[FFmpeg-user] Long delay during live streaming

[W Jansen]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:27 AM, En Figureo Canal <figureo56.com at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Today I finally was able to send a feed from my pc's capture card to
> ffserver but, when i play the stream on either vlc or with ffplay, there's
> a long delay of about 3 minutes. Also, if I stop viewing it and play it
> again, then the stream starts from when I started uploading the feed.
>
> I MUST be doing something wrong, please guide me or point me to the right
> place where I can find a solution to the problem.
>
> I'm sending the feed from pc using ffmpeg:
>
> ffmpeg -rtbufsize 1500M -f dshow -i video="input":audio="input" -vcodec
> libx264 -preset ultrafast -tune zerolatency
> http://ipaddress:8090/livefeed.ffm
>
> My ffserver configuration looks like this:
>
> <Feed livefeed.ffm>
>         File /root/livefeed.ffm
>         FileMaxSize 1000M
> </Feed>
>
> <Stream livetv.flv>
>
>         Feed livefeed.ffm
>         Format flv
>
>         VideoCodec libx264
>         VideoSize 320x188
>         AVOptionVideo maxrate 500k
>         AVOptionVideo preset ultrafast
>         AVOptionVideo bufsize 1000k
>         AVOptionVideo flags +global_header
>
>
>         AudioCodec libfdk_aac #libmp3lame
>         AudioBitRate 96
>         AudioChannels 2
>         AudioSampleRate 44100
>         AVOptionAudio flags +global_header
>
>
>         PreRoll 0
>         MaxTime 0
>
>         NoDefaults
> </Stream>
>
> I'm just doing a test so I can learn more about ffmpeg and ffserver. Thanks
> in advanced for your time.
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Decrease your FileMaxSize in fffserver config.
1M could be enough in your environment.

Best regards,

Wido