device

FFmpeg Device

You can get video from any USB camera or Webcam as RTSP or WebRTC stream. This is part of FFmpeg integration.

• check available devices in web interface
• video_size and framerate must be supported by your camera!
• for Linux supported only video for now
• for macOS you can stream FaceTime camera or whole desktop!
• for macOS important to set right framerate

Configuration

Format: ffmpeg:device?{input-params}#{param1}#{param2}#{param3}

streams:
  linux_usbcam:   ffmpeg:device?video=0&video_size=1280x720#video=h264
  windows_webcam: ffmpeg:device?video=0#video=h264
  macos_facetime: ffmpeg:device?video=0&audio=1&video_size=1280x720&framerate=30#video=h264#audio=pcma

PS. It is recommended to check the available devices in the WebUI add page.