rtsp-simple-server/docs/2-features/01-basic-usage.md

Basic usage

1. Publish a stream. For instance, you can publish a stream from a MP4 file with FFmpeg:

   ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i file.mp4 -c copy \
   -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:8554/mystream
   

   or GStreamer:

   gst-launch-1.0 rtspclientsink name=s location=rtsp://localhost:8554/mystream filesrc location=file.mp4 \
   ! qtdemux name=d d.video_0 ! queue ! s.sink_0 d.audio_0 ! queue ! s.sink_1
   

2. Read the stream. For instance, you can read the stream with VLC:

   vlc --network-caching=50 rtsp://localhost:8554/mystream
   

   or GStreamer:

   gst-play-1.0 rtsp://localhost:8554/mystream
   

   or FFmpeg:

   ffmpeg -i rtsp://localhost:8554/mystream -c copy output.mp4