[FFmpeg-user] Using ffmpeg to send multicast

[Wernam Wer]

Hi Victor

If what you want is send the file little by little, so someone can connect to the stream after you start the stream, you can try this command
ffmpeg -i conference.mp3 -acodec copy -f rtp rtp://239.8.8.8:5000  -re
With -re you read the input at native frame rate, so you will be sending it as long as the file duration.
I hope it helps.

Wernam

> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:48:39 +0700
> From: vas at mpeks.tomsk.su
> To: ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: [FFmpeg-user] Using ffmpeg to send multicast
> 
> Colleagues, 
> 
> I am trying to stream multicast RTP sound into the network. When I use
> the following command line on FreeBSD:
> 
> ffmpeg -i conference.mp3 -acodec copy -f rtp rtp://239.8.8.8:5000 
> 
> it does work but in a weird way. It spews the whole content of
> conference.mp3 into the network instantly and exits. You can even
> actually hear _part_ of the podcast in the multicast receiver, perhaps
> as much as the receiver's buffer can save (I tested with VLC).
> 
> What is the correct command line to multicast the file smoothly for
> everybody to listen to the podcast? I would like to avoid using
> ffserver if possible since ffmpeg can output RTP natively.
> 
> TIA for any input.
> 
> -- 
> Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
> sip:sudakov at sibptus.tomsk.ru
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