NGINX-based RTMP server

NGINX-based RTMP server

 

NGINX-based RTMP server is a free open source software. It is an NGINX module creating an RTMP server.

Features:

• Live streaming of video/audio
• Recording published streams in FLV file
• HTTP callbacks on publish/play/record
• Advanced buffering techniques to keep memory allocations at a minimum level for faster streaming and low memory footprint
• Works with Flash RTMP clients as well as ffmpeg/rtmpdump/flvstreamer etc

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hello,

I'm the author of nginx-rtmp-module.
Feel free to ask questions or post feature requests.

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Roman

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Thanks Roman - glad to have you on board :)

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hey Roman, have a couple of questions for you:
1. How does your RTMP module compare to Adobe FMS, Wowza, and Red5

2. What is the max concurrent connections this server can handle

3. and does this support any other protocols besides just rtmp?

4. And would this be a good replacement or a better low cost solution to Red5 perhaps?

I've been looking at red5 as a low cost solution but its so buggy that I maybe rethinking this strategy. So any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hello Roman,

I had problems with FMS working as reverse proxy : http://forums.adobe.com/message/4338378

I found your nginx-rtmp module, but I couldn't configure fine, I'm trying to put nginx as reverse proxy in port 80, if there is a HTTP request pass to apache port, if there is a RTMP request pass to 1935 port.

Could you give me a configuration example for that case ?

Regards,
Luis.

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

nice, I'll try to answer
The module was developed as a replacement for PyFMS. It's being actively developed and will include many features from the products you have mentioned.
The module makes use of single-threaded event-based architecture. So the number of connections is only limited by your OS' open descriptors number setting as well as network bandwidth and network driver performance. In tests we have conducted userspace cpu usage was always near zero point when broadcasting to 2000 users (we have Xeon machine, the test only used one core out of 8).
The module does not support any other protocols. However NGINX obviously supports HTTP and can play FLVs with random seeking.
I'm doing my best for that :)

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hello Roman

I need nginx use rtmp support flv files.
but I dont know how to configration the module.

Could you give me a configuration example for that case ?

Thank you very much!:D

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hy, nice job. Authentication supported? I mean Streamer/Reader auth.

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

The Getting Started Guide: https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-m...ith-nginx-rtmp

Wiki Manual: https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-m...iki/Directives

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

The project is being actively developed. Many new features were added like HLS, advanced recorder, stream transcoding, distributed streaming etc. Please post questions here or visit project blog for more details.

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hi Roman,

I'm a video noob so I need a few basics explaining to me. I want to stash some pre-recorded videos on my amazon server (they're free right now BTW) and embed them in some web page served up by the same server.

1) Can I deliver the videos over port 80 or do I have to assume the viewer isn't behind a firewall?

2) If the former, how do I configure nginx and your plugin to have everything coming over 80, presumably with the videos under some URL directory?

3) What do I put in the web page to show the video on any browser on any device?

4) Do I need any other SW, and if so, is any of it proprietory?

5) To get the best cross-browser support without spending money, and to optimise speed and resolution, how should I encode the videos?

6) Can I do any adaptive bit rate tricks?

Thanks in advance,
Adrian.

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hi
that's VOD (video on demand)
nginx-rtmp supports mp4 & flv formats

you can use any port

use "listen 80" directive

for watching on desktop use any flash video player (JWPlayer, FlowPLayer, OSMF etc) or write your own flash app. For mobile devices you need HLS. VOD HLS is not supported in nginx-rtmp. I'm now writing such a module, it will be a proprietary module, I'll post more details later. You can escape using HLS and play mp4 on device.

you might need ffmpeg, it's free

transcode videos to H264 & AAC with ffmpeg/libx264/libfaac.

with JWPlayer6 it's possible to have several bitrates for a single stream.

Thanks in advance,
Adrian.[/quote]

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hello! I'm trying to record a stream using this module, but the .flv file doesn't actually appears on the recorded_path I've set. Any ideas why?

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Hey Roman,
I'm trying to compile the nginx with module. I'm doing steps from this tutorial:

but after compile, there is no nginx in my sbin..
what should i do?

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Is there any way as of now that I can play mp3/audio files with rtmp ?

If not possible solutions to it, red5 is really a mess when i try to play mp3 files.

Cheers!:D

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

How to fix this?
When I use rtmpdump, it never starts at 0.0 second,
And after dumping for a while, it auto reconnect, and the obtain video is break !

Re: NGINX-based RTMP server

 

Streamhash streaming software has also a NGINX based RTMP server.