Media

Streaming pulse default audio to http server

You play some audio on the linux laptop and would like to stream it at the same time over the world over HTTP using vlc. This command will create HTTP local stream for pulse detault audio:

cvlc -vvv pulse://alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=320,channels=3}:standard{access=http,dst=0.0.0.0:8080/pc.mp3}'

on the client you have to specify URL:

http://your-media-server:8080/pc.mp3

Converting ts stream to mp4 encoded with h264

ffmpeg -i inputstream-video.ts -c:v libx264 -c:a copy output-video.mp4

Removing audio from the mp4 file

You remove audio by using the -an flag.

ffmpeg -i example.mkv -c copy -an example-nosound.mkv

Full ffmpeg documentation here.