I am trying to stream a local .mp4 video file from my laptop to Wowza Streaming Engine using ffmpeg. Both systems are able to ping each other. I give the following command on my laptop
ffmpeg -re -i bunny_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -acodec aac -ar 48000 -strict experimental -f flv "rtmp://192.168.1.22:1935/live/myStream"
192.168.1.22 is the IP address of Wowza server residing on another system running Ubuntu 17.04.
I see the following on the command prompt of my laptop when I give the above command,
ffmpeg version N-89894-g18e2ac032e Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7.2.0 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-libmfx --enable-amf --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth
libavutil 56. 7.100 / 56. 7.100
libavcodec 58. 9.100 / 58. 9.100
libavformat 58. 5.101 / 58. 5.101
libavdevice 58. 0.101 / 58. 0.101
libavfilter 7. 11.101 / 7. 11.101
libswscale 5. 0.101 / 5. 0.101
libswresample 3. 0.101 / 3. 0.101
libpostproc 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'bunny_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 1
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time : 2013-12-16T17:59:32.000000Z
title : Big Buck Bunny, Sunflower version
artist : Blender Foundation 2008, Janus Bager Kristensen 2013
comment : Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bbb3d.renderfarming.net
genre : Animation
composer : Sacha Goedegebure
Duration: 00:10:34.53, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4486 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 4001 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 60k tbn, 120 tbc (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-12-16T17:59:32.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: mp3 (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 160 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-12-16T17:59:37.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
Stream #0:2(und): Audio: ac3 (ac-3 / 0x332D6361), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 320 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-12-16T17:59:37.000000Z
handler_name : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
Side data:
audio service type: main
[rtmp @ 000001ed7c4108c0] No credentials set
[rtmp @ 000001ed7c4108c0] Server error: [ AccessManager.Reject ] : [ code=403 need auth; authmod=adobe ] :
rtmp://192.168.1.22:1935/live/myStream: Unknown error occurred
Can anyone please tell me what the exact procedure is to stream a video file to Wowza .
How will I be able to view the stream at Wowza ?
Looks like RTMP authentication for encoders is enabled? In that case you need to either disable it for given live application you are connecting to or provide the credentials.
For the first scenario, remove the authentication as per https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-enable-username-password-authentication-for-rtmp-and-rtsp-publishing
For the second scenario, modify your FFmpeg commandline to incorporate the credentials:
ffmpeg -re -i bunny_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -acodec aac -ar 48000 -strict experimental -f flv "rtmp://192.168.1.22:1935/live/myStream flashver=FMLE/3.0\20(compatible;\20FMSc/1.0) live=true pubUser=xxx pubPasswd=yyy"
where xxx is user name and yyy is password.