Stream a video file using RTMP protocol to an rtmp server using Python

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I want to stream a video file using RTMP protocol to an rtmp server using Python.

A python script that will stream a single video file to an RTMP Server (in my case nginx), to the link:

rtmp://<ip>/stream/<stream_name>

So, ideally the video file will be streamed with a <Stream_name>. Next i want this stream_name to be generated in a series, for example: stream_1, stream_2,....stream_n. Then i would want the stream link: rtmp://<ip>/stream/<stream_name> being pushed n times, but in each iteration, the stream name is incremented from "stream_1" to "stream_2" and so on.

I am currently struggling to find the right library to do this in Python.

Hi @NeelDutta are u able to stream video on RTMP server? if yes can you please let me know which python lib u have used ? — Anurag Bhakuni
– Anurag Bhakuni, Commented Feb 24, 2023 at 18:01
Not python, but in bash I've been doing this with ffmpeg -stream_loop -1 -i /PATH/TO/VIDEO.MP4 -b:v 50M -f flv rtmp://127.0.0.1/live/ (where you can swap in your own rtmp server url) — Peter
– Peter, Commented May 22, 2023 at 20:54

Ahmet · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-23 20:18:09Z

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The key in here is FFMpeg. Use any suitable wrapper of FFMpeg based on your needs. Here is the first one in Google: https://pypi.org/project/python-ffmpeg-video-streaming/

answered Mar 23, 2020 at 20:18

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Neel Dutta Over a year ago

Yup I realized it after posting it! 😂😂😂 Anyways got my job done by using a python script to simulate multiple ffmpeg instances

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