How To Setup NGINX RTMP Server and Re-stream to Twitch, YouTube, …

In this article you will learn how to setup NGINX RTMP Server and Re-stream to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook or any other streaming platform. Step by step. Bonus: Configure VOD, Re-translate remote stream with HLS support

Install System Dependencies

First update your Linux and install all necessary dependencies:

# apt-get -y update
# apt-get install build-essential libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libssl-dev zlibc zlib1g zlib1g-dev

Download NGINX most recent version (in our case it’s nginx-1.18.0).

# wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.18.0.tar.gz

And unpack it:

# tar xvfz nginx-1.18.0.tar.gz

Go to NGINX sources directory

# cd nginx-1.18.0

Clone the NGINX RTMP Module from GitHub

# git clone https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module.git

COMPILE AND BUILD NGINX

Compile NGINX

Now lets compile NGINX with nginx-rtmp-module and http_ssl modules:

# ./configure --with-http_ssl_module --add-module=nginx-rtmp-module/

Build NGINX and Install NGINX

# make
# make install

Start NGINX

To start NGINX server run command:

# /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx

Simple Streaming Server

Edit NGINX configuration file with any text editor:

# vim /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

and add RTMP section for enable RTMP live service with listen on standard 1935 port:

rtmp {
server {
listen 1935; # Listen on standard RTMP port
chunk_size 4096;

# Enable simple RTMP live broadcast service
application live {
live on;
record off;

}
}
}

Publish RTMP Stream to NGINX and re-stream RTMP

Edit NGINX configuration file: /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf:

rtmp {
server{
listen 1935;
chunk_size 4096;

#Enable live broadcast service
application live {
live on;
record off;

#Push, restream RTMP
push rtmp://live.twitch.tv/app/YOUR_TWITCH_KEY;
push rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/YOUR_YOUTUBE_KEY;
}
}
}

Simple VOD Server (Video on Demand)

Where /var/files – your FLV files location

rtmp {
server {
listen 1935;
application vod {
play /var/files;
}
}
}

Re-translate remote stream with HLS support

rtmp {
server {
listen 1935;
application tv {
live on;
hls on;
hls_path /tmp/tv2;
hls_fragment 15s;
pull rtmp://tv2.example.com:443/root/new name=tv2;
}
}
}
http {
server {
listen 80;
location /tv2 {
alias /tmp/tv2;
}
}
}

Publish RTMP Stream to NGINX and Play

You can publish RTMP stream like: rtmp://SERVER_IP/live/stream_key

To play published stream with (VLC for example) player also use same address: rtmp://SERVER_IP/live/stream_key

Conclusion

This quick tutorial explained how to setup NGINX with RTMP module and re-stream to various streaming platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Facebook etc…. Aslo how to configure VOD server and Re-translate remote stream with HLS support

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