RTSP, RTMP, and HTTP server in Node.js

• Supports RTSP, RTMP/RTMPE/RTMPT/RTMPTE, and HTTP.
• Supports only H.264 video and AAC audio.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/iizukanao/node-rtsp-rtmp-server.git
$ cd node-rtsp-rtmp-server
$ npm install -d

Configuration

Edit config.coffee.

Starting the server

$ cd node-rtsp-rtmp-server
$ sudo coffee server.coffee

or use Node.js directly:

$ cd node-rtsp-rtmp-server
$ coffee -c .
$ sudo node server.js

If serverPort is above 1023 in config.coffee, you can omit sudo.

Publishing streams

From Flash Media Live Encoder

Flash Media Live Encoder is a free live encoder from Adobe.

In the Encoding Options panel, check "Stream to Flash Media Server" and set the URL to:

• FMS URL: rtmp://localhost/live
• Backup URL: (blank)
• Stream: myStream (or whatever you like)

Press the "Connect" button. Set the video format to H.264, and the audio format to AAC. Press the "Start" button.

From FFmpeg

If you have an MP4 file with H.264 video and AAC audio:

$ ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a copy -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/myStream

Or if you have an MP4 file that is encoded in other audio/video format:

$ ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -c:a libfdk_aac -ab 128k -ar 44100 -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/myStream

Replace input.mp4 with live audio/video sources.

From RTSP client

You can publish streams from RTSP client such as FFmpeg.

$ ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -c:a libfdk_aac -ab 128k -ar 44100 -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:80/live

Or you can publish it over TCP instead of UDP, by specifying -rtsp_transport tcp option. TCP is favorable if you publish large data from FFmpeg.

$ ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -c:a libfdk_aac -ab 128k -ar 44100 -f rtsp -rtsp_transport tcp rtsp://localhost:80/live

From GStreamer

For an MP4 file with H.264 video and AAC audio:

$ gst-launch-0.10 filesrc location=input.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demux ! \
    flvmux name=mux streamable=true ! queue ! \
    rtmpsink location='rtmp://localhost/live/myStream' demux. ! \
    multiqueue name=mq ! h264parse ! mux. demux. ! mq. mq. ! aacparse ! mux.

Replace input.mp4 with live audio/video sources.

Accessing the live stream

Via RTSP

RTSP stream is for VLC media player or Android's VideoView.

RTSP URL: rtsp://localhost:80/live

Note that the RTSP server runs on port 80 by default.

Via RTMP

RTMP stream is for Flash Player. Flowplayer and JW Player are both good free players.

RTMP URL: rtmp://localhost/live/myStream

If you have rtmpdump installed, you can record the video with:

$ rtmpdump -v -r rtmp://localhost/live/myStream -o dump.flv