docs sat explicitly NOT to set this to a low value for live video, but without it, ffmpeg would go ham, then it would hang and reconnect, causing the stream to stutter. Generally used to simulate a live-stream. equivalent to -readrate speed 1, makes it so for every one second, ffmpeg download 1 second of video. I believe these just help it stay connected, not sure if they make a real difference or not, but I had a few times ffmpeg would lose connection and it ran for two hours after I added this multiple_requests 1 -reconnect 1 -reconnect_at_eof 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max if you get disconnected, try leaving the page open in your browser to see if that helps.īreaking down what I understand of this command: Note: some sites only keep their tokens valid as long as the web page is open. copy below ffmpeg -multiple_requests 1 -reconnect 1 -reconnect_at_eof 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 2 -re -user_agent 'Mozilla/5.0 etc' -referer '' -i ' -c:v copy -c:a aac -ar 44100 -ab 128k -ac 2 -strict -2 -flags +global_header -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -bufsize 3000k -f flv rtmp://my-rtmp-server:1234/stream-key I then modified it for restreaming (probably did an awful job, but this is what worked).:įfmpeg -multiple_requests 1 -reconnect 1 -reconnect_at_eof 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 2 -re -user_agent 'Mozilla/5.0 etc' -referer ' ' -i ' -c:v copy -c:a aac -ar 44100 -ab 128k -ac 2 -strict -2 -flags +global_header -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -bufsize 3000k -f flv rtmp://my-rtmp-server:1234/stream-key This command would download the video locally. copy below ffmpeg -user_agent 'Mozilla/5.0 etc' (my browsers user agent presumably) -referer '' -i '' -c copy 'chunklist.ts' there were multiple, I chose the one with the highest bitrate) which looked something like this:įfmpeg -user_agent 'Mozilla/5.0 etc' (my browsers user agent presumably) -referer ' ' -i ' ' -c copy 'chunklist.ts' I think youtube-dl works better in those cases, but have no idea how I would use it for this.Īfter logging into the service and going to the stream page, I used the stream detector firefox addon to extract a base ffmpeg command, for a m3u8 file (chunklist, not playlist, though might vary for you. Keep in mind, whatever site you pull from may encrypt their stream, in which case you may be DOA.

This should only be done with permission or proper licensing.įirstly, I believe you need ffmpeg-all to utilize all the commands listed, not just essentials.įor my personal streaming site, I use owncast. For any future internet historians who run into the same situation, here was my solution:

Open rtmp server to internet