/rtsp2mjpg

RTSP to MJPEG stream conversion using FFmpeg and FFserver

Primary LanguageDockerfile

RTSP to MJPEG stream conversion using FFmpeg and FFserver

Below are the environmental variables available and their default value. Override them as needed.

Variables Default
RTSP_URL rtsp://freja.hiof.no:1935/rtplive/definst/hessdalen03.stream
FFSERVER_LOG_LEVEL error
FFMPEG_LOG_LEVEL warning
FFMPEG_INPUT_OPTS empty
FFMPEG_OUTPUT_OPTS empty

Output

Live stream: http://<IP>:8090/live.mjpg
Still snapshot: http://<IP>:8090/still.jpg

The ffserver.conf values are set for Wyze Cam V2 output. If you need to customize it you can pull the source and build with your own values.

ffserver.conf man page: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/ffserver-all.1.html

Docker Compose

  • Clone the repo
  • Edit docker-compose.yaml for any customizations needed
  • Launch the containers using docker-compose up -d

There will be an nginx container included to proxy ffserver. I find that it handles situations where the ffserver backend becomes unresponse better with a timeout reponse.

With docker-compose, the output can be accessed via:

Live stream: http://<IP>/live.mjpg
Still snapshot: http://<IP>/still.jpg