[FFmpeg-user] m3u8 live stream will not play in google chrome

[hans gerte]

Hi , you have to enable the flash plugin in chrome for it to work. as
chrome by default is blocking flash..

2018-07-24 20:12 GMT+02:00 Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com>:

> 2018-07-24 19:53 GMT+02:00, Micael Silva <micaelsilva at gmail.com>:
> > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Anthony Griffiths <neuronetv at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I use ffmpeg on a centos 6 machine to create a live stream that goes
> >> to a centos 6 vps server running nginx. This is the command:
> >>
> >> ffmpeg -y -f mpegts -i /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 -f flv \
> >> -codec:v libx264 -preset slow -s 320x180 -qscale:v 20 -maxrate 600k
> >> -bufsize 1000k -vf scale=-1:240 -threads 0 \
> >> -vsync cfr -framerate 25 -c:a aac -b:a 64k -af aformat=s16:44100
> >> rtmp://nginx-server/mobile
>
> Complete, uncut console output missing.
> -f mpegts should be removed, -s and -vf scale is undefined
> behaviour imo, I suspect -qscale has no effect on x264,
> threads 0 is superfluous
>
> >> nginx delivers the video as http://198.91.92.112:90/mobile/index.m3u8
> >>
> >> the command works and the video plays on a mobile phone and in MS Edge
> >> but it won't play in google chrome on a windows desktop.
> >> The stream can be viewed here: http://198.91.92.112/edge.html.
> >> Ironically it will play in chrome on an android device.
> >> I'm fairly certain the 'f -flv' bit in the command is the culprit
> >> however ffmpeg won't run without it. Can anyone help in correcting
> >> this command so the stream will play in google chrome?
>
> Why aren't you asking the Chrome people what is wrong with
> the stream?
>
> > Probably there is some wrong packaging occurring because of the order of
> > the arguments.
>
> > Everything that comes after -f says about the muxer and
> > -codec should come before that.
>
> This sounds wrong to me.
>
> Carl Eugen
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