HLS and DASH guide on an Nginx server with RTMP mode enabled, with FFmpeg as support

ffmpeg_dash.sh

ffmpeg -re -i INPUT -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -preset slower -f dash ARBITRARY_NAME.mpd

ffmpeg_hls.sh

# Remember to redirect all the stream files (the .ts files) in the playlist files (the .m3u8 files) using 

ffmpeg -i 'input_file.mkv' \
-filter_complex \
"[0:v]split=3[v1][v2][v3]; \
[v1]copy[v1out]; [v2]scale=w=640:h=360[v2out]; [v3]scale=w=352:h=288[v3out]" \
-map [v1out] -c:v:0 libx264 -b:v:0 5M -maxrate:v:0 5M -minrate:v:0 5M -bufsize:v:0 10M -preset slow \
-map [v2out] -c:v:1 libx264 -b:v:1 3M -maxrate:v:1 3M -minrate:v:1 3M -bufsize:v:1 3M -preset slow \
-map [v3out] -c:v:2 libx264 -b:v:2 1M -maxrate:v:2 1M -minrate:v:2 1M -bufsize:v:2 1M -preset slow \
-map a:0 -c:a:0 aac -b:a:0 96k -ac 2 \
-map a:0 -c:a:1 aac -b:a:1 96k -ac 2 \
-map a:0 -c:a:2 aac -b:a:2 48k -ac 2 \
-f hls \
-hls_time 2 \
-hls_playlist_type vod \
-hls_flags independent_segments \
-hls_segment_type mpegts \
-hls_segment_filename stream_%v/data%02d.ts \
-master_pl_name master.m3u8 \
-var_stream_map "v:0,a:0 v:1,a:1 v:2,a:2" stream_%v.m3u8

hls_dash_server_configuration.md

First of all, we need to do all the things indicated here: https://gist.github.com/DevStefIt/23b8971db7e3fe084d29f2c915fb7773 We need to modify the Nginx configuration file:

sudo vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Then, have to add the following lines in the existing RTMP configuration (or create a new one if you do not have it)

. . .
rtmp {
        server {
...
                application live {
                        live on;
                        record off;
                        hls on;
                        hls_path /var/www/html/stream/hls;
                        hls_fragment 3;
                        hls_playlist_length 60;
                        hls_cleanup off;

                        dash on;
                        dash_path /var/www/html/stream/dash;
                        dash_cleanup off;
                }
        }
}
...

We need to configure a block in the sites-available folder.

sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/rtmp

And insert the following lines:

...
server {
    listen 8088;

    location / {
        add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
        root /var/www/html/stream;
    }
}

types {
    application/dash+xml mpd;
}

Port 8088 is chosen because it is different than the other chose ports.

We enable port 8088 in TCP mode on the firewall

sudo ufw allow 8088/tcp

We create the folders of interest

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/stream/hls
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/stream/dash

We also grant a reasonable access for the current user

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html/stream
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/stream

We reload Nginx

sudo systemctl reload nginx

streaming_commands.md

If you would like to stream your file via RTMP

ffmpeg -re -i INPUT -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -preset ultrafast -tune zerolatency -f flv rtmp://127.0.0.1/live/ARBITRARY_NAME

To view the content via HLS:

http://server_ip:8088/hls/ARBITRARY_NAME.m3u8

To view the content via DASH:

http://server_ip:8088/dash/ARBITRARY_NAME.mpd

try using this command to start stream but replace file name with yours and also the paths to your hls and dash root@TashingaPc:/mnt/d# ffmpeg -re -i 'Big_Buck_Bunny.mp4' -c:v libx264 -preset slower -tune zerolatency -c:a aac -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/bbb -f hls -hls_time 3 -hls_list_size 20 -hls_segment_filename "/var/www/html/stream/hls/segment_%03d.ts" "/var/www/html/stream/hls/index.m3u8" -f dash -seg_duration 3 -init_seg_name "init.m4s" -media_seg_name "chunk_%03d.m4s" "/var/www/html/stream/dash/manifest.mpd" -loglevel debug