FFmpeg - Output Network Stream

All of the examples on this page assume an MPEG Transport Stream container with AVC video and AAC audio.

RTMP

ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i <input.file> -c copy -flush_packets 0 -f flv rtmp://<destination.address>:1935/<output.file>

RTSP

ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i <input.file> -c copy -f rtsp rtsp://<destination.address>:554/<output.file>

SRT

ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i <input.file> -c copy -f mpegts 'srt://<destination.address>:8890/<output.file>?streamid=publish:big_buck_bunny_480p_h264_stereo_aac&pkt_size=1316'

IceCast

ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i <input.file> -c copy -f mpegts -content_type 'video/mp4' icecast://<username>:<password>@<destination.address>:8000/<output.file>

References

[Streaming Media]

Further Reading

FFmpeg - IceCast Metadata