RTMP Server in the era of HTTP video streaming

Given the growing popularity and support of HTTP video streaming, it may be tempting to consider Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) streaming obsolete. But in many cases, working with RTMP server is still very meaningful. As soon as Macromedia first pronounced RTMP with Flash Player 6 in 2002, the brand new Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX (FCS) required to stream the evolving Flash Video (FLV) format, stream was live or VOD.

However, for FCS, licensing costs were high (up to $5,000 per server), and as a result, CDN costs were high than other proprietary streaming formats. Some manufacturers in the industry have called RTMP streaming costs a “Flash tax”. But Flash Player has been a ubiquitous introduction to desktop browsers for well over a decade, much larger than other plug-ins. Though, streaming server technology has traditionally been harder for web developers to implement, and simpler HTTP delivery has mostly been easier and more cost-effective. In 2003, Macromedia enabled Flash Player 7 to support HTTP delivery of FLV files, allowing integrators to use standard web server technology to deploy online video.

So in many ways, RTMP as a VOD transport delivery has not been a requirement for web video for more than a decade. As a video solution architect, I think of business requirements as the leader in most audio video decisions. And still, in 2014, RTMP is the de facto standard for the following use cases:

Publishing live streams from software/hardware encoders: Almost all streaming devices support RTMP to publish to CDN providers and streaming servers. Some native mobile applications also use RTMP libraries to publish live video from their mobile camera.

Near-instant search/playback: One of the benefits of RTMP streaming is its enhanced search capability. With real-time streaming, the player can search anywhere in the video with less buffering than HTTP delivery. However, to enjoy this feature, you need a Flash Player on your desktop and as such, it is not possible in mobile browsers. HTML5 browsers use HTTP domain requests to facilitate faster searching of VOD files.

Content Protection: RTMP Server can facilitate different levels of content protection, from obfuscation to true DRM. RTMP streams are not stored for playback on a desktop browser.

Adaptive Streaming: One of the preferred uses of RTMP is adaptive streaming playback, where we provide the video player with more bitrates and content resolutions, providing the best resolution at the current network speed. Some HTTP adaptive streaming technologies, such as HLS and MPEG-DASH, allow similar delivery, but RTMP may be more responsive to switching one bitrate to another. Unfortunately, there is no standard for HTTP adaptive streaming between HTML5 video-enabled browsers. As such, the Flash-based display of adaptive streaming is still a requirement for adaptive streaming.

Live Streaming Playback: While live streams do not need to be adaptive, compressed video segments apply the same principle to all live streaming playback. For desktop playback within the browser, virtually every live streaming event requires a video player that supports Flash-based rendering and RTMP playback. Apple Safari on iOS natively supports HLS, and luckily, all modern streaming servers, including the Wowza Streaming Engine, support RTMP and HLS compression.

The requirement for a Live Streaming Flash Player will only change if MPEG-DASH appears everywhere as Flash currently. If Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 support is required to install live streaming, then RTMP streaming is still required. Also, if you need a delay close to zero in a live stream, then HTTP streaming will almost certainly not meet your needs while RTMP is capable; HTTP mechanisms require that multiple packets be collected on the server before being sent to the video player.

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In summary, if your video workflow involves live streaming or any kind of packaged video installation, RTMP is the key to a successful video experience. HTTP delivery has already replaced most Flash VOD installs on video, but HTTP video can’t handle all RTMP video use cases.

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using rtmp server to hls for live streaming

Live streaming on our system is straight forward. After you order, we provide access to a control panel URL. You need to login to this control panel, which we call Wowza control, as our main core on the server is with the Wowza Streaming Engine. After you have logged in to the Wowza control panel, you will see the services available, including live streaming, video on-demand and others. Select the service you want to start and click Overview (just under Options). Please see image with the black arrow.

rtmp overview

After you click Overview, a page opens for live streaming. A small player will appear with a warning that the media could not be loaded. Ignore this, because until you start streaming you will see that warning and some links such as “HTML Embed Code”. For the moment, the important part is the Live Streaming Connection, or FMS URL on the right, please see image:

fms url

For this connection, the full FMS URL is very important. A part may be missing when you copy, however, you need to copy the whole URL for the setup on your encoder. I use Notepad and copy the entire URL (see image).

Now it is time for the encoder, our RTMP Server works with all encoders, Wirecast, FMLE, and even for mobiles, for now I suggest you use OBS, you can download at https://obsproject.com/

The advantage of OBS is that it is quite simple if you already familiar with FMLE encoder for Adobe, but it is way better, and you can add to your live streaming media files on your computer, from video files, image files and photos and even your games.  On OBS click on settings and add the FMS URL, stream name, username and password, after that “Start Streaming” see image

RTMP FMS URL

Go back to the Wowza control panel, refresh to see your streaming and if everything looks good, click “HTML Embed Code”, then select the player you prefer and click apply. Copy the code and paste it on your site.

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Red5 is a media server created with Java language. It is a free open source software but recently a new version Red5 Pro came out developed by the same people, this new version supports streaming to mobiles, Android or iOS, which red5 does not. The Red5 Pro is commercial product and costs $55 per server.

A media server allows Flash based applications connect to it using Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP). The server can send and receive data to and from the connected users who have a flash player installed. The server also allows users to receive and publish streams. This permits video chat applications, live streaming and even ondemand video streaming.

Most common Video chat software’s are:
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2- Videowhisper
3- Prochatrooms
4- Gchats

For live streaming the necessary tool if you already have a server with red5 installed is an encoder, an encoder is the software that will connect your computer to the red5 server using the RTMP, which your server provider will give you.
1- FMLE, it is an free Adobe product and does a good job.
2- Wirecast, it is an expensive commercial product of very high quality, absolutely necessary if you starting a TV station.

Although red5 is a free product many people prefer to use Wowza Streaming Engine or Adobe Flash Media Server which are commercial software’s and can be quite expensive, the FMS costs $4500 per server. The reason is that the developers of red5 although have created a wonderful system did not spend much time with tutorials and instructions on how to install and manage a red5 server, for this reason if you searching for a red5 server we suggest you pick a web host which specializes on red5 servers and red5 shared hosting.

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Red5 is a formidable media server, extremely flexible and has the advantage of being a free product with with many people working on developing it, for now the main version does not yet work with mobiles, if that is what you need we suggest that instead of using the Red5 Pro version to use the Wowza instead.

How to get information about a video using FFMPEG

ffmpeg is a  tool for converting media files, means videos,sounds, but mostly videos. sometimes it is necessary to know information about a video file, the codecs used, bitrate and so, this can be done easily with ffmpeg,

The ffmpeg command used to get information of a video is:

Ffmpeg  –i <inputFileName>

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Fastest streaming output – The best feature of wowza servers is fastest streaming output than others. You will get the fastest output of the streaming. You get any videos and audios in ultra-high quality with fast streaming. Therefore, the time taken for the buffering is lowered down. If you are the premium user having lots of data space on the server, you will get the fastest speeds of streaming.

• Multi-platform support – Onea prominent feature of this web server is the multi-platform support. This means that the web server is accessible from almost every device having internet connectivity. You can see, there are lots of devices that are being used by people now days. There are devices other than computers having internet connectivity. The platforms of devices differ from each other. There are many platforms such as Android, Symbian, Palm OS and other proprietary platforms. The difference between these platforms is not only the basis of firmware, but there are different types of formats that are supported by the devices. Therefore, it is essential that the web servers must make their websites accessible from the devices. Wowza servers are present for almost every device having internet connectivity. This is the one biggest feature of the wowza hosting. There are darned few other web servers that offer this facility. You can get the exclusive media contents from the server wherever you go. This way, the wowza hosting, is ideal for the publications on various platforms.

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Easy server configuration – The one main disadvantage of the web servers is the complexity while configuration. There are several problems that people face whiles the configuration of the servers. The hosts cannot be set up easily. You need to make lots of changes in the host file for getting the server work correct. There are some desktop applications provided by the web servers, which allow easy uploading of the contents. However, the applications are always a mess to deal with. But wowza hosting has made this task remarkably easy. Now, you have the desktop application for accessing your account of wowza directly. You will get the setup extremely easily. This is the one notable feature of the Wowza hosting that the configuration of the server is extremely easy. If you are new to the streaming setup, you have exclusive help available for you on the wowza website. There is a quick setup guide that will help you to establish the connections between the servers easily. You will get to know the configuration extremely easily. The information about the setup of the server can be found as “Wowza Media Server 2 Quick Start Guide”. This guide will help you cross the barriers of the server configuration easily. You can also download the “User Guide” that comes in PDF format. You have two options for that either you read the guide online or download it.

• The wowza forums – Forums are extremely helpful for getting solutions on various topics. The wowza forums are exclusively made for people so that they can interact with each other. If you are getting any problem with the wowza servers, you can post your queries in the forums. Lots of forums can be found on wowza website. You can use the forums for searching various forums posts to get information regarding wowza hosting. There are many news topics that can be found on the forums. You will be informed about the latest additions to the server and other related news. If you have answers of some questions posted by other users, you can reply them the answers too.