Looking for video streaming server software

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sidney2017

Hi,

I am looking for a video streaming server for FreeBSD. Live broadcast is not necessary. Unfortunately OBS only supports live broadcasts.

The best would be a kind of Youtube clone, because I would like to generate embed codes and use them on other sites, where the videos can be played via embed code.

Emby Server is unfortunately not able to stream without login and does not support embed codes.

Does anyone have a tip?

Thanks and kind regards
Sidney2017
 
I play audio & video files on my dvd-player using,

FreshPorts -- net/minidlna: Media-server compatible with "Digital Life Network Alliance"

MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. The media files are listed in an SQLite database allowing prompt restarts.
www.freshports.org www.freshports.org

I think ffmpeg & vlc can also stream.

To stream audio there is,

FreshPorts -- audio/icecast: Streaming mp3/ogg-vorbis audio server

Icecast is a streaming mp3/ogg-vorbis audio server. Icecast provides nearly all the functionality of the Shoutcast server. It will accept encoding streams from encoders like winamp, shout and ices. It can also add itself to a directory server such as our own icecast.linuxpower.org or Nullsoft's...
www.freshports.org www.freshports.org
 
For small videos (perhaps a minute or 5): Just store them as a mp4 file, serve them with an HTTP server (for example Apache), and use the native video embedding in HTML5 as a player. Not a great user interface, but works with near zero effort.
 
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and I am looking for a solution that is accessible outside a LAN on a FreeBSD server and can stream video. :)

Best regards
Sidney2017
 
There are 3-suites I found but i don't know how they work or what they can do,

plex, some features payable via plexpass.

FreshPorts -- multimedia/plexmediaserver: Plex Media Server component

Plex Media Server is used to host the content and plugins that are then streamed to Plex Media Center and Plex mobile app clients, either on the same machine, the same local area network, or over the Internet. Content may be transcoded by the server before it's streamed in order to reduce...
www.freshports.org www.freshports.org

FreshPorts -- multimedia/emby-server: Media server to organize, play & stream audio/video to various devices

Emby Server is a home media server built on top of other popular open source technologies such as Service Stack, jQuery, jQuery mobile, and .NET Core. It features a REST-based API with built-in documention to facilitate client development. It also offers client libraries for its API to enable...
www.freshports.org www.freshports.org

FreshPorts -- multimedia/kodi: Award winning media center application

Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is a free and open source cross-platform media-player and entertainment hub. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.
www.freshports.org www.freshports.org

I tested them once and the bind to all internet interfaces, so a "secure-setup" is not easy.
 
The ports hint on this tutorial is good. Need to use ports for nginx and add RTMP support option.
But it is using OBS instead of ffmpeg.
So you will need to mix the instructions for video file serving.
unixcop.com

How to create a streaming server in FreeBSD

Unixcop - Linux and Unix, Tutorials, Guides, Tips and Tricks, freebsd, nginx, rtmp, how to create a streaming server in FreeBSD,vlc
unixcop.com unixcop.com
 
The ffmpeg script contents above is going to be a good example to work from:
ffmpeg -re -I bbb_sunflower_1080p_60fps_normal.mp4 -vcodec copy -loop -1 -c:a aac -b:a 160k -ar 44100 -strict -2 -f flv rtmp:192.168.1.138/live/bbb
Look at the ffmpeg manual and decipher this. From there customize for your content and delivery.
 
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