Stream video to youtube via ffmpeg

stream_to_youtube.sh

#! /bin/bash
#
# Diffusion youtube avec ffmpeg

# Configurer youtube avec une résolution 720p. La vidéo n'est pas scalée.

VBR="2500k"                                    # Bitrate de la vidéo en sortie
FPS="30"                                       # FPS de la vidéo en sortie
QUAL="medium"                                  # Preset de qualité FFMPEG
YOUTUBE_URL="rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"  # URL de base RTMP youtube

SOURCE="udp://239.255.139.0:1234"              # Source UDP (voir les annonces SAP)
KEY="...."                                     # Clé à récupérer sur l'event youtube

ffmpeg \
    -i "$SOURCE" -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"

"Mine keeps saying the stream is starting but never does. when i look at the "health" of the YouTube stream it says its not receiving data. at the start of the stream the "health" of it is green the a short time later is gray. Any idea on how to fix this?"
@Rietveldd

Same problem here. Can someone help?

@2LuckyLuke I had the same problem and I realized that, in my case, youtube didn't like non-audio streams. If you are using a non-audio source (screen capturing, or testsrc) add a null audio source. These are my ffmpeg arguments (I'm on windows):

ffmpeg ^
  -re -f lavfi -i testsrc=size=768x432:rate=30 -deinterlace ^
  -f lavfi -i anullsrc ^
  -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset veryfast -r 30 -g 60 -b:v "1000k" ^
  -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -b:a 128k ^
  -f flv "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/key"

Why is the speed of the stream so high?
The speed is always 3-5 times faster than normal, how can I fix this?

I wonder if there is away to hide YouTube key from the command line. Running ffmpeg like this can make your key visible to other system users, they can do ps -Af and see your key (if they have enough privileges on the system) in the process list.
A possible solution could be reading the target YouTube url from a file, is it possible?

hi i need to know how to stream or go live to youtube with a downloaded or recorded video 24*7 but without turning the computer on for 24 hours (i.e offline)

please help

@joseph488 This thread already has all you need. If you don't want to run the stream from your computer 24/7, get a VPS and run the script from there.

Stream no sound. How can I fix this problem? @olasd

i have try the code of @Cyxo but i have a error a anybody to help me ?

Please use -q:a or -q:v, -qscale is ambiguous
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 (h264) -> concat:in0:v0
Stream #0:1 (aac) -> concat:in0:a0
Stream #1:0 (h264) -> concat:in1:v0
Stream #1:1 (aac) -> concat:in1:a0
concat:out:v0 -> Stream #0:0 (libx264)
concat:out:a0 -> Stream #0:1 (libmp3lame)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[Parsed_concat_0 @ 0x55652e0b4ca0] Input link in1:v0 parameters (size 1920x1080, SAR 1:1) do not match the corresponding output link in0:v0 parameters (640x480, SAR 1:1)
[Parsed_concat_0 @ 0x55652e0b4ca0] Failed to configure output pad on Parsed_concat_0
Error reinitializing filters!
Failed to inject frame into filter network: Invalid argument
Error while processing the decoded data for stream #1:0
Conversion failed!

edit: i have gess !

hey @Cyxo

Hey everyone ( @dedaloodak , @shikagemew ) ! For those who want to make a youtube radio, I made a little script which plays all .mp4 files in a folder.
For a radio, you could heavily imporve it by randomizing the order of the files in the for loop (I don't know if it's feasible), or by having a continuous stream with a fifo or something (I don't master it really well). By the way, here is where I found the trick : https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate#filter

Here is the script :

#! /bin/bash
#
# Diffusion youtube avec ffmpeg

# Configurer youtube avec une résolution 720p. La vidéo n'est pas scalée.

VBR="2500k"                                    # Bitrate de la vidéo en sortie
FPS="30"                                       # FPS de la vidéo en sortie
QUAL="medium"                                  # Preset de qualité FFMPEG
YOUTUBE_URL="rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2"  # URL de base RTMP youtube

FOLDER="videos"                                    # Dossier source
KEY="PUT YOUR KEY THERE"                                     # Clé à récupérer sur l'event youtube

SOURCE=""
n=0
filter=""

for f in $FOLDER/*.mp4
do
  SOURCE="$SOURCE -i $f"
  filter="$filter [$n:v:0] [$n:a:0]"
  ((n++))
done

filter="$filter concat=n=$n:v=1:a=1 [v] [a]"

echo "ffmpeg $SOURCE -filter_complex '$filter'"

ffmpeg \
    $SOURCE -filter_complex "$filter" \
-map "[v]" -map "[a]" -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"

Let me know if you do any improvement, I'll be glad to use them

i am getting this error
[concat @ 0x5573f4b41040] Value 0.000000 for parameter 'n' out of range [1 - 2.14748e+09] Last message repeated 1 times [concat @ 0x5573f4b41040] Error setting option n to value 0. [Parsed_concat_0 @ 0x5573f4b2f240] Error applying options to the filter. [AVFilterGraph @ 0x5573f4b24de0] Error initializing filter 'concat' with args 'n=0:v=1:a=1' Error initializing complex filters. Numerical result out of range

how to run this file in ubuntu

How much resources does it consume???

how to run this file in ubuntu

https://linuxforever.info/2017/05/06/how-to-live-stream-to-youtube-from-linux-mint-ubuntu/
A complete tutorial

HI

is it possible to set my source as another live video? eg: live video url from Facebook something like https://www.facebook.com/groupname/videos/590993838218530/

looks cool
but cannot get it going yet
restream video from
http://Arduino.TK

is it possible to set my source as another live video? eg: live video url from Facebook something like https://www.facebook.com/groupname/videos/590993838218530/

Interested by any answer too, I tried with piping from youtube-dl with no luck.

is it possible to set my source as another live video? eg: live video url from Facebook something like https://www.facebook.com/groupname/videos/590993838218530/

Interested by any answer too, I tried with piping from youtube-dl with no luck.

im here looking for answers too, im currently trying to write code using FFMPEG & youtube-dl, and i seem to have that part ok, but i really want to stream from a URL like @bentech4u wants to do also.. hopefully someone in this community can figure it out. best of luck all.

Please how can I stream a website URL (like an ongoing video conference url ) to youtube using FFmpeg

@faraamcode you could (if supported) first get the feed down via streamlink, then pipe it into ffmpeg.

@bentech4u Copy M3U8 from facebook live thats all also if both video , audio streams are libx264, aac respectively then no need for re-encoding stream to youtube rtmp

if not then you need to encode codecs suggested by youtube

damn man why the hell you reported my question 🤨🤨

It can be as simple as ffmpeg -i "<YOUR_SOURCE>" -f flv "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/<YOUR_STREAM_KEY>"

The other stuff just adds extra control. You may or may not need it depending on your needs.