argument and terminated with a
467 path corresponding to the feed.
468
469 When the launched process exits, @command{ffserver} will launch
470 another program instance.
471
472 In case you need a more complex @command{ffmpeg} configuration,
473 e.g. if you need to generate multiple FFM feeds with a single
474 @command{ffmpeg} instance, you should launch @command{ffmpeg} by hand.
475
476 This option is ignored in case the commandline option @option{-n} is
477 specified.
478
479 @item ACL @var{spec}
480 Specify the list of IP address which are allowed or denied to write
481 the feed. Multiple ACL options can be specified.
482 @end table
483
484 @section Stream section
485
486 A Stream section defines a stream provided by @command{ffserver}, and
487 identified by a single name.
488
489 The stream is sent when answering a request containing the stream
490 name.
491
492 A stream section must be introduced by the line:
493 @example
494 <Stream STREAM_NAME>
495 @end example
496
497 where @var{STREAM_NAME} specifies the unique name of the stream.
498
499 The following options are recognized within a Stream section.
500
501 Encoding options are marked with the @emph{encoding} tag, and they are
502 used to set the encoding parameters, and are mapped to libavcodec
503 encoding options. Not all encoding options are supported, in
504 particular it is not possible to set encoder private options. In order
505 to override the encoding options specified by @command{ffserver}, you
506 can use the @command{ffmpeg} @option{override_ffserver} commandline
507 option.
508
509 Only one of the @option{Feed} and @option{File} options should be set.
510
511 @table @option
512 @item Feed @var{feed_name}
513 Set the input feed. @var{feed_name} must correspond to an existing
514 feed defined in a @code{Feed} section.
515
516 When this option is set, encoding options are used to setup the
517 encoding operated by the remote @command{ffmpeg} process.
518
519 @item File @var{filename}
520 Set the filename of the pre-recorded input file to stream.
521
522 When this option is set, encoding options are ignored and the input
523 file content is re-streamed as is.
524
525 @item Format @var{format_name}
526 Set the format of the output stream.
527
528 Must be the name of a format recognized by FFmpeg. If set to
529 @samp{status}, it is treated as a status stream.
530
531 @item InputFormat @var{format_name}
532 Set input format. If not specified, it is automatically guessed.
533
534 @item Preroll @var{n}
535 Set this to the number of seconds backwards in time to start. Note that
536 most players will buffer 5-10 seconds of video, and also you need to allow
537 for a keyframe to appear in the data stream.
538
539 Default value is 0.
540
541 @item StartSendOnKey
542 Do not send stream until it gets the first key frame. By default
543 @command{ffserver} will send data immediately.
544
545 @item MaxTime @var{n}
546 Set the number of seconds to run. This value set the maximum duration
547 of the stream a client will be able to receive.
548
549 A value of 0 means that no limit is set on the stream duration.
550
551 @item ACL @var{spec}
552 Set ACL for the stream.
553
554 @item DynamicACL @var{spec}
555
556 @item RTSPOption @var{option}
557
558 @item MulticastAddress @var{address}
559
560 @item MulticastPort @var{port}
561
562 @item MulticastTTL @var{integer}
563
564 @item NoLoop
565
566 @item FaviconURL @var{url}
567 Set favicon (favourite icon) for the server status page. It is ignored
568 for regular streams.
569
570 @item Author @var{value}
571 @item Comment @var{value}
572 @item Copyright @var{value}
573 @item Title @var{value}
574 Set metadata corresponding to the option. All these options are
575 deprecated in favor of @option{Metadata}.
576
577 @item Metadata @var{key} @var{value}
578 Set metadata value on the output stream.
579
580 @item UseDefaults
581 @item NoDefaults
582 Control whether default codec options are used for the stream or not.
583 Default is @var{UseDefaults} unless disabled globally.
584
585 @item NoAudio
586 @item NoVideo
587 Suppress audio/video.
588
589 @item AudioCodec @var{codec_name} (@emph{encoding,audio})
590 Set audio codec.
591
592 @item AudioBitRate @var{rate} (@emph{encoding,audio})
593 Set bitrate for the audio stream in kbits per second.
594
595 @item AudioChannels @var{n} (@emph{encoding,audio})
596 Set number of audio channels.
597
598 @item AudioSampleRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,audio})
599 Set sampling frequency for audio. When using low bitrates, you should
600 lower this frequency to 22050 or 11025. The supported frequencies
601 depend on the selected audio codec.
602
603 @item AVOptionAudio [@var{codec}:]@var{option} @var{value} (@emph{encoding,audio})
604 Set generic or private option for audio stream.
605 Private option must be prefixed with codec name or codec must be defined before.
606
607 @item AVPresetAudio @var{preset} (@emph{encoding,audio})
608 Set preset for audio stream.
609
610 @item VideoCodec @var{codec_name} (@emph{encoding,video})
611 Set video codec.
612
613 @item VideoBitRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
614 Set bitrate for the video stream in kbits per second.
615
616 @item VideoBitRateRange @var{range} (@emph{encoding,video})
617 Set video bitrate range.
618
619 A range must be specified in the form @var{minrate}-@var{maxrate}, and
620 specifies the @option{minrate} and @option{maxrate} encoding options
621 expressed in kbits per second.
622
623 @item VideoBitRateRangeTolerance @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
624 Set video bitrate tolerance in kbits per second.
625
626 @item PixelFormat @var{pixel_format} (@emph{encoding,video})
627 Set video pixel format.
628
629 @item Debug @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
630 Set video @option{debug} encoding option.
631
632 @item Strict @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
633 Set video @option{strict} encoding option.
634
635 @item VideoBufferSize @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
636 Set ratecontrol buffer size, expressed in KB.
637
638 @item VideoFrameRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
639 Set number of video frames per second.
640
641 @item VideoSize (@emph{encoding,video})
642 Set size of the video frame, must be an abbreviation or in the form
643 @var{W}x@var{H}. See @ref{video size syntax,,the Video size section
644 in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
645
646 Default value is @code{160x128}.
647
648 @item VideoIntraOnly (@emph{encoding,video})
649 Transmit only intra frames (useful for low bitrates, but kills frame rate).
650
651 @item VideoGopSize @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
652 If non-intra only, an intra frame is transmitted every VideoGopSize
653 frames. Video synchronization can only begin at an intra frame.
654
655 @item VideoTag @var{tag} (@emph{encoding,video})
656 Set video tag.
657
658 @item VideoHighQuality (@emph{encoding,video})
659 @item Video4MotionVector (@emph{encoding,video})
660
661 @item BitExact (@emph{encoding,video})
662 Set bitexact encoding flag.
663
664 @item IdctSimple (@emph{encoding,video})
665 Set simple IDCT algorithm.
666
667 @item Qscale @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
668 Enable constant quality encoding, and set video qscale (quantization
669 scale) value, expressed in @var{n} QP units.
670
671 @item VideoQMin @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
672 @item VideoQMax @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
673 Set video qmin/qmax.
674
675 @item VideoQDiff @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
676 Set video @option{qdiff} encoding option.
677
678 @item LumiMask @var{float} (@emph{encoding,video})
679 @item DarkMask @var{float} (@emph{encoding,video})
680 Set @option{lumi_mask}/@option{dark_mask} encoding options.
681
682 @item AVOptionVideo [@var{codec}:]@var{option} @var{value} (@emph{encoding,video})
683 Set generic or private option for video stream.
684 Private option must be prefixed with codec name or codec must be defined before.
685
686 @item AVPresetVideo @var{preset} (@emph{encoding,video})
687 Set preset for video stream.
688
689 @var{preset} must be the path of a preset file.
690 @end table
691
692 @subsection Server status stream
693
694 A server status stream is a special stream which is used to show
695 statistics about the @command{ffserver} operations.
696
697 It must be specified setting the option @option{Format} to
698 @samp{status}.
699
700 @section Redirect section
701
702 A redirect section specifies where to redirect the requested URL to
703 another page.
704
705 A redirect section must be introduced by the line:
706 @example
707 <Redirect NAME>
708 @end example
709
710 where @var{NAME} is the name of the page which should be redirected.
711
712 It only accepts the option @option{URL}, which specify the redirection
713 URL.
714
715 @chapter Stream examples
716
717 @itemize
718 @item
719 Multipart JPEG
720 @example
721 <Stream test.mjpg>
722 Feed feed1.ffm
723 Format mpjpeg
724 VideoFrameRate 2
725 VideoIntraOnly
726 NoAudio
727 Strict -1
728 </Stream>
729 @end example
730
731 @item
732 Single JPEG
733 @example
734 <Stream test.jpg>
735 Feed feed1.ffm
736 Format jpeg
737 VideoFrameRate 2
738 VideoIntraOnly
739 VideoSize 352x240
740 NoAudio
741 Strict -1
742 </Stream>
743 @end example
744
745 @item
746 Flash
747 @example
748 <Stream test.swf>
749 Feed feed1.ffm
750 Format swf
751 VideoFrameRate 2
752 VideoIntraOnly
753 NoAudio
754 </Stream>
755 @end example
756
757 @item
758 ASF compatible
759 @example
760 <Stream test.asf>
761 Feed feed1.ffm
762 Format asf
763 VideoFrameRate 15
764 VideoSize 352x240
765 VideoBitRate 256
766 VideoBufferSize 40
767 VideoGopSize 30
768 AudioBitRate 64
769 StartSendOnKey
770 </Stream>
771 @end example
772
773 @item
774 MP3 audio
775 @example
776 <Stream test.mp3>
777 Feed feed1.ffm
778 Format mp2
779 AudioCodec mp3
780 AudioBitRate 64
781 AudioChannels 1
782 AudioSampleRate 44100
783 NoVideo
784 </Stream>
785 @end example
786
787 @item
788 Ogg Vorbis audio
789 @example
790 <Stream test.ogg>
791 Feed feed1.ffm
792 Metadata title "Stream title"
793 AudioBitRate 64
794 AudioChannels 2
795 AudioSampleRate 44100
796 NoVideo
797 </Stream>
798 @end example
799
800 @item
801 Real with audio only at 32 kbits
802 @example
803 <Stream test.ra>
804 Feed feed1.ffm
805 Format rm
806 AudioBitRate 32
807 NoVideo
808 </Stream>
809 @end example
810
811 @item
812 Real with audio and video at 64 kbits
813 @example
814 <Stream test.rm>
815 Feed feed1.ffm
816 Format rm
817 AudioBitRate 32
818 VideoBitRate 128
819 VideoFrameRate 25
820 VideoGopSize 25
821 </Stream>
822 @end example
823
824 @item
825 For stream coming from a file: you only need to set the input filename
826 and optionally a new format.
827
828 @example
829 <Stream file.rm>
830 File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/tlive.rm"
831 NoAudio
832 </Stream>
833 @end example
834
835 @example
836 <Stream file.asf>
837 File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/test.asf"
838 NoAudio
839 Metadata author "Me"
840 Metadata copyright "Super MegaCorp"
841 Metadata title "Test stream from disk"
842 Metadata comment "Test comment"
843 </Stream>
844 @end example
845 @end itemize
846
847 @c man end
848
849 @include config.texi
850 @ifset config-all
851 @ifset config-avutil
852 @include utils.texi
853 @end ifset
854 @ifset config-avcodec
855 @include codecs.texi
856 @include bitstream_filters.texi
857 @end ifset
858 @ifset config-avformat
859 @include formats.texi
860 @include protocols.texi
861 @end ifset
862 @ifset config-avdevice
863 @include devices.texi
864 @end ifset
865 @ifset config-swresample
866 @include resampler.texi
867 @end ifset
868 @ifset config-swscale
869 @include scaler.texi
870 @end ifset
871 @ifset config-avfilter
872 @include filters.texi
873 @end ifset
874 @end ifset
875
876 @chapter See Also
877
878 @ifhtml
879 @ifset config-all
880 @url{ffserver.html,ffserver},
881 @end ifset
882 @ifset config-not-all
883 @url{ffserver-all.html,ffserver-all},
884 @end ifset
885 the @file{doc/ffserver.conf} example,
886 @url{ffmpeg.html,ffmpeg}, @url{ffplay.html,ffplay}, @url{ffprobe.html,ffprobe},
887 @url{ffmpeg-utils.html,ffmpeg-utils},
888 @url{ffmpeg-scaler.html,ffmpeg-scaler},
889 @url{ffmpeg-resampler.html,ffmpeg-resampler},
890 @url{ffmpeg-codecs.html,ffmpeg-codecs},
891 @url{ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html,ffmpeg-bitstream-filters},
892 @url{ffmpeg-formats.html,ffmpeg-formats},
893 @url{ffmpeg-devices.html,ffmpeg-devices},
894 @url{ffmpeg-protocols.html,ffmpeg-protocols},
895 @url{ffmpeg-filters.html,ffmpeg-filters}
896 @end ifhtml
897
898 @ifnothtml
899 @ifset config-all
900 ffserver(1),
901 @end ifset
902 @ifset config-not-all
903 ffserver-all(1),
904 @end ifset
905 the @file{doc/ffserver.conf} example, ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffprobe(1),
906 ffmpeg-utils(1), ffmpeg-scaler(1), ffmpeg-resampler(1),
907 ffmpeg-codecs(1), ffmpeg-bitstream-filters(1), ffmpeg-formats(1),
908 ffmpeg-devices(1), ffmpeg-protocols(1), ffmpeg-filters(1)
909 @end ifnothtml
910
911 @include authors.texi
912
913 @ignore
914
915 @setfilename ffserver
916 @settitle ffserver video server
917
918 @end ignore
919
920 @bye