HLS to Local UDP using FFMpeg

HLS to Local UDP using FFMpeg

This is how to use FFMPEG to take an HLS (or any Network Source) and "re-direct" it as a local standard UDP for the Recorder:

ffmpeg -reconnect 1 -reconnect_at_eof 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 2 -i http://repvideo_6-lh.akamaihd.net/i/Encoder6_live@318349/master.m3u8 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -b:a 64k -map 0 -ar 48000 -f mpegts udp://@127.0.0.1:11000

This typical command will take ALL the streams in the source and they will be accessible locally as a standard Transport Stream
  • -reconnect 1 = reconnects to stream if disconnected
  • -reconnect_at_eof 1 = reconnects to stream at End Of File
  • -reconnect_streamed 1 = reconnect to streamed session
  • -reconnect_delay_max 2 = reconnection delay if stream failed
The following are commands on what the local Stream will appear like:
  • -c:v libx264 = make any video input be a standard H264
  • -c:a aac = make any audio input into a standard AAC
  • -b:a 64k = make any audio input use 64k Bitrate
  • -ar 48000 = make any audio input into 48khz
  • -map 0 = makes all inputs available for the recorder
Using the basic command of ffmpeg -i http://repvideo_6-lh.akamaihd.net/i/Encoder6_live@318349/master.m3u8 will show you all the available streams that can be used



Using the -map 0:xx command, you can specify which exact streams you want to use, if you only need a few of them to be available for the Recorder

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