livestream

var child_process = require('child_process'),
	http = require('http');
	url = require('url'),
	ffmpeg = null;
    
var livestream = function (req, resp) {
    // For live streaming, create a fragmented MP4 file with empty moov (no seeking possible).

	var input = 'udp://225.1.1.1:8208';

    console.log("Input: " + input, ffmpeg)

    resp.writeHead(200, {
        //'Transfer-Encoding': 'binary'
          "Connection": "keep-alive"
        , "Content-Type": "video/mp4"
        //, 'Content-Length': chunksize            // ends after all bytes delivered
        , "Accept-Ranges": "bytes"                 // Helps Chrome
    });

   if (!ffmpeg) {
		ffmpeg = child_process.spawn("ffmpeg", [
			"-i", input, "-vcodec", "copy", "-f", "mp4", "-movflags", "frag_keyframe+empty_moov", 
			"-reset_timestamps", "1", "-vsync", "1","-flags", "global_header", "-bsf:v", "dump_extra", "-y", "-"   // output to stdout
			],  {detached: false});

		ffmpeg.stdout.pipe(resp);

		ffmpeg.stdout.on("data",function(data) {
			console.log("Data");
		});

		ffmpeg.stderr.on("data", function (data) {
			console.log("Error -> " + data);
		});

		ffmpeg.on("exit", function (code) {
			console.log("ffmpeg terminated with code " + code);
		});

		ffmpeg.on("error", function (e) {
			console.log("ffmpeg system error: " + e);
		});
   }
   
    req.on("close", function () {
        shut("closed")
    })
    
    req.on("end", function () {
        shut("ended")
    });

    function shut(event) {
        //TODO: Stream is only shut when the browser has exited, so switching screens in the client app does not kill the session
        console.log("Live streaming connection to client has " + event)
        if (ffmpeg) {
            ffmpeg.kill();
			ffmpeg = null;
        }
    }
    return true
}

var http_server = http.createServer(livestream).listen(9090, function () {
	console.log("Server listening on port 9090");
});

For me it doesn't work at all in firefox (37.0.1) but video is shown in Chrome (42.0.2311.90 m).

In no ffmpeg configuration I get audio.

Which settings do you use for getting audio? Could you post your ffmpeg settings?

@jomeier this is a bad aproach all that above. You may want to use gstreamer or janus webrtc gateway, binary.js socket.

Thanks for posting this!

For anyone looking to use this, removing the '-bsf:v dump_extra' option fixed the video for me for some reason.

sorry， this code can't run on iphone's safari,but can run on mac's safari. I don't know why not?
I try to removing the '-bsf:v dump_extra', but it can't run on iphone's safari still ...
Thank you~