rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg 0.0.2

Web viewer for RTSP streams that relies on ffmpeg.

Description

Web server that displays an RTSP video stream using ffmpeg as backend.

Sound is not supported.

Use as a Docker container

This section explains how to use this repository with Docker.

1. Build Docker container:

   $ git clone https://github.com/luiscarlosgph/rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg.git
   $ cd rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg/docker
   $ docker build -t rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg .
   

2. Launch Docker container:

   $ docker run --name rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg --net=host -e RTSP=<rtsp_stream_address> -e PORT=<port> -e WEB_TITLE=<web_title> -e WEB_PWD=<password> rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg:latest &
   

   Options:

   • RTSP: RTSP stream address.
   • PORT: listening port for the web server that will play the camera video.
   • WEB_TITLE: the name of the website that will be displayed by your web browser.
   • WEB_PWD: the URL-based password to access the web player.

3. Access the web player: http://127.0.0.1:<port>/<password>.

Use as a standalone program

This sections explains how to use this repository without Docker, as a standalone Python program.

1. Install dependencies:

   $ sudo apt update
   $ sudo apt install ffmpeg
   

2. Install rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg:

   $ git clone https://github.com/luiscarlosgph/rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg.git
   $ cd rtspwebviewer-ffmpeg
   $ python3 setup.py install
   

3. Run ffmpeg to convert the RTSP stream into HLS:

   $ ffmpeg -fflags nobuffer -rtsp_transport tcp -i <rtsp_stream_address> -c copy -hls_time 2 -hls_wrap 10 <path_to_m3u8_file>
   

4. Run the web server:

   $ python3 -m rtspwebviewer_ffmpeg.run --address <listening_ip_address> --port <port> --title <web_title> --password <password> --m3u8 <path_to_m3u8_file>
   

   Options:

   • --address: Listening address, use 0.0.0.0 to listen in all interfaces (required).
   • --port: TCP port to listen on (required).
   • --title: website title (required).
   • --password: password to append to the URL of the web server to access the web player (optional).
   • ---m3u8: path to the m3u8 file generated by ffmpeg in the previous step (required).

5. Access the web viewer: http://<address>:<port>/<password>, e.g. for address 0.0.0.0, port 11931, and no password, access http://127.0.0.1:11931.

Author

Luis C. Garcia-Peraza Herrera ([e-mail]).

License

This repository is shared under an MIT License.