Live streaming video over piratebox

Hello all,


I'm running a raspberry piratebox.

I'd like to be able to stream video out to all connected devices, in real time, so that the video can be synced with Audio playing over a PA. It doesn't have to be perfect, but the closer to real time I can get the stream the better.

I am entirely unfamiliar with video streaming, and wouldn't even know where to start.

Is this something upnp/Dlna can handle?

Is there an existing way to do this on the piratebox?

Where would you recommend I look for more information? (What search terms? is information for live steaming on the Internet going to be more relevant, or information about streaming over LAN?)


Thanks!

This could be a very nice feature.

I didn't really understand what you meant "stream from devices". But with the RPi and a connected webcam you can use something like mjpg-streamer. Look into e.g. http://www.slblabs.com/2012/09/26/rpi-webcam-stream/
If it's going through the internet or just WiFi, I am not sure if it makes a difference. I'd say probably not.

Ubuntuhak, playing and tinkering with Ubuntu!

definitely look into the program "motion" for rpi, you might be able to link to motion from your PirateBox....not entirely sure though, I haven't thought about this idea until now

Hi,

I regularly use my Raspberry Pirate Box to stream video from my hard drive, I even called it my "Mobile Nas Unit".

I did this by enabling minidlna which is UPNP software pre packed in the Piratebox ISO. Then I bought Infuse from the iOS App store because the UI is really clean and nice. But for Android, I recommend ArkMC and whatever 3rd party video player you like, I go with VLC but it shouldn't matter too much.

After some testing I found that on one occasion the audio and the video fell out of sync and there was a slight delay but, exiting the video and going back on it fixed this. Speed wasn't a bottleneck here either.

I used the RPi B 1st Gen with a TP-Link TL-WN822N. That WiFi adapter is pretty much Plug and Play if memory served but there is a guide on how to install it.

Hope this helps



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2015 10:10AM by the_walking_tech.

This works well for streaming video files, but will it work for a live stream?

If I want to broadcast the same footage out to everyone who decides to watch it (like a TV channel, over wifi) can I?

Ajroach42 Wrote:
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> This works well for streaming video files, but
> will it work for a live stream?
>
> If I want to broadcast the same footage out to
> everyone who decides to watch it (like a TV
> channel, over wifi) can I?

If you follow e.g. the guide from the above link, the stream will be available at []
So technically you can create an iframe or a new page on your landing site like "Live" and people who visit it will see the live feed.

Ubuntuhak, playing and tinkering with Ubuntu!