README.md

ffmpeg live-transcoder

Docker image using ffmpeg to encode a live stream from a source and push it to another target endpoint. The image is based on: https://github.com/jrottenberg/ffmpeg.

Status

Under development.

Usage

The Docker image expects an argument --user-config-json to be passed to the ENTRYPOINT which is a python script.

For an example of the json object you can check default_config.json.

Usage:

    docker run ddragosd/ffmpeg-live-transcoder:2.4.3-1.1 \
        --user-config-json "`cat /usr/local/live-transcoder-config.json`"

To specify a log file:

    docker run -v /var/log/streamkit:/var/log/streamkit ddragosd/ffmpeg-live-transcoder:2.4.3-1.1 \
        --user-config-json "`cat /usr/local/live-transcoder-config.json`" \
        --log-file "/var/log/streamkit/ffmpeg-live-transcoding.log"

SSH into the Docker container

docker run -ti --entrypoint='bash' ddragosd/ffmpeg-live-transcoder:2.4.3-1.1