RTSPATT : RTSP All The Things

A multipurpose RTSP media server that can simulate RTSP cameras, broadcast RTSP streams, webcams and even create test videos or serve video files.

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 -p docker 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: 1280x720 for 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/video it 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/video0 where video0 is the video device.
  • Otherwise it will use the argument as a absolute link to file input. Remember to use the -v option 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 the samples folder.
• 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 to digest or 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.sdp with 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 input
• pattern:smpte-75 - 75% color bars
• pattern:smpte-100 - 100% color bars (no noise)
• pattern:snow - Random noise
• pattern:black - Black image
• pattern:white - White image
• pattern:red - Red image
• pattern:green - Green image
• pattern:blue - Blue image
• pattern: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 pattern
• pattern:blink - Alternate between black and while image
• pattern:zone-plate - Zone plate
• pattern:gamut - Gamut checking pattern
• pattern:chroma-zone-plate - Chroma zone plate
• pattern:ball - A moving ball
• pattern:bar - Bar with foreground color
• pattern:pinwheel - Pinwheel
• pattern:spokes - Spokes
• pattern:gradient - Gradient image
• pattern: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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