FFmpeg can easily be used to stream to YouTube Live for streaming broadcasts. These Python scripts compute the optimal parameters. Should work on any OS (Mac, Linux, Windows).
| Linux: | requires X11, not Wayland (choose at login) |
|---|---|
| FFmpeg: | >= 3.0 required |
| Python: | >= 3.6 required |
Contents
From PyPi:
python -m pip install YouTubeLiveFFmpeg
Or for the latest copy from Github:
python -m pip install -e .
In all cases, you must first configure YouTube Live. Then your chosen input will stream live on YouTube Live.
In the non-file streaming scripts, you can specify your video/audio device if desired at the top of the script. You can find device names with commands like:
- Windows:
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy - Mac:
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i "" - Linux:
v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Audio is included:
python Webcam2YouTubeLive.py
Audio is included:
python Screenshare2YouTubeLive.py
| -fps | set frames/second |
| -res | set resolution XxY of your screen |
| -o | set origin (upper left) |
Glob list of video files to stream:
python FileGlob2YouTubeLive.py path pattern
| -loop | optionally loop endlessly the globbed file list |
python FileGlob2YouTubeLive.py ~/Videos "*.avi"
python FileGlob2YouTubeLive.py ~/Videos "*.avi" -loop
Glob list of video files to stream. Note you must include a static image (could be your logo):
python FileGlob2YouTubeLive.py path pattern -i image
path path to where video files are pattern e.g. "*.avi" pattern matching video files -i filename of image to use as stream background
e.g. stream all .mp3 audio under ~/Library directory:
python FileGlob2YouTubeLive.py ~/Library "*.mp3" -i mylogo.jpg
FileLoop2YouTubeLive.py videofile
This is NOT streaming, just saves to a file on your disk, perhaps for upload as a standard non-live YouTube video:
python ScreenCapture2disk.py myvid.avi
- FFmpeg Ubuntu PPA
- Reference webpage
- Test videos for looping/globbing
- DirectShow device selection
- DirectShow examples