FFMpeg-PHP Real-Time Video Streaming Tool

This is a real-time decoding and streaming tool written in PHP based on FFMpeg. It uses HLS protocol to stream videos.

Features

Pros

• Decoding for all kinds of video format that FFMpeg supports.
• For all client devices that support HTML5.
• Fast and real-time decoding without using cache, thus little loads for disk.
• Support for multiple audio tracks and subtile tracks.
• Support for multiple resolutions.

Cons

• Resources Consuming (since it is real-time decoding and no cache is used)
• A few videos may not be streamed smoothly. (since the inaccuracy seek for FFMpeg).

Requirement

• PHP
• FFMpeg with h264 support

Usage

The following URL will output the m3u8 file for playing.

m3u8.php?src=<path-to-video-file>&quality=<quality>

1. <path-to-video-file> must be an absolute URL relative to your domain (start with '/') when accessing resources in the same domain.
2. For <quality> option, please refer to FFMpeg Video Size.

Config

See libs/config.php. You may need to change paths for $ffmpeg and $ffmprob.

Example

Here is an example using video-js with hls plugin:

demo.html?src=/Sample_video.rmvb

where Sample_video.rmvb located in http(s)://<your-domain>/Sample_video.rmvb.