Streaming from Sony PXW X70 with ffmpeg. Display, save and forward stream to Youtube

stream_from_pxw_x70.ps1

## Stream to youtube with ffmpeg
## recieve stream from Sony PXW-X70
## Author: 2015 Philipp Gassmann ([email protected])
## Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
## http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

# Download ffmpeg binary package for windows from here:
# http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

##To enable powerscripts run the following command in a Administrator PowerShell
#set-executionpolicy remotesigned
## Execute this script in Windows PowerShell with .\stream_from_pxw_x70.ps1

$VBR="2500k"                                    # Bitrate to stream
$MAX="4000k"                                    # Max Bitrate
$FPS=25                                         # Framerate
$QUAL="medium"                                  # FFMPEG Quality
$YOUTUBE_URL="rtmp://x.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"  # Youtube Server

$SOURCE="udp://0.0.0.0:1234?fifo_size=1024000&overrun_nonfatal=1"   # Listen on port 1234, add buffering and recover from failures
$KEY="<Replace with your key>"                               # Stream Name from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/my_live_events
$LOGO="logo.png"                                             # Logo only appears on first stream (Youtube)
$SAVETO = "Stream.ts" -replace ' ', '` '

## executable
$ffmpeg = "$HOME\Documents\streaming\ffmpeg-20150717-git-8250943-win64-static\bin\ffmpeg.exe" -replace ' ', '` '

# Display the video, save it to disk, add logo in upper right corner and stream it to youtube.
Invoke-Expression "$ffmpeg -thread_queue_size 1024 ``
    -i '$SOURCE' ``
    -i $LOGO -filter_complex '[0:v] [1:v] overlay=W-w-10:10'``
    -vcodec libx264  -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset $QUAL -r $FPS -g $(($FPS * 2)) -maxrate $MAX -b:v $VBR ``
    -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -crf 28 -b:a 712000 -bufsize 2000k ``
    -f flv '$YOUTUBE_URL/$KEY' ``
    -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -f sdl 'Live Preview' ``
    -c copy -f mpegts $SAVETO"

## Just display:
# Invoke-Expression "$ffmpeg ``
  # -i $SOURCE ``
  # -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -f sdl 'Live Preview'"

stream_from_pxw_x70.sh

#! /bin/bash
#
# Stream to youtube with ffmpeg
# recieve stream from Sony PXW-X70
# 
# Author: 2015 Philipp Gassmann ([email protected])
# Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
# http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

VBR="2500k"                                    # Bitrate to stream
MAX="4000k"                                    # Max Bitrate
FPS="25"                                       # Framerate
QUAL="medium"                                  # FFMPEG Quality
YOUTUBE_URL="rtmp://x.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"  # Youtube Server

SOURCE="udp://:1234?fifo_size=1024000&overrun_nonfatal=1"   # Listen on port 1234, add buffering and recover from failures
KEY="<Replace with your key>"                               # Stream Name from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/my_live_events
LOGO="logo.png"                                             # Logo only appears on first stream (Youtube)
SAVETO = "Stream.ts"

# Display the video, save it to disk, add logo in upper right corner and stream it to youtube.
ffmpeg \
    -i "$SOURCE" \
    -i $LOGO -filter_complex "[0:v] [1:v] overlay=W-w-10:10"\
    -vcodec libx264  -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset $QUAL -r $FPS -g $(($FPS * 2)) -maxrate $MAX -b:v $VBR \
    -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -crf 28 -b:a 712000 -bufsize 2000k \
      -f flv "$YOUTUBE_URL/$KEY" \
    -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -f sdl "Live Preview" \
    -c copy -f mpegts $SAVETO


# Just display:
# ffmpeg \
#    -i "$SOURCE" \
#    -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -f sdl "Live Preview"


## Just stream and display:
#ffmpeg \
#    -i "$SOURCE" \
#    -vcodec libx264  -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset $QUAL -r $FPS -g $(($FPS * 2)) -maxrate $MAX -b:v $VBR \
#    -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -crf 28 -b:a 712000 -bufsize 2000k \
#      -f flv "$YOUTUBE_URL/$KEY" \
#    -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -f sdl "Live Preview"

Streaming from Sony PXW X70.md

Streaming from Sony PXW-X70

Streaming from Sony PXW X70 with ffmpeg. Display, save and forward stream to Youtube

Camera Settings

requires Firmware 2.0

• Configure your camera to connect to the same network as your Computer (Network > Wi-Fi SET)
• Go to the Network -> Streaming Menu
• Configure the Preset,
  • Set SIZE to 1280x720
  • In DESTINATION SET enter the IP of your Computer as Host Name (You can use the Touchscreen)
  • Leave Port on 1234
• Set PRESET SELECT to the Preset you just configured
• Select EXECUTE and choose Wi-Fi
• Press the [THUMBNAIL] button to start sending the stream.

Script Settings

• Go to Youtube and prepare your livestream https://www.youtube.com/my_live_events
• Edit the Script to your liking
  • e.g. Remove logo filter line
  • e.g. remove copy stream line
• Replace the placeholder with your Youtube stream name
• Execute the script

Execution on Windows

To enable execution of local PowerShell scripts run the following command in a Administrator PowerShell

set-executionpolicy remotesigned

Start PowerShell, navigate to the folder of the script and execute the script.

cd .\Downloads
.\stream_from_pxw_x70.ps1

View Stream with VLC

Open Network Stream Ctrl+N and enter udp://:1234