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Red5 Streaming

Hi All, great player by the way.

I am looking for some help if at all possible, I have red5 workin gperfectly using the oflademo and I am able to stream webcam content and flv files perfectly.

Now onto my problem, I am not sure how I would send a stream lets say from VLC to red5 so red5 can re distribute the stream to my viewers for example.

HTTP (VLC) >>>>>> RED5 >>>>> VIEWERS (JWPLAYER)

so I would have something like this

VLC = http://myip:8080 sending to http://myip/oflademo , then on jwplayer http://myip/oflademo stream=newhttpdemo as an example.

I hope you understand what I am trying to do, I want red5 to accept a http stream from somewhere, convert it into flash , and then restream out live.

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Search the Forum for "FME3 Red5".
bc.. http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/search/google_cse_adv/fme3%20red5




There are instructions for setting up FME3 as a publisher. Using VLC as the publisher should be similar..

See this thread:
bc.. http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/forums/jw-player/servers-and-streaming/9574/how-to-stream-live-to-red5



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Not quiet right, I can already stream a hardware source such as a cam but thats not my goal.

I have VLC thats happily streaming a http stream like this

http://myip:8080/

Now I want to take that feed, send it to red5 with a stream name so I can re broadcast it using my current facility.

rmtp://myip/httpdemo

It would be easier I know to embed a http player, but I want to use red5

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Ir is simple to set up red5 application to connect to the server and package as flv data, if you know java. It is possible but takes dedication to learn and follow through. I've just begun the process of open sourcing the red5 shoutcast app. Depending on the format, it may provide you with with everything you need.

http://code.google.com/p/castshout/

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There are already existing methods for publishing a video file to Red5 and the other RTMP servers. VLC isn't one of them (yet) because it doesn't do RTMP streaming.

A better choice would be Flash Media Encoder (FME) or Xuggler.

Google a bit for "vlc stream red5" and see what you come up with...

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OOPS!

I inadvertently forgot to mention the Red5 app. SteamStream *http://red5wiki.com/wiki/SteamStream*

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I hear the pain when it comes to Java. Ignore VLC for the moment.

VLC is just the source file or stream, It would appear vlc does not communicate with RED5 which is a shame BUT are there any programmes similar that do.

Basically I have several Http streams running that I want to inject into red5 so red5 converts from http to rtmp.

The hardware only import does not really suit my needs. I have no java knowledge what so ever. IS there an application for red5 that accepts a hhtp stream as a source , then encodes into rtmp

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I have solved my problem if anyone else comes across this problem you can use ffmpeg and it works perfectly.

Here is the context if you need it.

ffmpeg -i http://yourstreamhere:8813 -re -acodec libfaac -ar 22050 -vcodec libx264 -fpre "C:\Program Files (x86)\Xuggle\share\ffmpeg\libx264-default.ffpreset" -f flv rtmp://yourred5IP/oflaDemo/name your stream here

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@minty,

It works!

I've looked at Xuggle a few times but never implemented it.

Thanks to the command line you posted, I have a fourth way to feed Red5 (previously used the Red5 Publisher Demo, FME, and the JW Player as publishers).

What is the source of your stream at *http://yourstreamhere:8813/*


*_P.S. Thanks to whomever fixed the SPAM filter and is allowing the posting of links!!!_*

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