Thursday, May 25, 2023

How to Install and Use RTSP Simple Server

 
How to Install and Use RTSP Simple Server
 
1. Create a folder to store the app

mkdir /etc/rtsp-server
cd /etc/rtsp-server

 
2. Download the latest release. On a Linux command line, you might use a command like:

wget https://github.com/aler9/rtsp-simple-server/releases/download/v0.17.11/rtsp-simple-server_v0.17.11_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Please replace v0.17.11 with the latest version.

3.  Extract the downloaded file:

tar -xzf rtsp-simple-server_v0.17.11_linux_amd64.tar.gz
 
4. This will create a rtsp-simple-server file in your current directory. This is the server executable.
 
5.  To keep the rtsp-simple-server running as a service on a Linux-based system, you can create a systemd service.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rtsp-simple-server.service
 
Then, add the following content to the file:

[Unit]
Description=RTSP Simple Server
After=network.target
 
[Service]
ExecStart=/etc/rtsp-server/rtsp-simple-server /etc/rtsp-server/rtsp-simple-server.yml
 
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
User=yourusername
Group=yourgroupname
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

 
Replace yourusername and yourgroupname with your username and group name respectively. 

Save the file and exit the editor.

Now reload the systemd manager configuration:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 
To start the service immediately, use:

sudo systemctl start rtsp-simple-server
 
To enable the service to start on boot, use:

sudo systemctl enable rtsp-simple-server
 
You can check the status of the service with:

sudo systemctl status rtsp-simple-server
 
6. To stream an MP4 file using RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol):

ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 -c copy -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:8554/stream
 
To continuously loop the video and stream it, you can use the -stream_loop -1 option with FFmpeg, which tells FFmpeg to loop the input indefinitely.

ffmpeg -stream_loop -1 -re -i input.mp4 -c copy -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:8554/stream
 


 
7. Test the stream (replace localhost by the server IP if testing from another machine)
 






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