media-server

    • Support which streams can be pushed to and played from
    • Support edge server to proxy push/pull requests
    • Support /flv/ play
    • Support rtmp push
    • Streams are uniquely determined by vhost/app/stream_name
    • Configurable push/pull
    • Support simplified rtmp protocol that eliminates rtmp handshake process
    • Support (via http) to check the status of the current server/streams
    • Support video/audio only live streaming
    • Configurable length(typically several seconds)
    • Support keep pulling streams for several seconds when no players are watching
    • Support dumping into log for monitoring purpose
    • Support different re-publish policy
    • Support https
    • All features brought by

    Supported operating system: Linux, MacOSX.

    • Install brpc which is the main dependency of media-server
    • Compile media-server with cmake:
    • Run media-server as origin server with minimum configuration(the default port is 8079):

    Then you can push/play stream from it.

    Please run

    to get all configurations in detail.

    • -proxy_lb When -proxy_to is a naming service(such as http://…), you need to specify load balancing algorithm. The options are rr, random, la, c_murmurhash and c_md5. Read for details.

    • -port Specifies the service port of media-server. Brpc is characterized by supporting all protocols on the same port, so this port can also be used for accessing the built-in service via http. Only ports in the range of 8000-9000 can be accessed by browsers, which means if the service port is external, be sure to configure -internal_port to prevent built-in service from leaking detailed service information.

    • -retry_interval_ms When media-server runs in edge mode, push and pull requests to upstreams will be retried when error happens until clients no longer need. This option specifies the minimum interval for continuous retry, which is 1 second by default.

    • -share_publish_connection When set to true, multiple streams connected to the same server will reuse the same rtmp connection in publish.

    • -timeout_ms Timeout period for creating a stream when media-server runs in edge mode. The default value is 1000ms.

    • -server_idle_timeout Connections without data transmission for so many seconds will be closed. The default value is -1(turned off).

    • -cdn_merge_to When this option is set, media-server starts two ports, one for external service request and the other for the aggregating request. Usually the aggregating server will be found using consistent hashing, which is used widely in cache service. This option is often used in cdn nodes.

    • -flagfile media-server uses gflags options, which is specified by default in the command line and can also in file format during online deployment by using -flagfile.