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    @settitle ffserver Documentation
    
    @titlepage
    
    @center @titlefont{ffserver Documentation}
    
    @end titlepage
    
    @chapter Synopsis
    
    ffserver [@var{options}]
    
    @command{ffserver} is a streaming server for both audio and video.
    It supports several live feeds, streaming from files and time shifting
    on live feeds. You can seek to positions in the past on each live
    feed, provided you specify a big enough feed storage.
    
    @command{ffserver} is configured through a configuration file, which
    is read at startup. If not explicitly specified, it will read from
    @file{/etc/ffserver.conf}.
    
    @command{ffserver} receives prerecorded files or FFM streams from some
    @command{ffmpeg} instance as input, then streams them over
    RTP/RTSP/HTTP.
    
    An @command{ffserver} instance will listen on some port as specified
    in the configuration file. You can launch one or more instances of
    @command{ffmpeg} and send one or more FFM streams to the port where
    ffserver is expecting to receive them. Alternately, you can make
    @command{ffserver} launch such @command{ffmpeg} instances at startup.
    
    Input streams are called feeds, and each one is specified by a
    @code{<Feed>} section in the configuration file.
    
    
    For each feed you can have different output streams in various
    
    formats, each one specified by a @code{<Stream>} section in the
    configuration file.
    
    @chapter Detailed description
    
    @command{ffserver} works by forwarding streams encoded by
    @command{ffmpeg}, or pre-recorded streams which are read from disk.
    
    Precisely, @command{ffserver} acts as an HTTP server, accepting POST
    requests from @command{ffmpeg} to acquire the stream to publish, and
    
    serving RTSP clients or HTTP clients GET requests with the stream
    media content.
    
    
    A feed is an @ref{FFM} stream created by @command{ffmpeg}, and sent to
    a port where @command{ffserver} is listening.
    
    Each feed is identified by a unique name, corresponding to the name
    of the resource published on @command{ffserver}, and is configured by
    a dedicated @code{Feed} section in the configuration file.
    
    The feed publish URL is given by:
    @example
    http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{http_port}/@var{feed_name}
    @end example
    
    where @var{ffserver_ip_address} is the IP address of the machine where
    @command{ffserver} is installed, @var{http_port} is the port number of
    
    the HTTP server (configured through the @option{HTTPPort} option), and
    
    @var{feed_name} is the name of the corresponding feed defined in the
    configuration file.
    
    Each feed is associated to a file which is stored on disk. This stored
    
    file is used to send pre-recorded data to a player as fast as
    
    possible when new content is added in real-time to the stream.
    
    A "live-stream" or "stream" is a resource published by
    @command{ffserver}, and made accessible through the HTTP protocol to
    clients.
    
    A stream can be connected to a feed, or to a file. In the first case,
    the published stream is forwarded from the corresponding feed
    generated by a running instance of @command{ffmpeg}, in the second
    case the stream is read from a pre-recorded file.
    
    Each stream is identified by a unique name, corresponding to the name
    of the resource served by @command{ffserver}, and is configured by
    a dedicated @code{Stream} section in the configuration file.
    
    
    The stream access HTTP URL is given by:
    
    @example
    http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{http_port}/@var{stream_name}[@var{options}]
    @end example
    
    
    The stream access RTSP URL is given by:
    @example
    http://@var{ffserver_ip_address}:@var{rtsp_port}/@var{stream_name}[@var{options}]
    @end example
    
    
    @var{stream_name} is the name of the corresponding stream defined in
    the configuration file. @var{options} is a list of options specified
    after the URL which affects how the stream is served by
    
    @command{ffserver}. @var{http_port} and @var{rtsp_port} are the HTTP
    
    and RTSP ports configured with the options @var{HTTPPort} and
    
    @var{RTSPPort} respectively.
    
    
    In case the stream is associated to a feed, the encoding parameters
    must be configured in the stream configuration. They are sent to
    @command{ffmpeg} when setting up the encoding. This allows
    @command{ffserver} to define the encoding parameters used by
    the @command{ffmpeg} encoders.
    
    The @command{ffmpeg} @option{override_ffserver} commandline option
    
    allows one to override the encoding parameters set by the server.
    
    
    Multiple streams can be connected to the same feed.
    
    For example, you can have a situation described by the following
    graph:
    
                   _________       __________
                  |         |     |          |
    ffmpeg 1 -----| feed 1  |-----| stream 1 |
        \         |_________|\    |__________|
         \                    \
          \                    \   __________
           \                    \ |          |
            \                    \| stream 2 |
             \                    |__________|
              \
               \   _________       __________
                \ |         |     |          |
                 \| feed 2  |-----| stream 3 |
                  |_________|     |__________|
    
                   _________       __________
                  |         |     |          |
    ffmpeg 2 -----| feed 3  |-----| stream 4 |
                  |_________|     |__________|
    
                   _________       __________
                  |         |     |          |
                  | file 1  |-----| stream 5 |
                  |_________|     |__________|
    
    
    @anchor{FFM}
    @section FFM, FFM2 formats
    
    FFM and FFM2 are formats used by ffserver. They allow storing a wide variety of
    video and audio streams and encoding options, and can store a moving time segment
    of an infinite movie or a whole movie.
    
    FFM is version specific, and there is limited compatibility of FFM files
    generated by one version of ffmpeg/ffserver and another version of
    ffmpeg/ffserver. It may work but it is not guaranteed to work.
    
    FFM2 is extensible while maintaining compatibility and should work between
    differing versions of tools. FFM2 is the default.
    
    
    @command{ffserver} supports an HTTP interface which exposes the
    current status of the server.
    
    
    Simply point your browser to the address of the special status stream
    specified in the configuration file.
    
    For example if you have:
    @example
    <Stream status.html>
    Format status
    
    # Only allow local people to get the status
    ACL allow localhost
    ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    then the server will post a page with the status information when
    the special stream @file{status.html} is requested.
    
    
    @section How do I make it work?
    
    As a simple test, just run the following two command lines where INPUTFILE
    is some file which you can decode with ffmpeg:
    
    @example
    
    ffserver -f doc/ffserver.conf &
    ffmpeg -i INPUTFILE http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm
    
    @end example
    
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    At this point you should be able to go to your Windows machine and fire up
    
    Windows Media Player (WMP). Go to Open URL and enter
    
    @example
    
        http://<linuxbox>:8090/test.asf
    
    @end example
    
    You should (after a short delay) see video and hear audio.
    
    WARNING: trying to stream test1.mpg doesn't work with WMP as it tries to
    
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    transfer the entire file before starting to play.
    The same is true of AVI files.
    
    You should edit the @file{ffserver.conf} file to suit your needs (in
    terms of frame rates etc). Then install @command{ffserver} and
    @command{ffmpeg}, write a script to start them up, and off you go.
    
    @section What else can it do?
    
    You can replay video from .ffm files that was recorded earlier.
    
    However, there are a number of caveats, including the fact that the
    
    ffserver parameters must match the original parameters used to record the
    
    file. If they do not, then ffserver deletes the file before recording into it.
    
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    (Now that I write this, it seems broken).
    
    
    You can fiddle with many of the codec choices and encoding parameters, and
    there are a bunch more parameters that you cannot control. Post a message
    
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    to the mailing list if there are some 'must have' parameters. Look in
    
    ffserver.conf for a list of the currently available controls.
    
    
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    It will automatically generate the ASX or RAM files that are often used
    in browsers. These files are actually redirections to the underlying ASF
    or RM file. The reason for this is that the browser often fetches the
    
    entire file before starting up the external viewer. The redirection files
    are very small and can be transferred quickly. [The stream itself is
    
    often 'infinite' and thus the browser tries to download it and never
    
    @section Tips
    
    * When you connect to a live stream, most players (WMP, RA, etc) want to
    
    buffer a certain number of seconds of material so that they can display the
    signal continuously. However, ffserver (by default) starts sending data
    
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    in realtime. This means that there is a pause of a few seconds while the
    
    buffering is being done by the player. The good news is that this can be
    
    cured by adding a '?buffer=5' to the end of the URL. This means that the
    
    stream should start 5 seconds in the past -- and so the first 5 seconds
    
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    of the stream are sent as fast as the network will allow. It will then
    
    slow down to real time. This noticeably improves the startup experience.
    
    
    You can also add a 'Preroll 15' statement into the ffserver.conf that will
    add the 15 second prebuffering on all requests that do not otherwise
    specify a time. In addition, ffserver will skip frames until a key_frame
    is found. This further reduces the startup delay by not transferring data
    that will be discarded.
    
    
    @section Why does the ?buffer / Preroll stop working after a time?
    
    
    It turns out that (on my machine at least) the number of frames successfully
    grabbed is marginally less than the number that ought to be grabbed. This
    
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    means that the timestamp in the encoded data stream gets behind realtime.
    This means that if you say 'Preroll 10', then when the stream gets 10
    or more seconds behind, there is no Preroll left.
    
    Fixing this requires a change in the internals of how timestamps are
    
    @section Does the @code{?date=} stuff work.
    
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    Yes (subject to the limitation outlined above). Also note that whenever you
    start ffserver, it deletes the ffm file (if any parameters have changed),
    
    thus wiping out what you had recorded before.
    
    The format of the @code{?date=xxxxxx} is fairly flexible. You should use one
    
    of the following formats (the 'T' is literal):
    
    
    @example
    
    * YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS     (localtime)
    * YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ    (UTC)
    
    @end example
    
    You can omit the YYYY-MM-DD, and then it refers to the current day. However
    
    note that @samp{?date=16:00:00} refers to 16:00 on the current day -- this
    may be in the future and so is unlikely to be useful.
    
    
    You use this by adding the ?date= to the end of the URL for the stream.
    
    For example:   @samp{http://localhost:8080/test.asf?date=2002-07-26T23:05:00}.
    
    @include fftools-common-opts.texi
    
    @item -f @var{configfile}
    
    Read configuration file @file{configfile}. If not specified it will
    read by default from @file{/etc/ffserver.conf}.
    
    Enable no-launch mode. This option disables all the @code{Launch}
    
    directives within the various @code{<Feed>} sections. Since
    
    @command{ffserver} will not launch any @command{ffmpeg} instances, you
    will have to launch them manually.
    
    
    @item -d
    
    Enable debug mode. This option increases log verbosity, and directs
    log messages to stdout. When specified, the @option{CustomLog} option
    is ignored.
    
    
    @chapter Configuration file syntax
    
    @command{ffserver} reads a configuration file containing global
    options and settings for each stream and feed.
    
    The configuration file consists of global options and dedicated
    sections, which must be introduced by "<@var{SECTION_NAME}
    @var{ARGS}>" on a separate line and must be terminated by a line in
    the form "</@var{SECTION_NAME}>". @var{ARGS} is optional.
    
    Currently the following sections are recognized: @samp{Feed},
    @samp{Stream}, @samp{Redirect}.
    
    A line starting with @code{#} is ignored and treated as a comment.
    
    
    Name of options and sections are case-insensitive.
    
    
    @section ACL syntax
    An ACL (Access Control List) specifies the address which are allowed
    to access a given stream, or to write a given feed.
    
    It accepts the folling forms
    @itemize
    @item
    Allow/deny access to @var{address}.
    @example
    ACL ALLOW <address>
    ACL DENY <address>
    @end example
    
    @item
    Allow/deny access to ranges of addresses from @var{first_address} to
    @var{last_address}.
    @example
    ACL ALLOW <first_address> <last_address>
    ACL DENY <first_address> <last_address>
    @end example
    @end itemize
    
    You can repeat the ACL allow/deny as often as you like. It is on a per
    stream basis. The first match defines the action. If there are no matches,
    then the default is the inverse of the last ACL statement.
    
    Thus 'ACL allow localhost' only allows access from localhost.
    'ACL deny 1.0.0.0 1.255.255.255' would deny the whole of network 1 and
    allow everybody else.
    
    
    @section Global options
    @table @option
    
    @item Port @var{port_number}
    @item RTSPPort @var{port_number}
    
    
    @var{HTTPPort} sets the HTTP server listening TCP port number,
    @var{RTSPPort} sets the RTSP server listening TCP port number.
    
    @var{Port} is the equivalent of @var{HTTPPort} and is deprecated.
    
    You must select a different port from your standard HTTP web server if
    it is running on the same computer.
    
    
    If not specified, no corresponding server will be created.
    
    
    @item BindAddress @var{ip_address}
    @item RTSPBindAddress @var{ip_address}
    
    Set address on which the HTTP/RTSP server is bound. Only useful if you
    
    have several network interfaces.
    
    
    @var{BindAddress} is the equivalent of @var{HTTPBindAddress} and is
    deprecated.
    
    
    @item MaxHTTPConnections @var{n}
    Set number of simultaneous HTTP connections that can be handled. It
    has to be defined @emph{before} the @option{MaxClients} parameter,
    since it defines the @option{MaxClients} maximum limit.
    
    Default value is 2000.
    
    @item MaxClients @var{n}
    Set number of simultaneous requests that can be handled. Since
    @command{ffserver} is very fast, it is more likely that you will want
    to leave this high and use @option{MaxBandwidth}.
    
    Default value is 5.
    
    @item MaxBandwidth @var{kbps}
    Set the maximum amount of kbit/sec that you are prepared to consume
    when streaming to clients.
    
    Default value is 1000.
    
    @item CustomLog @var{filename}
    
    Set access log file (uses standard Apache log file format). '-' is the
    standard output.
    
    If not specified @command{ffserver} will produce no log.
    
    
    In case the commandline option @option{-d} is specified this option is
    
    ignored, and the log is written to standard output.
    
    
    @item NoDaemon
    Set no-daemon mode. This option is currently ignored since now
    
    @command{ffserver} will always work in no-daemon mode, and is
    deprecated.
    
    
    @item UseDefaults
    @item NoDefaults
    Control whether default codec options are used for the all streams or not.
    Each stream may overwrite this setting for its own. Default is @var{UseDefaults}.
    The lastest occurrence overrides previous if multiple definitions.
    
    @end table
    
    @section Feed section
    
    A Feed section defines a feed provided to @command{ffserver}.
    
    Each live feed contains one video and/or audio sequence coming from an
    @command{ffmpeg} encoder or another @command{ffserver}. This sequence
    may be encoded simultaneously with several codecs at several
    resolutions.
    
    A feed instance specification is introduced by a line in the form:
    @example
    <Feed FEED_FILENAME>
    @end example
    
    where @var{FEED_FILENAME} specifies the unique name of the FFM stream.
    
    The following options are recognized within a Feed section.
    
    @table @option
    @item File @var{filename}
    
    @item ReadOnlyFile @var{filename}
    Set the path where the feed file is stored on disk.
    
    If not specified, the @file{/tmp/FEED.ffm} is assumed, where
    @var{FEED} is the feed name.
    
    If @option{ReadOnlyFile} is used the file is marked as read-only and
    it will not be deleted or updated.
    
    @item Truncate
    Truncate the feed file, rather than appending to it. By default
    @command{ffserver} will append data to the file, until the maximum
    file size value is reached (see @option{FileMaxSize} option).
    
    
    @item FileMaxSize @var{size}
    
    Set maximum size of the feed file in bytes. 0 means unlimited. The
    postfixes @code{K} (2^10), @code{M} (2^20), and @code{G} (2^30) are
    recognized.
    
    @item Launch @var{args}
    Launch an @command{ffmpeg} command when creating @command{ffserver}.
    
    @var{args} must be a sequence of arguments to be provided to an
    @command{ffmpeg} instance. The first provided argument is ignored, and
    it is replaced by a path with the same dirname of the @command{ffserver}
    instance, followed by the remaining argument and terminated with a
    path corresponding to the feed.
    
    
    When the launched process exits, @command{ffserver} will launch
    another program instance.
    
    
    In case you need a more complex @command{ffmpeg} configuration,
    e.g. if you need to generate multiple FFM feeds with a single
    @command{ffmpeg} instance, you should launch @command{ffmpeg} by hand.
    
    This option is ignored in case the commandline option @option{-n} is
    specified.
    
    Specify the list of IP address which are allowed or denied to write
    the feed. Multiple ACL options can be specified.
    @end table
    
    @section Stream section
    
    A Stream section defines a stream provided by @command{ffserver}, and
    identified by a single name.
    
    The stream is sent when answering a request containing the stream
    name.
    
    A stream section must be introduced by the line:
    @example
    <Stream STREAM_NAME>
    @end example
    
    where @var{STREAM_NAME} specifies the unique name of the stream.
    
    The following options are recognized within a Stream section.
    
    
    Encoding options are marked with the @emph{encoding} tag, and they are
    used to set the encoding parameters, and are mapped to libavcodec
    encoding options. Not all encoding options are supported, in
    particular it is not possible to set encoder private options. In order
    to override the encoding options specified by @command{ffserver}, you
    can use the @command{ffmpeg} @option{override_ffserver} commandline
    option.
    
    
    Only one of the @option{Feed} and @option{File} options should be set.
    
    
    @table @option
    @item Feed @var{feed_name}
    
    Set the input feed. @var{feed_name} must correspond to an existing
    feed defined in a @code{Feed} section.
    
    When this option is set, encoding options are used to setup the
    encoding operated by the remote @command{ffmpeg} process.
    
    @item File @var{filename}
    Set the filename of the pre-recorded input file to stream.
    
    When this option is set, encoding options are ignored and the input
    file content is re-streamed as is.
    
    
    @item Format @var{format_name}
    
    Set the format of the output stream.
    
    Must be the name of a format recognized by FFmpeg. If set to
    @samp{status}, it is treated as a status stream.
    
    @item InputFormat @var{format_name}
    Set input format. If not specified, it is automatically guessed.
    
    
    @item Preroll @var{n}
    Set this to the number of seconds backwards in time to start. Note that
    most players will buffer 5-10 seconds of video, and also you need to allow
    for a keyframe to appear in the data stream.
    
    Default value is 0.
    
    @item StartSendOnKey
    Do not send stream until it gets the first key frame. By default
    @command{ffserver} will send data immediately.
    
    @item MaxTime @var{n}
    Set the number of seconds to run. This value set the maximum duration
    of the stream a client will be able to receive.
    
    A value of 0 means that no limit is set on the stream duration.
    
    @item ACL @var{spec}
    Set ACL for the stream.
    
    
    @item DynamicACL @var{spec}
    
    
    @item RTSPOption @var{option}
    
    
    @item MulticastAddress @var{address}
    
    @item MulticastPort @var{port}
    
    @item MulticastTTL @var{integer}
    
    @item NoLoop
    
    
    @item FaviconURL @var{url}
    Set favicon (favourite icon) for the server status page. It is ignored
    for regular streams.
    
    @item Author @var{value}
    @item Comment @var{value}
    @item Copyright @var{value}
    @item Title @var{value}
    
    Set metadata corresponding to the option. All these options are
    deprecated in favor of @option{Metadata}.
    
    @item Metadata @var{key} @var{value}
    Set metadata value on the output stream.
    
    @item UseDefaults
    @item NoDefaults
    Control whether default codec options are used for the stream or not.
    Default is @var{UseDefaults} unless disabled globally.
    
    
    @item NoAudio
    @item NoVideo
    Suppress audio/video.
    
    
    @item AudioCodec @var{codec_name} (@emph{encoding,audio})
    Set audio codec.
    
    @item AudioBitRate @var{rate} (@emph{encoding,audio})
    
    Set bitrate for the audio stream in kbits per second.
    
    @item AudioChannels @var{n} (@emph{encoding,audio})
    
    Set number of audio channels.
    
    
    @item AudioSampleRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,audio})
    
    Set sampling frequency for audio. When using low bitrates, you should
    lower this frequency to 22050 or 11025. The supported frequencies
    depend on the selected audio codec.
    
    
    @item AVOptionAudio [@var{codec}:]@var{option} @var{value} (@emph{encoding,audio})
    Set generic or private option for audio stream.
    Private option must be prefixed with codec name or codec must be defined before.
    
    
    @item AVPresetAudio @var{preset} (@emph{encoding,audio})
    Set preset for audio stream.
    
    @item VideoCodec @var{codec_name} (@emph{encoding,video})
    Set video codec.
    
    @item VideoBitRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set bitrate for the video stream in kbits per second.
    
    @item VideoBitRateRange @var{range} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set video bitrate range.
    
    
    A range must be specified in the form @var{minrate}-@var{maxrate}, and
    specifies the @option{minrate} and @option{maxrate} encoding options
    
    expressed in kbits per second.
    
    @item VideoBitRateRangeTolerance @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set video bitrate tolerance in kbits per second.
    
    @item PixelFormat @var{pixel_format} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set video pixel format.
    
    
    @item Debug @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set video @option{debug} encoding option.
    
    
    @item Strict @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set video @option{strict} encoding option.
    
    
    @item VideoBufferSize @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set ratecontrol buffer size, expressed in KB.
    
    @item VideoFrameRate @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set number of video frames per second.
    
    
    @item VideoSize (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set size of the video frame, must be an abbreviation or in the form
    @var{W}x@var{H}.  See @ref{video size syntax,,the Video size section
    in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
    
    Default value is @code{160x128}.
    
    
    @item VideoIntraOnly (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Transmit only intra frames (useful for low bitrates, but kills frame rate).
    
    
    @item VideoGopSize @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    If non-intra only, an intra frame is transmitted every VideoGopSize
    frames. Video synchronization can only begin at an intra frame.
    
    
    @item VideoTag @var{tag} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    @item VideoHighQuality (@emph{encoding,video})
    @item Video4MotionVector (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    @item BitExact (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    @item IdctSimple (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    @item Qscale @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Enable constant quality encoding, and set video qscale (quantization
    scale) value, expressed in @var{n} QP units.
    
    
    @item VideoQMin @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    @item VideoQMax @var{n} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    @item VideoQDiff @var{integer} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set video @option{qdiff} encoding option.
    
    
    @item LumiMask @var{float} (@emph{encoding,video})
    @item DarkMask @var{float} (@emph{encoding,video})
    
    Set @option{lumi_mask}/@option{dark_mask} encoding options.
    
    
    @item AVOptionVideo [@var{codec}:]@var{option} @var{value} (@emph{encoding,video})
    Set generic or private option for video stream.
    Private option must be prefixed with codec name or codec must be defined before.
    
    @item AVPresetVideo @var{preset} (@emph{encoding,video})
    Set preset for video stream.
    
    
    @var{preset} must be the path of a preset file.
    @end table
    
    @subsection Server status stream
    
    A server status stream is a special stream which is used to show
    statistics about the @command{ffserver} operations.
    
    It must be specified setting the option @option{Format} to
    
    
    @section Redirect section
    
    A redirect section specifies where to redirect the requested URL to
    another page.
    
    A redirect section must be introduced by the line:
    @example
    <Redirect NAME>
    @end example
    
    where @var{NAME} is the name of the page which should be redirected.
    
    It only accepts the option @option{URL}, which specify the redirection
    URL.
    
    @chapter Stream examples
    
    @itemize
    @item
    Multipart JPEG
    @example
    <Stream test.mjpg>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format mpjpeg
    VideoFrameRate 2
    VideoIntraOnly
    NoAudio
    Strict -1
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    Single JPEG
    @example
    <Stream test.jpg>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format jpeg
    VideoFrameRate 2
    VideoIntraOnly
    
    NoAudio
    Strict -1
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    Flash
    @example
    <Stream test.swf>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format swf
    VideoFrameRate 2
    VideoIntraOnly
    NoAudio
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    ASF compatible
    @example
    <Stream test.asf>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format asf
    VideoFrameRate 15
    VideoSize 352x240
    VideoBitRate 256
    VideoBufferSize 40
    VideoGopSize 30
    AudioBitRate 64
    StartSendOnKey
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    MP3 audio
    @example
    <Stream test.mp3>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format mp2
    AudioCodec mp3
    AudioBitRate 64
    AudioChannels 1
    AudioSampleRate 44100
    NoVideo
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    
    Ogg Vorbis audio
    
    @example
    <Stream test.ogg>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    
    Metadata title "Stream title"
    
    AudioBitRate 64
    AudioChannels 2
    AudioSampleRate 44100
    NoVideo
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    Real with audio only at 32 kbits
    @example
    <Stream test.ra>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format rm
    AudioBitRate 32
    NoVideo
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    Real with audio and video at 64 kbits
    @example
    <Stream test.rm>
    Feed feed1.ffm
    Format rm
    AudioBitRate 32
    VideoBitRate 128
    VideoFrameRate 25
    VideoGopSize 25
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @item
    For stream coming from a file: you only need to set the input filename
    and optionally a new format.
    
    @example
    <Stream file.rm>
    File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/tlive.rm"
    NoAudio
    </Stream>
    @end example
    
    @example
    <Stream file.asf>
    File "/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/test.asf"
    NoAudio
    
    Metadata author "Me"
    Metadata copyright "Super MegaCorp"
    Metadata title "Test stream from disk"
    Metadata comment "Test comment"
    
    </Stream>
    @end example
    @end itemize
    
    
    @ifset config-all
    
    @ifset config-avutil
    @include utils.texi
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-avcodec
    @include codecs.texi
    @include bitstream_filters.texi
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-avformat
    @include formats.texi
    @include protocols.texi
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-avdevice
    @include devices.texi
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-swresample
    @include resampler.texi
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-swscale
    @include scaler.texi
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-avfilter
    @include filters.texi
    @end ifset
    
    @ifset config-all
    @url{ffserver.html,ffserver},
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-not-all
    @url{ffserver-all.html,ffserver-all},
    @end ifset
    the @file{doc/ffserver.conf} example,
    
    @url{ffmpeg.html,ffmpeg}, @url{ffplay.html,ffplay}, @url{ffprobe.html,ffprobe},
    @url{ffmpeg-utils.html,ffmpeg-utils},
    @url{ffmpeg-scaler.html,ffmpeg-scaler},
    @url{ffmpeg-resampler.html,ffmpeg-resampler},
    @url{ffmpeg-codecs.html,ffmpeg-codecs},
    
    @url{ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html,ffmpeg-bitstream-filters},
    
    @url{ffmpeg-formats.html,ffmpeg-formats},
    @url{ffmpeg-devices.html,ffmpeg-devices},
    @url{ffmpeg-protocols.html,ffmpeg-protocols},
    @url{ffmpeg-filters.html,ffmpeg-filters}
    @end ifhtml
    
    @ifnothtml
    
    @ifset config-all
    ffserver(1),
    @end ifset
    @ifset config-not-all
    ffserver-all(1),
    @end ifset
    the @file{doc/ffserver.conf} example, ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffprobe(1),
    
    ffmpeg-utils(1), ffmpeg-scaler(1), ffmpeg-resampler(1),
    ffmpeg-codecs(1), ffmpeg-bitstream-filters(1), ffmpeg-formats(1),
    ffmpeg-devices(1), ffmpeg-protocols(1), ffmpeg-filters(1)
    @end ifnothtml
    
    
    @include authors.texi
    
    
    @settitle ffserver video server