[FFmpeg-user] Cannot stream live in FLV format. SWF works. Why?

Jerome Martens jeromemartens at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 15 20:56:51 CEST 2012



>>  Thank you, Roger. This link will be definitely helpful in tuning the 
> latency to the optimum later. But I think I have a problem at a more basic 
> level.
>> 
>>  Would you say that encoding the image sequence using the flv vcodec and 
> streaming as swf/flv stream is correct in principle? If yes, why would a browser 
> (Chrome and Firefox tested) not start playing the flv stream before the full 
> stream has been transmitted?
> 
> So your problem is that it doesn't "start streaming" until the
> streaming input has stopped?

Exactly. At least for the flv configuration. It streams with a delay of a few seconds for the swf configuration.
Is this expected behaviour? How do I make the flv play as soon as possible (not waiting 30mins until the input stream has finished)?

Thanks
Jerome



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