RTSPATT: RTSP All The Things [DEPRECATED]
A multipurpose RTSP media server that can simulate RTSP cameras, broadcast RTSP streams, webcams and even create test videos or serve video files.
⚠️ ⚠️ This repository is deprecated, please use rtsp-simple-server instead. ⚠️ ⚠️
See this issue for explanations on why this repository was archived and is no longer maintained.
Dependencies
docker
Usage from the official docker repository
You can create a stream by launching the official docker image:
docker run --rm -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt
With default options, stream will be available at rtsp://0.0.0.0:8554/live.sdp.
You can use override options.
Override options
docker run --rm \
[-e RTSP_ADDRESS=your_address] \
[-e RTSP_PORT=your_port] -p your_port:your_port \
[-e RTSP_ROUTE=your_route] \
[-e RTSP_USERNAME=your_username] \
[-e RTSP_PASSWORD=your_password] \
[-e RTSP_RESOLUTION='your_width'x'your_height'] \
[-e RTSP_FRAMERATE=your_framerate] \
[-e INPUT=your_input] \
[-e ENABLE_TIME_OVERLAY=true|false] \
[-e RTSP_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD=digest|basic] \
[-e GST_PIPELINE=your_custom_gstreamer_pipeline] \
[-e GST_DEBUG=your_debug_level] \
ullaakut/rtspatt
./rtspatt \
[-l rtsp_address] \
[-b rtsp_port] \
[-r rtsp_route] \
[-u rtsp_username] \
[-p rtsp_password] \
[-s rtsp_resolution] \
[-f rtsp_framerate] \
[-i input]
[-t] \
[-d] \
[-g gstreamer_pipeline] \
To have GStreamer debug while using the binary, simply run export GST_DEBUG=your_debug_level before using RTSP All The Things.
All of these environment variables and command line arguments override the default parameters:
RTSP_ADDRESS|-l: The address you want your server to listen on [default:0.0.0.0]RTSP_PORT|-b: The port that you want your server to listen on [default:8554] (don't forget to also expose the port in your docker container with the-pdocker option like in the example above)RTSP_ROUTE|-r: The rtsp route at which you want your stream to be served [default:/live.sdp]RTSP_USERNAME|-u: If you want to enable security on your stream, using this option will allow you to specify the username required to access your stream [default: none]RTSP_PASSWORD|-p: If you want to enable security on your stream, using this option will allow you to specify the password required to access your stream [default: none]RTSP_RESOLUTION|-s: The resolution at which you want to stream [default:1280x720for videotestsrc only] - RTSPATT will have to do encoding to resize the stream (Increased CPU usage)RTSP_FRAMERATE|-f: The desired output framerate for your stream - RTSPATT will have to do encoding to change the framerate (Increased CPU usage)INPUT|-i: Input used as video source. [default:pattern:smtpe]- If the argument starts with
rtsp://it will try to open it as an RTSP stream - If it starts with
pattern:if will create a test video with the given pattern (see this link for more information on this argument) - If the argument starts with
/dev/videoit will create a stream from the /dev/video device passed into docker at the launch of the instance. You will need to pass in the video device as follows:--device=/dev/video0:/dev/video0wherevideo0is the video device. - Otherwise it will use the argument as a absolute link to file input. Remember to use the
-voption to insert a video into your container if you want to read it. Example:docker run -e INPUT=/tmp/video.mp4 -v /home/test/documents/myVideo.mp4:/tmp/video -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt. The repository contains a 30 second sample video in thesamplesfolder.
- If the argument starts with
ENABLE_TIME_OVERLAY|-t: If the environment variable is set to true or the command line flag is used, a time overlay will be added to the stream. This can be useful to debug latency. [default: disabled] - RTSPATT will have to do encoding to add the time (Increased CPU usage)RTSP_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD|-d: If RTSP_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD is set todigestor the command line flag is used, the authentication will be done using digest instead of basic auth. [default: basic]GST_PIPELINE: Completely override the gstreamer pipeline usually autogenerated by the program. Remember though: with great power comes great responsibility! Gstreamer pipelines are a powerful tool but you need to thoroughly understand what you are doing, as things get messy easily (see this link for more information on this variable)GST_DEBUG: The desired debug level for GStreamer [default: none] (see this link for more information on this variable)
Examples
Serve video using basic auth on
rtsp:admin:test@//0.0.0.0:8554/live.sdp
docker run --rm -e RTSP_USERNAME=admin -e RTSP_PASSWORD=test -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt
Serve video using digest auth on
rtsp:admin:test@//0.0.0.0:8554/live.sdp
docker run --rm -e RTSP_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD=digest -e RTSP_USERNAME=admin -e RTSP_PASSWORD=test -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt
Launch an RTSP stream on
rtsp://0.0.0.0:8554/live.sdpwith a snow pattern and a resolution of 960x600 pixels:
docker run --rm -e INPUT="pattern:snow" -e RTSP_RESOLUTION=960x600 -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt or ./rtspatt -i pattern:snow -s 960x600
Broadcast a camera's stream and change its framerate to 12 frames per second:
docker run --rm -e INPUT="rtsp://root:root@camera_ip:554/live.sdp" -e RTSP_FRAMERATE=12 -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt or ./rtspatt -i rtsp://root:root@camera_ip:554/live.sdp -f 12
Broadcast a video stream from a connected device:
docker run --rm -e INPUT="/dev/video0" --device=/dev/video0:/dev/video0 -p 8554:8554 ullaakut/rtspatt
Serve a video file on a specific address and route:
docker run --rm -e INPUT="/tmp/video.avi" -e RTSP_ADDRESS=172.100.100.12 -e RTSP_PORT=18554 -v "/path/to/your/video:/tmp/video.avi" -p 18554:18554 ullaakut/rtspatt or ./rtspatt -i /tmp/video.avi -l 172.100.100.12 -b 18554
Serve am H264 video file without transcoding:
docker run --rm -e INPUT="/tmp/video.mp4" -e RTSP_PORT=18554 -e GST_PIPELINE="filesrc location=/tmp/video.mp4 ! qtdemux ! video/x-h264 ! rtph264pay pt=96 name=pay0" -v "/path/to/your/video:/tmp/video.mp4" -p 18554:18554 ullaakut/rtspatt
Build
You can modify RTSPATT and create your own docker image. We use the builder pattern, so you can just modify the sources and run docker build -t rstpatt . to re-compile the sources and rebuild the image.
Once it's done, you can launch RTSPATT with:
docker run --rm -p 8554:8554 rtspatt or ./rtspatt.
With default options, stream will be available at rtsp://0.0.0.0:8554/live.sdp.
You can use override options.
Patterns
Here is the list of patterns you can use
pattern:smpte- The standard SMTPE test pattern, it's the default value if you don't specify any inputpattern:smpte-75- 75% color barspattern:smpte-100- 100% color bars (no noise)pattern:snow- Random noisepattern:black- Black imagepattern:white- White imagepattern:red- Red imagepattern:green- Green imagepattern:blue- Blue imagepattern:checkers-1- 1 pixel checkers pattern (low stream scale recommended)pattern:checkers-2- 2 pixel checkers pattern (low stream scale recommended)pattern:checkers-4- 4 pixel checkers pattern (low stream scale recommended)pattern:checkers-8- 8 pixel checkers pattern (low stream scale recommended)pattern:circular- circular patternpattern:blink- Alternate between black and while imagepattern:zone-plate- Zone platepattern:gamut- Gamut checking patternpattern:chroma-zone-plate- Chroma zone platepattern:ball- A moving ballpattern:bar- Bar with foreground colorpattern:pinwheel- Pinwheelpattern:spokes- Spokespattern:gradient- Gradient imagepattern:colors- All colors
FAQ
Does it stream over TCP, UDP or HTTP?
Currently it only streams over TCP.
License
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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