RTMP fallback

Hello,

My server restreams RTMP servers to HLS. Sometimes a RTMP server is offline. What happens is that the stream goes black and nobody is able to connect to it.

I currently have an video file of 30 seconds with the text "The server is currently unavailable." and some fading background images. I'd like to use this as fallback video.

I already read this: blog.wmspanel.com/2014/10/rtmp-pull-balancing-fallback.html
I know how to use a fallback stream but I don't know how to stream a video continuously to Nimble.
I tried ffmpeg with stream_loop -1 but this stops after one loop.

Can you give me some advice on how to stream a video file continuously to Nimble?

Thank you!

Hello Pepijn.

stream_loop is supported by FFMPEG starting from version 2.8.2, however there is another approach for older versions.

Please check this answer: http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/12905/repeat-loop-input-video-with-ffmpeg

Hi Pepijn

something like this:
ffmpeg -re -f concat -i "loop.txt" -c copy -f flv "rtmp://IP-nimble/live?rtmpauth=username:password/teststream"

loop.txt:
file 'input.mp4'
file 'input.mp4'
file 'input.mp4'
file 'input.mp4'
etc. etc.

With "server-side-task-control" of wmspanel
You can run the command over and over again.

I use JWplayer with two short error video messages.
live stream is not started yet and the live stream is broken please wait.

https://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1442607-example-a-custom-error-message

Hello,

Thank you both for answering!

I tried stream_loop with version 2.8.3 and git version g2dba040.
Both versions jumped to 1 minute after playing 30 seconds of video and stopped then.

I'm now using ffmpeg with a loop. It's far from perfect but I couldn't find a better way.
Here are my files: pastebin.com/tYnSq1af

Thank you for the help,
Pepijn

Hello Pepijn

Do you make any progress? I have seen your scripts.
I'm not very familiar with making Bash scripts.
But is your authentication to Nimble streamer right?
I like the way you trie to make a fallback with a secondaire rtmp stream, with the rtmp pull functionality of Nimble.

I will try it that way too for our live events, I think.
Only you have to start and stop the second stream manualy.
Otherwise the people will see the error message before and after the live event.

I prefer "server-side-task-control" for starting and repeating the second stream