Rasbperry Pi - FFmpeg Install and Stream to Web

Part list to purchase:

1. Raspberry Pi 3 https://amzn.to/2VJIOBy

2. USB camera Logitech https://amzn.to/35w1DMN

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The following tutorial will show you how to install FFmpeg onto the Raspberry Pi and stream video to the local web which can be access through computer/phone/tablet.

1. Install library

cd /usr/src
 git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264
 cd x264
 ./configure --host=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi --enable-static --disable-opencl
 make
 sudo make install

2. Install FFmpeg

cd /usr/src
 git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
 cd ffmpeg/
 sudo ./configure --arch=armel --target-os=linux --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree
 make

Note: Model B+ (4-Cores) can do “make -j4” instead of  “make”. This "make" command will take 4 hours long 🠚 take a sleep instead of waiting for it!

sudo make install

3. Config something:

gedit /etc/ffserver.conf

Input following settings:

Port 8090
 # bind to all IPs aliased or not
 BindAddress 0.0.0.0
 # max number of simultaneous clients
 MaxClients 10
 # max bandwidth per-client (kb/s)
 MaxBandwidth 1000
 # Suppress that if you want to launch ffserver as a daemon.
 NoDaemon

<Feed feed1.ffm>
 File /tmp/feed1.ffm
 FileMaxSize 10M
 </Feed>

<Stream test.mjpg>
 Feed feed1.ffm
 Format mpjpeg
 VideoFrameRate 4
 VideoSize 600x480
 VideoBitRate 80
 # VideoQMin 1
 # VideoQMax 100
 VideoIntraOnly
 NoAudio
 Strict -1
 </Stream>

Make execute file for easy command:

gedit /usr/sbin/webcam.sh

Input following settings:

ffserver -f /etc/ffserver.conf & ffmpeg -v verbose -r 5 -s 600x480 -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm

Change the mode for file webcam.sh so it can execute, then run it:

chmod +x /usr/sbin/webcam.sh
 /usr/sbin/webcam.sh

After the above command, streaming will be started to local web.

Go to web browser, type address <your-ip-address:8090>/test.mjpg

Result

Note: To stop the camera, press Ctrl+C at terminal, then type command:

pkill ffserver

As a test, I uploaded this video where you can see clock needle rotate every single second!

4. Automatic run

In order to run FFmpeg service without typing the command /usr/sbin/webcam.sh, go to /etc/rc.local 🠚 then add command line /usr/sbin/webcam.sh before "exit 0". Every time Raspberry starts up, FFmpeg will automatically run without typing code.