Stream video to youtube via ffmpeg

stream_to_youtube.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Youtube streaming stuff, original by: https://gist.github.com/olasd/9841772

# Configuration of stream; pootis bitrate here, resolution will be the video's

VBR="2500k"                                    # Bitrate of ze stream
FPS="24"                                       # FPS of ze stream
QUAL="medium"                                  # Quality preset (ultrafast, superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium, slow, slower, veryslow, placebo)
YOUTUBE_URL="rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"  # URL of ze Youtube, (default is ze main)

KEY="...."                                     # Your streaming key

ffmpeg \
    -i "$1" -deinterlace \
    -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset $QUAL -r $FPS -g $(($FPS * 2)) -b:v $VBR \
    -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -qscale 3 -b:a 712000 -bufsize 512k \
    -f flv "$YOUTUBE_URL/$KEY"

echo "Streaming ended"