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

[Domnick Eger]

For ease of use I would have to recommend Wowza, or Red5. We use FFMPEG in
conjunction with Wowza to expand it features but Wowza alone is pretty
powerful.

On 10/15/12 12:53 PM, "Jerome Martens" <jeromemartens at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>>>  Is this expected behaviour? How do I make the flv play as soon as
>>>possible 
>> (not waiting 30mins until the input stream has finished)?
>> 
>> I know i got this behavior when streaming from ffmpeg to flash media
>> server, but didn't get this behavior when streaming from flash media
>> encoder to flash media server.  I'm not sure why...do post back if you
>> figure it out :)
>
>One thing which I am not sure about is whether it is possible (if done
>correctly) to setup live streaming using ONLY ffmpeg and ffserver.
>
>Most posts talk about FMS, Darwin Streaming Server, Wowza or similar. Are
>these required? Then I am on the wrong track.
>Or are they just another implementation of what is possible with ffserver?
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>I am very new to video streaming. Would you mind giving a very short
>conceptual overview of the different parts required for a streaming
>server?
>As I have written in the beginning, I am doing nothing else than having
>ffmpeg consume images from an input pipe and send it as a feed to
>ffserver. CAN this work?
>
>Thanks
>Jerome
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