Streaming Tools
This page covers some tests with current streaming tools as of April 2020, advices and howtos :
Contents
Audio Streaming ( live + playlist + mix )
Linux :
Pibox V3 App
Pibox V3 App is a full streaming station developed by the ∏-node.org team,
in particular by the RYBN collective and is targeting ∏-boxes,
a box based on Rasberry Pi.
But you can install it on a Linux system as all should also work on a laptop/desktop.
Find the instructions to install it on Ubuntu 18.04/20.04 here :
MIXXX
Mixxx is a great application to make your weekly podcast or play some music. Available for Linux/OSX/Windows.
You can also record your stream in mp3 or ogg.
Pure Data
First install a Pure Data with unauthorized, pdogg and mp3cast~ ( you can try pd-extended or pd-l2ork ) and then download one of these patches :
- streaming in ogg format : Pdogg
- streaming in mp3s format : Pdmp3
Download these files ( the patches ) with a right click and 'Save link as..', then open them in Pure Data.
OSX
Pure Data
first install a Pure Data with unauthorized, pdogg and mp3cast~ ( you can try pd-extended or pd-l2ork ) and then download one of these patches :
- streaming in ogg format : Pdogg
- streaming in mp3s format : Pdmp3
Download these files ( the patches ) with a right click and 'Save link as..', then open them in Pure Data.
Audio Streaming ( Live Only )
Linux, OSX, Windows
B.U.T.T.
a very simple and neat program can be used for simple live transmission : b.u.t.t. ( broadcast using this tool ) : [http://danielnoethen.de/]
Android
GISS Ogg/Vorbis Streamer
a very simple and neat app that can be used for simple live transmission : GISS Ogg/Vorbis Streamer : [[1]]
Video Streaming / Webcams and capture cards
Linux
ffmpeg
ffmeg is the more robust tool now to stream in Webm format :
ffmpeg \ -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1 \ -thread_queue_size 1024 -f v4l2 -i $1\ -thread_queue_size 1024 -f alsa -i default\ -metadata title=<title>\ -metadata description=<description>\ -metadata url=<url>\ -vf "scale=640:480,fps=12,format=yuv420p"\ -c:v libvpx -deadline realtime -cpu-used 5\ -b:v 350k -maxrate 400k -bufsize 800k -g 24\ -c:a libopus -b:a 128k -ar 44100\ -f webm\ -content_type video/webm\ icecast://source:<password>@<server>:<port>/<mountpoint> (.webm)
GStreamer
Theora streaming is now obsolete and we can't install PyGtk easily on Linux, so we use a gstreamer script to stream in webm format :
v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! videoconvert ! queue ! videorate ! video/x-raw,format=I420,width=320,height=240,framerate=7/1 ! tee name=tscreen ! queue ! autovideosink tscreen. ! queue ! vp8enc cpu-used=4 deadline=0 target-bitrate=256000 ! queue ! webmmux name=mux alsasrc do-timestamp=true ! audio/x-raw, format=S16LE,rate=48000,channels=2 ! queue ! audioconvert ! vorbisenc quality=0.4 ! queue ! mux. mux. ! queue ! shout2send ip=<server> port=<port> mount=<mountpoint> password=<password> streamname=<name> description=<desc> genre=<genre> url=<url> sync=true
Pure Data
first install a Pure Data with unauthorized, pdp and pidip ( you can try pd-extended or pd-l2ork ) and then download this patch :
- video streaming with a video4linux device : GissPdpV4l
- video streaming with a video4linux2 device : GissPdpV4l2
Download this file ( the patch ) with a right click and 'Save link as..', then open it in Pure Data.
Webcam Studio
Check out : Webcam Studio website
it perfectly support most of webcams models and lets you mix the input with other layers ( screen capture, chat, rss, ... ).
VLC
In a recent enough version of VLC, you should have an option to stream from a webcam in 'File->Streaming'.
Check the HOWTO ( a bit complicated ) here : [VLC Streaming Howto ], you should stream to an Icecast server.
OSX
VLC
In a recent enough version of VLC, you should have an option to stream from a webcam in 'File->Streaming'.
Check the HOWTO ( a bit complicated ) here : [VLC Streaming Howto ], you should stream to an Icecast server.
Pure Data
first install a Pure Data with unauthorized, Gem, pdp and pidip ( you can try pd-extended or pd-l2ork ) and then download this patch :
- video streaming with digital camera ( OSX ) : GissPdpOsx
if you have some troubles with some models of cameras, you can try this experimental patch using Gem :
- video streaming with digital camera ( Gem ) : GissGem
Download this file ( the patch ) with a right click and 'Save link as..', then open it in Pure Data.
Android
GISS Ogg/Theora Streamer
A simple app is availabe for streaming video from your phone : GISS Ogg/Theora Streamer : [[2]]
Unfortunately, as Theora is not an android format, it is not hardware accelerated, you will have to wait for the Webm streamer to have good performances.
Video Streaming / Digital IEEE1394 Camera ( Obsolete ? )
Linux
Theora Streaming Studio [ deprecated ]
Recommended tool : Theora Streaming Studio TSS
There are packages for ubuntu and debian.
On other systems, you should compile it installing first its dependencies ( dvgrab, libraw1394-8, ffmpeg, ffmpeg2theora, libtheora-bin, oggfwd, libvte9 ).
GStreamer
Simplest tool : GStreamer script GStreamer Dv
You should start it with : 'python Dvstream.py'
On more recent systems ( ubuntu >= 10.10 ( maverick ) ), you need to emulate the oss interface with :
sudo apt-get install aoss aoss python Dvstream.py
There is a debian package for all architectures here : PyGiss.deb
Pure Data
first install a Pure Data with unauthorized, pdp and pidip ( you can try pd-extended or pd-l2ork ) and then download this patch :
- video streaming with digital camera : GissPdpDv
Download this file ( the patch ) with a right click and 'Save link as..', then open it in Pure Data.
Webcam Studio
Check out : Webcam Studio website
it has some support for the input of a DV cam, but some image quality problems have been reported.
DVSwitch
Once you have dvswitch working (which is a different problem that will be documented elsewhere), use dvsink-command in place of dvgrab, like so:
dvsink-command -- ffmpeg2theora - -f dv -F 25:5 -v 1 -a 5 -c 1 -H 11025 -o - | oggfwd giss.tv 8000 <password> /<mountpoint>
OSX
VLC
In a recent enough version of VLC, you should have an option to stream from a camera in 'File->Streaming'.
Check the HOWTO ( a bit complicated ) here : [VLC Streaming Howto ], you should stream to an Icecast server.
Pure Data
first install a Pure Data with unauthorized, Gem, pdp and pidip ( you can try pd-extended or pd-l2ork ) and then download this patch : and then download this patch :
- video streaming with digital camera ( OSX ) : GissPdpOsx
if you have some troubles with some models of cameras, you can try this experimental patch using Gem :
- video streaming with digital camera ( Gem ) : GissGem
Download this file ( the patch ) with a right click and 'Save link as..', then open it in Pure Data.
Streaming video archives / playlists
Linux, OSX
VLC
In a recent enough version of VLC, you should have an option to stream from a playlist in 'File->Streaming'.
Check the HOWTO ( a bit complicated ) here : [VLC Streaming Howto ], you should stream to an Icecast server.
