Node-fluent-ffmpeg: Stream to RTMP server (facebook live) is ending almost immediately

[geraldoramos]

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OSX 10.12.1 Sierra, running node v6.6.0

Hi,

I'm trying to stream a loop of a PNG image as a video to facebook live, using the following code:

ffmpeg('image.png') .loop() .flvmeta() .format('flv') .size('1280x720') .videoBitrate('512k') .videoCodec('libx264') .fps(24) .videoFilters({ filter: 'drawtext', options: { fontfile:'./opensansbold.ttf', text: 'Testing streaming', fontsize: 50, fontcolor: 'white', x: '(main_w/2-text_w/2)', y: 50, shadowcolor: 'black', shadowx: 2, shadowy: 2 } }) .on('error', function(err) { console.log('An error occurred: ' + err.message); }) .on('end', function() { console.log('Processing finished !'); }) .save("rtmp://rtmp-api.facebook.com:80/rtmp/<fbstreamstuff>")

The stream starts, but once I check it on my facebook page, it's already "ended". If I continue running for a while, I can confirm that data is still being sent. When I stop the ffmpeg process, facebook will process the recording video and play the entire time I was broadcasting. Looks like my png file is not being sent in a way facebook will recognize as a live stream, and it ends it after a few seconds.

Changing the output to a local file, it works fine and the file is playable.

Also, If I broadcast a mp4 file instead of a png in loop, it works fine on Facebook. So, I suspect the problem is related to how I'm doing the image to video conversion.

I tried with and without flvmeta (which is installed and seems to be working properly)

Any help will be appreciated!

Geraldo

[geraldoramos]

needed a long audio stream in order to not end. It can't stay "alive" with just the PNG looping.

[techsin]

this helped thanks

[qpbp]

needed a long audio stream in order to not end. It can't stay "alive" with just the PNG looping.

Hi! Could you provide an example about long audio stream? Thanks!