The latest articles on DEV Community by Dogan Yazar (@doganyazar). https://dev.to/doganyazar https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F751654%2Ffa4a4445-623a-4892-9f53-40a15705d388.jpeg https://dev.to/doganyazar en Dogan Yazar Tue, 23 Nov 2021 06:35:13 +0000 https://dev.to/doganyazar/running-ffmpeg-as-an-rtmp-server-507h https://dev.to/doganyazar/running-ffmpeg-as-an-rtmp-server-507h <p>Ffmpeg supports running as an rtmp server which is very useful to test/verify an incoming rtmp stream. <br> Run ffmpeg with <code>-listen 1</code> flag as a server and set <code>-i rtmp://ip:port</code>. Copy the incoming stream to udp output to be able to check the stream using ffplay or vlc afterwards:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>ffmpeg -f flv -listen 1 -i rtmp://127.0.0.1:9000 -c copy udp://127.0.0.1:9001 </code></pre> </div> <p>and then check the stream as follows:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>ffplay -i udp:/127.0.0.1:900 </code></pre> </div> ffmpeg ffplay rtmp