Live streaming server using Nginx with RTMP module

Operation System

• Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

Prerequisites

• Nginx 1.17.4 from Nginx.org or Github
• Openssl 1.1.1 from OpenSSL.org or Github
• Pcre 8.43 from PCRE.org
• Zlib 1.2.11 from Zlib
• Nginx-rtmp-module from Github

Build Nginx with RTMP module

• Generate Makefile

./configure \\
--prefix=/usr/local/nginx \\
--with-pcre=../pcre-8.43 \\
--with-openssl=../openssl-1.1.1d \\
--with-zlib=../zlib-1.2.11 \\
--with-http_ssl_module \\
--with-http_v2_module \\
--with-http_flv_module \\
--with-http_mp4_module \\
--add-module=../nginx-rtmp-module \\

• Compile and install Nginx

sudo make install

Nginx Configurations

• nginx.conf

FFmpeg Command Example

ffmpeg.exe -f dshow -i video="your Webcam" -vf scale=640x480 -b:v 750k -minrate 375k -maxrate 1088k -bufsize 2176k -g 60 -threads 4 -quality good -crf 33 -c:v libx264 -preset:v ultrafast -c:a aac -f flv rtmp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/dash/mystream

Reference

• Build Nignx on Ubuntu

  • How To Install Nginx RTMP Server + HLS on Ubuntu 16.04 | EASY!
  • Setting up HLS live streaming server using NGINX + nginx-rtmp-module on Ubuntu
  • ubuntu搭建推流服務器Nginx+rtmp

• Nginx

  • Nginx Directives
  • Nginx-rtmp-module Directives

• FFmpeg

  • FFmpeg Documentation
  • FFmpeg Formats Documentation
  • Encoding for streaming sites
  • Live encoding with VP9 using FFmpeg