This page provides the fastest way to check playback of WebRTC and LLHLS using OvenMediaEngine. For installation and detailed settings, please refer to other pages.

Run OvenMediaEngine

Run docker with the command below. OME_HOST_IP must be an IP address accessible by the player.

$ docker run --name ome -d -e OME_HOST_IP=Your.HOST.IP.Address \
-p 1935:1935 -p 9999:9999/udp -p 9000:9000 -p 3333:3333 -p 3478:3478 -p 10000-10009:10000-10009/udp \
airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest

$ docker ps -f name=ome
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                              COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           NAMES
c9dd9e56d7a0   airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest   "/opt/ovenmediaengin…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:1935->1935/tcp, :::1935->1935/tcp, 80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3333->3333/tcp, :::3333->3333/tcp, 3334/tcp, 8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3478->3478/tcp, :::3478->3478/tcp, 4000-4005/udp, 8090/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp, :::9000->9000/tcp, 10010/udp, 0.0.0.0:9999-10009->9999-10009/udp, :::9999-10009->9999-10009/udp   ome

$ docker logs ome -f
[2023-03-06 08:01:24.810] I [OvenMediaEngine:1] Config | config_manager.cpp:239  | Trying to set logfile in directory... (/var/log/ovenmediaengine)
[2023-03-06 08:01:24.810] I [OvenMediaEngine:1] Config | config_manager.cpp:261  | Trying to load configurations... (origin_conf/Server.xml)
[2023-03-06 08:01:24.816] I [OvenMediaEngine:1] OvenMediaEngine | banner.cpp:23   | OvenMediaEngine v0.15.1 () is started on [ab3995acafd4] (Linux x86_64 - 5.13.0-44-generic, #49~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 18 18:44:28 UTC 2022)
...

Run OvenPlayer Demo

$ docker run -d -p 8090:80 airensoft/ovenplayerdemo:latest

Publishing

Publish your live stream to OvenMediaEngine using a live encoder like OBS.

The RTMP publishing address is :

Server rtmp://Your.Docker.Host.IP:1935/app

Stream Key stream

The settings below are recommended for ultra-low latency.

Playback

Open the installed OvenPlayer Demo page in your browser.

http://Your.Docker.Host.IP:8090/

WebRTC Playback

Add ws://Your.Docker.Host.IP:3333/app/stream to the Playback URL and click the ADD SOURCE and LOAD PLAYER button to play the live stream with WebRTC.

LLHLS Playback

Add http://Your.Docker.Host.IP:3333/app/stream/llhls.m3u8 to the Playback URL and click the ADD SOURCE and LOAD PLAYER button to play the live stream with LLHLS.

Getting Started with default settings

OvenMediaEngine provides the Docker image from AirenSoft's Docker Hub (airensoft/ovenmediaengine) repository. After installing Docker, you can simply run the following command:

docker run --name ome -d -e OME_HOST_IP=Your.HOST.IP.Address \
-p 1935:1935 -p 9999:9999/udp -p 9000:9000 -p 3333:3333 -p 3478:3478 -p 10000-10009:10000-10009/udp \
airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest

You can set the following environment variables.

Environment Variables

Getting Started with Complex Configuration

When you need to install a certificate in OME or apply a complex configuration, you can do it by following the procedure below to modify Server.xml inside Docker.

OvenMediaEngine docker container loads configuration files from the following path.

There are many ways to change files inside a Docker container, but this document describes how to change them using Docker's bind mounts.

Setup

Create the directories

export OME_DOCKER_HOME=/opt/ovenmediaengine
sudo mkdir -p $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf
sudo mkdir -p $OME_DOCKER_HOME/logs

# Set permissions for the created directory if necessary.
sudo chgrp -R docker $OME_DOCKER_HOME 
sudo chmod -R 775 $OME_DOCKER_HOME

# If you want to use OME_HOME permanently, add the following line to the ~/.profile file for bash, for other shells, you can do it accordingly.
echo "export OME_DOCKER_HOME=/opt/ovenmediaengine" >> ~/.profile

Copy the default configurations from Docker container

docker run -d --name tmp-ome airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest
docker cp tmp-ome:/opt/ovenmediaengine/bin/origin_conf/Server.xml $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf
docker cp tmp-ome:/opt/ovenmediaengine/bin/origin_conf/Logger.xml $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf
docker rm -f tmp-ome

Copy the certificate files to the directory

Copy your PEM certificate files to the path below if you need to enable TLS. The destination file names must match if using the default configuration. If you want to change the file name, you can do so by editing the Server.xml configuration file. See TLS Encryption for details.

cp /your/server_certificate_file.crt $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf/cert.crt
cp /your/certificate_key_file.key $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf/cert.key
cp /your/ca_bundle_file.ca-bundle $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf/cert.ca-bundle

Modify Server.xml if necessary

vi $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf/Server.xml

Running

Run Docker Container

The command below will make your OvenMediaEngine docker container run with $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf/Server.xml and $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf/Logger.xml files on your host. It will also create $OME_DOCKER_HOME/logs/ovenmediaengine.log file.

docker run -d -it --name ome -e OME_HOST_IP=Your.HOST.IP.Address \
-v $OME_DOCKER_HOME/conf:/opt/ovenmediaengine/bin/origin_conf \
-v $OME_DOCKER_HOME/logs:/var/log/ovenmediaengine \
-p 1935:1935 -p 9999:9999/udp -p 9000:9000 -p 3333:3333 -p 3478:3478 \
-p 10000-10009:10000-10009/udp \
airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest

Check the log file

tail -f $OME_DOCKER_HOME/logs/ovenmediaengine.log

Restart Docker Container

docker restart ome

Stop and Remove Container

docker stop ome
docker rm ome

OvenMediaEngine supports multiple protocols for input from various live sources, without compromising basic usability. This allows you to publish a variety of live sources with sub-second latency. See the sub-page for more information.

Player & WebRTC Encoder

We provide online demos of OvenPlayer(WebRTC/LLHLS Player) and OvenLiveKit(WebRTC Live Encoder) so that users can easily test out OvenMediaEngine.

OvenSpace

OvenSpace offers a fast and easy way to experience the powerful tools of OvenMediaEngine, OvenPlayer, and OvenLiveKit in action.

With OvenSpace, you can quickly and easily stream content with sub-second latency using WebRTC technology, or take advantage of Apple's LLHLS specification to deliver low-latency live streaming. The platform allows you to stream from various sources, including your webcam, microphone, screen, or an external live encoder that supports RTMP and SRT.

OvenSpace is available online, so you can try it out for yourself at https://space.ovenplayer.com/. You'll get a hands-on experience of how OvenMediaEngine, OvenPlayer, and OvenLiveKit work together seamlessly to deliver top-quality streaming, whether you're a developer looking to build a media service or someone who wants to experience sub-second or low-latency streaming firsthand.

OvenSpace is also available on Github as open source. It will be a good reference when developing media services using OvenMediaEngine, OvenPlayer and OvenLiveKit.

What is OvenMediaEngine?

OvenMediaEngine (OME) is a Sub-Second Latency Live Streaming Server with Large-Scale and High-Definition. With OME, you can create platforms/services/systems that transmit high-definition video to hundreds-thousand viewers with sub-second latency and be scalable, depending on the number of concurrent viewers.

OvenMediaEngine can receive a video/audio, video, or audio source from encoders and cameras such as OvenLiveKit, OBS, XSplit, and more, to WebRTC, SRT, RTMP, MPEG-2 TS, and RTSP as Input. Then, OME transmits this source using LLHLS (Low Latency HLS) and WebRTC as output. Also, we provide OvenPlayer, an Open-Source and JavaScript-based WebRTC/LLHLS Player for OvenMediaEngine.

Our goal is to make it easier for you to build a stable broadcasting/streaming service with sub-second latency.

Features

• Ingest

  • Push: WebRTC, WHIP, SRT, RTMP, MPEG-2 TS

  • Pull: RTSP

  • Scheduled Channel (Pre-recorded Live)

  • Multiplex Channel (Duplicate stream / Mux tracks)

• Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR) for HLS, LLHLS and WebRTC

• Low-Latency Streaming using LLHLS

  • DVR (Live Rewind)

  • Dump for VoD

  • ID3v2 timed metadata

  • DRM (Widevine, Fairplay)

• Sub-Second Latency Streaming using WebRTC

  • WebRTC over TCP (with embedded TURN server)

  • Embedded WebRTC Signaling Server (WebSocket based)

  • Retransmission with NACK

  • ULPFEC (Uneven Level Protection Forward Error Correction)

    • VP8, H.264

  • In-band FEC (Forward Error Correction)

    • Opus

• HLS (version 3) Streaming support for legacy devices

  • MPEG-2 TS Container

  • Audio/Video Muxed

  • DVR (Live Rewind)

• Embedded Live Transcoder

  • Video: VP8, H.264, H.265(Hardware encoder only), Pass-through

  • Audio: Opus, AAC, Pass-through

• Clustering (Origin-Edge Structure)

• Monitoring

• Access Control

  • AdmissionWebhooks

  • SignedPolicy

• File Recording

• Push Publishing using SRT, RTMP and MPEG2-TS (Re-streaming)

• Thumbnail

• REST API

Supported Platforms

We have tested OvenMediaEngine on platforms, listed below. However, we think it can work with other Linux packages as well:

• Docker (https://hub.docker.com/r/airensoft/ovenmediaengine)

• Ubuntu 18+

• Rocky Linux 9+

• AlmaLinux 9+

• Fedora 28+

Getting Started

Please read Getting Started chapter in the tutorials.

How to Contribute

Thank you so much for being so interested in OvenMediaEngine.

We need your help to keep and develop our open-source project, and we want to tell you that you can contribute in many ways. Please see our Guidelines, Rules, and Contribute.

• Finding Bugs

• Reviewing Code

• Sharing Ideas

• Testing

• Improving Documentation

• Spreading & Use Cases

• Recurring Donations

We always hope that OvenMediaEngine will give you good inspiration.

For more information

• OvenMediaEngine GitHub

• OvenMediaEngine Website

• OvenMediaEngine Tutorial Source

• Test Player

  • Without TLS: http://demo.ovenplayer.com

  • With TLS: https://demo.ovenplayer.com

• OvenPlayer Github

• AirenSoft Website

License

OvenMediaEngine is licensed under the AGPL-3.0-only. However, if you need another license, please feel free to email us at contact@airensoft.com.

Overview and Features

The OME Docker Launcher is a tool that simplifies the process of deploying and managing the OvenMediaEngine (OME) application using Docker containers. This tool can be used by developers and system administrators who want to quickly deploy and test the OME application in a Docker environment.

The OME Docker Launcher provides a set of commands that allow users to easily manage the OME Docker container. These commands include:

• setup

  • This command pulls the OME Docker image(airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest) from the Docker registry and copies the necessary configuration files to a specified location. This command needs to be run before starting the OME Docker container.

• start

  • This command creates and starts the Docker container. Once the container is started, the OME application can be accessed through a web browser using the container's IP address.

• sh

  • This command launches a bash shell inside the running OME Docker container, allowing users to execute commands and interact with the container.

• status

  • This command displays the status of the running OME Docker container, including information such as the container name, and running status.

• stop

  • This command stops the running OME Docker container.

• restart

  • This command stops and then starts the OME Docker container.

Using the OME Docker Launcher, you can easily set up and manage an OME Docker container, without having to manually configure and manage the Docker container. This can save time and effort, especially for users who are not familiar with Docker or who do not want to spend time manually setting up and configuring the OME application.

Installation

Run the following command in your Linux shell.

curl -OL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine/master/misc/ome_docker_launcher.sh' && chmod +x ome_docker_launcher.sh

Below is an example of execution:

$ curl -OL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine/master/misc/ome_docker_launcher.sh' && chmod +x ome_docker_launcher.sh
$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh -h

 ▄██████▀███▄
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀

• Usage: ./ome_docker_launcher.sh [OPTIONS] COMMAND ...

• Options:
  -h, --help                        Show this help message and exit
  -v, --version                     Show the version and exit
  -d, --debug                       Show debug log
  -b, --hide_banner                 Hide the banner
  -m, --monochrome                  Disable colors

• Commands:
  setup       Download the latest Docker image and setup directories for the container
  start       Start a docker container
  sh          Run a shell in the docker container
  status      Show the status of the docker container
  stop        Stop the docker container
  restart     Restart the docker container

Commands

OME Docker Launcher can be executed in the following format:

• Usage: ./ome_docker_launcher.sh [OPTIONS] COMMAND ...

• Options:
  -h, --help                        Show this help message and exit
  -v, --version                     Show the version and exit
  -d, --debug                       Show debug log
  -b, --hide_banner                 Hide the banner
  -m, --monochrome                  Disable colors

• Commands:
  setup       Download the latest Docker image and setup directories for the container
  start       Start a docker container
  sh          Run a shell in the docker container
  status      Show the status of the docker container
  stop        Stop the docker container
  restart     Restart the docker container

setup

The setup command pulls the OME Docker image from the Docker registry and copies the necessary configuration files to the host's /usr/share/ovenmediaengine directory. Additionally, it initializes the log path and crash dump path that will be mounted into the container when it is run.

This command prepares the host environment for running the OME Docker container and sets up the necessary directories and configurations for the container to run correctly.

If you run the "setup" command, the following files and directories will be created:

• /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf

  • This directory contains the OME configuration files and is mounted into the container when it is run.

• /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/logs

  • This directory is the log path for OME and is mounted into the container when it is run. Log files generated by OME will be stored in this directory.

• /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/dumps

  • This directory is the crash dump path for OME and is mounted into the container when it is run. Crash dumps generated by OME will be stored in this directory.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh setup

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Creating configuration directory /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf
• Copying configuration to /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf
• Copying logs directory
• Copying crash dump directory
• OvenMediaEngine is ready to start!

If you want to change the settings, please modify /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf/Server.xml
If you want to start OvenMediaEngine, please run ./ome_docker_launcher.sh start

If you want to change the configuration of OME, you can edit the /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf/Server.xml file. This file contains the server configuration settings for OME, such as the server's IP address, port, and SSL settings. Once you have made changes to this file, you will need to restart the OME Docker container for the changes to take effect. You can do this by running the restart command provided by the OME Docker Launcher.

Certificate Installation

To install a certificate in OvenMediaEngine, copy the certificate files to /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf with the following names:

If you want to change the file names, you can modify Server.xml.

start

Once the setup phase is complete, you can use the start command to run the OME Docker container. The start command creates and starts the Docker container, enabling the OME application to receive stream packets using protocols such as RTMP and SRT. Before running the start command, ensure that the necessary configuration files have been copied to the host's /usr/share/ovenmediaengine directory by running the setup command.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh start

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Starting OvenMediaEngine...
• Obtaining the port list from /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/conf/Server.xml
  - RTMP Provider is configured to use 1935 (Port)
  - SRT Provider is configured to use 9999 (Port)
  - WebRTC Provider is configured to use 3333 (Port)
  - WebRTC Provider is configured to use 3334 (TLSPort)
  - WebRTC Provider is configured to use 10000-10004/UDP (IceCandidate)
  - WebRTC Provider is configured to use 3478 (TcpRelay)
  - OVT Publisher is configured to use 9000 (Port)
  - LLHLS Publisher is configured to use 3333 (Port)
  - LLHLS Publisher is configured to use 3334 (TLSPort)
  - WebRTC Publisher is configured to use 3333 (Port)
  - WebRTC Publisher is configured to use 3334 (TLSPort)
  - WebRTC Publisher is configured to use 10000-10004/UDP (IceCandidate)
  - WebRTC Publisher is configured to use 3478 (TcpRelay)
• Starting a container: ovenemediaengine
  docker> 7235ff9f80762b6e7b27ba3a9773f5584033d55c113340dabf0779e8f5cf53bb
• OvenMediaEngine is started successfully!

$ OME_HOST_IP=1.2.3.4 ./ome_docker_launcher.sh start
...
• OvenMediaEngine is started successfully!

$ tail -f /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/logs/ovenmediaengine.log
...
[2023-11-01 00:00:00.000] I [OvenMediaEngine:1] ICE | ice_port_manager.cpp:305  | ICE candidate found: 1.2.3.4:40000
...

OME_HOST_IP
OME_RTMP_PROV_PORT
OME_WEBRTC_CANDIDATE_IP
OME_WEBRTC_CANDIDATE_PORT
OME_WEBRTC_SIGNALLING_PORT
OME_WEBRTC_SIGNALLING_TLS_PORT
OME_WEBRTC_TCP_RELAY_PORT

sh

The sh command allows you to enter into the shell of the running container. You can use this command for troubleshooting purpose. Once you enter into the container's shell, you can execute any commands just like you do in a normal Linux shell. This allows you to inspect the container's internal state and debug any issues that you might be facing with the container or the application running inside it.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh sh

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Run a shell in the running container: ID: 7235ff9f8076
root@7235ff9f8076:/opt/ovenmediaengine/bin# ps -ef
UID          PID    PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root           1       0  0 10:29 ?        00:00:01 /opt/ovenmediaengine/bin/OvenMediaEngine -c origin_conf
root          53       0  0 10:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash
root          61      53  0 10:44 pts/0    00:00:00 ps -ef
root@7235ff9f8076:/opt/ovenmediaengine/bin# top -bn1
top - 10:44:44 up 333 days,  3:33,  0 users,  load average: 0.44, 0.78, 0.78
Tasks:   3 total,   1 running,   2 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):  1.4 us,  0.3 sy,  0.0 ni, 98.3 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
MiB Mem : 128723.7 total,  10529.4 free,  31268.5 used,  86925.7 buff/cache
MiB Swap:  31250.0 total,  30345.8 free,    904.2 used.  96221.5 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
      1 root      20   0  320136  21812  15772 S   0.0   0.0   0:01.48 OvenMediaEngine
     53 root      20   0    4116   3456   2896 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.01 bash
     62 root      20   0    5972   3160   2732 R   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 top
root@7235ff9f8076:/opt/ovenmediaengine/bin# 

status

The status command shows the current execution status of the container. If the container is running, it displays the ID and name of the container. This command helps you to verify whether the container is up and running or not. If the container is not running, you can use the start command to start the container.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh status

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Container is running: ID: 7235ff9f8076, name: ovenemediaengine

stop

The stop command stops the running container and removes it from the list of Docker containers.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh stop

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Stopping a container: ovenemediaengine
  docker> ovenemediaengine
• Removing a container: ovenemediaengine
  docker> ovenemediaengine
• OvenMediaEngine is stopped successfully

restart

The restart command restarts the container. This is useful when you need to apply changes to the Server.xml.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh stop

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Restarting a container: ovenemediaengine
  docker> ovenemediaengine

Troubleshootings

Enable debug log

If you encounter any problems during the execution, try using the -d option in the [OPTIONS] to view detailed logs. This option shows the command sets and their results that are executed internally.

$ ./ome_docker_launcher.sh -d stop

 ▄██████▀███▄ 
█████▀ ▄██████  OvenMediaEngine Launcher v0.1
███▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀███
██████▀ ▄█████  https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine
 ▀███▄██████▀ 

• Stopping a container: ovenemediaengine
 ┌── /usr/bin/docker stop ovenemediaengine
   docker> ovenemediaengine
 └── Succeeded
• Removing a container: ovenemediaengine
 ┌── /usr/bin/docker rm ovenemediaengine
   docker> ovenemediaengine
 └── Succeeded
• OvenMediaEngine is stopped successfully

Get the crash dump of OME in the container

If OME terminates abnormally, providing the crash dump to the OME team can be helpful. The crash dump is stored in the /usr/share/ovenmediaengine/dumps directory, which is created during the setup phase. You can find the dump file named crash_<yyyymmdd>.dump in this directory.

Sharing those log and dump file would be greatly appreciated and helpful for the development of OME.

Starting from version OME v0.15.1, IPv6 is supported.

To use IPv6, you need to change the settings of the Server.xml file as follows:

1. Configuration for listening

You can use /Server/IP to support IPv6. In versions prior to v0.15.0, only one /Server/IP setting could be specified, but in versions after v0.15.1, multiple settings can be specified. That is, if you add an /Server/IP element for IPv6 to the existing configuration as follows, you can accept IPv6 requests from clients:

Example 1) IPv4 Only

OME listens to the 1935 port for RTMP as follows:

Example 2) IPv6 Only

OME listens to the 1935 port for RTMP as follows:

Example 3) IPv4 + IPv6

OME listens to the 1935 port for RTMP as follows:

2. Configuration for IceCandidates (for WebRTC)

When you specify IPv6 interface /Server/IP, most Providers/Publishers will work with IPv6, but WebRTC will not. While the WebSocket server used as the WebRTC Signalling server works well with the above setting, but more setting is required for ICE Candidates that actually transmit/receive data.

To use IPv6 ICE Candidate, you need to add an IPv6 IceCandidate to /Server/Bind/(Providers|Publishers)/WebRTC/IceCandidates.

By setting up as above, OME is ready to use ICE Candidates for IPv6 as well as IPv4. The ICE Candidate generated here can be viewed in the signaling step of the web browser.

3. Configuration for <Origin>

Now you can set up the OME edge to look at an origin with an IPv6 IP address. To do this, you can set /Server/VirtualHosts/VirtualHost/Origins/Origin/Pass/Urls/Url as follows:

This configuration creates a stream that refers an RTSP source provided on port 1234 of an origin which has an IPv6 address of 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8.

4. Configuration for <AdmissionWebhooks>

You can also specify an IPv6 address for the server that AdmissionWebhooks is using. To do this, set the value of /Server/VirtualHosts/VirtualHost/AdmissionWebhooks/ControlServerUrl as follows:

The above configuration asks whether the client has the permission to publish or playback using http://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:7000/a/b/c.

Configuration

Providers ingests streams that come from a media source. OvenMediaEngine supports RTMP protocol. You can set it in the configuration as follows:

When a live source inputs to the <Application>, a stream is automatically created in the <Application>. The created stream is passed to Encoder and Publisher.

RTMP live stream

If you set up a live stream using an RTMP-based encoder, you need to set the following in Server.xml:

• <BlockDuplicateStreamName> is a policy for streams that are inputted as overlaps.

<BlockDuplicateStreamName> works with the following rules:

Publish

If you want to publish the source stream, you need to set the following in the Encoder:

• URL RTMP://<OvenMediaEngine IP>[:<RTMP Listen Port>]/<App Name]>

• Stream Key Stream Name

If you use the default configuration, the <RTMP><ListenPort> is 1935, which is the default port for RTMP. So it can be omitted. Also, since the Application named app is created by default in the default configuration, you can enter app in the [App Name]. You can define a Stream Key and use it in the Encoder, and the Streaming URL will change according to the Stream Key.

Moreover, some encoders can include a stream key in the URL, and if you use these encoders, you need to set it as follows:

• URL RTMP://<OvenMediaEngine IP>[:<RTMP Listen Port>/<App Name>/<Stream Name>

Example with OvenLiveKit (OvenStreamEncoder)

If you are using the default configuration, press the URL button in the top right corner of OvenStreamEnoder, and enter the URL as shown below:

Also, <App name> and <Stream name> can be changed and used as desired in the configuration.

Example with OBS

If you use the default configuration, set the OBS as follows:

You can set the Stream Key to any name you like at any time.

Most browsers can't load resources via HTTP and WS (WebSocket) from HTTPS web pages secured with TLS. Therefore, if the player is on an HTTPS page, the player must request streaming through "https" and "wss" URLs secured with TLS. In this case, you must apply the TLS certificate to the OvenMediaEngine.

You can set the port for TLS in TLSPort. Currently, LLHLS and WebRTC Signaling support TLS.

<Bind>
    <!-- For API Server -->
    <Managers>
	    <API>
	    <Port>8081</Port>
	    <TLSPort>8082</TLSPort>
            <WorkerCount>1</WorkerCount>
	</API>
    </Managers>
    <!-- For Providers -->
    <Providers>
        <WebRTC>
	    <Signalling>
		<Port>3333</Port>
		<TLSPort>3334</TLSPort>
		<WorkerCount>1</WorkerCount>
	    </Signalling>
            ...
        </WebRTC>
    </Providers>
    <!- For Publishers -->
    <Publishers>
        <LLHLS>
            <Port>80</Port>
            <TLSPort>443</TLSPort>
        </LLHLS>
        <WebRTC>
            <Signalling>
                <Port>3333</Port>
                <TLSPort>3334</TLSPort>
            </Signalling>
            ...
        </WebRTC>
    </Publishers>
</Bind>

Add your certificate files to as follows:

<!-- For API Server -->
<Managers>
  <Host>
    <Names>
      <Name>*</Name>
    </Names>
    <TLS>
      <CertPath>path/to/file.crt</CertPath>
      <KeyPath>path/to/file.key</KeyPath>
      <ChainCertPath>path/to/file.crt</ChainCertPath>
    </TLS>
  </Host>
  ...
</Managers>

<VirtualHosts>
  <VirtualHost>
    <!-- For Vitual Host -->
    <Host>
        <Names>
            <Name>*</Name>
        </Names>
        <TLS>
          <CertPath>/etc/pki/airensoft.com/_airensoft_com.crt</CertPath>
          <KeyPath>/etc/pki/airensoft.com/_airensoft_com.key</KeyPath>
          <ChainCertPath>/etc/pki/airensoft.com/_airensoft_com.ca-bundle</ChainCertPath>
        </TLS>
    </Host>

To enable HTTP for HLS and WebRTC signaling servers, you must enable the TLS element and install the certificate file in PEM format. This involves indicating a server certificate through the CertPath, as well as a private key file through the KeyPath. These paths can be specified as either absolute or relative paths from the executable. However, if the server certificate was issued using an intermediate certificate, some browsers may raise concerns about the certificate's authenticity. To address this, a bundle of chained certificates provided by a Certificate Authority can be set in the ChainCertPath.

Assuming the certificate settings are correctly configured, WebRTC streaming can then be played via the wss://url protocol, while LLHLS streaming can be accessed via https://url.

Scheduled Channel that allows you to create a live channel by scheduling pre-recorded files has been added to OvenMediaEngine. Other services or software call this Pre-recorded Live or File Live, but OvenMediaEngine plans to expand the function to organize live channels as a source, so we named it Scheduled Channel.

Getting Started

To use this feature, activate Schedule Provider as follows.

<VirtualHost>
    <Applications>
        <Providers>
            <Schedule>
                <MediaRootDir>/opt/ovenmediaengine/media</MediaRootDir>
                <ScheduleFilesDir>/opt/ovenmediaengine/media</ScheduleFilesDir>
            </Schedule>
            ...

MediaRootDir Root path where media files are located. If you specify a relative path, the directory where the config file is located is root.

ScheduleFileDir Root path where the schedule file is located. If you specify a relative path, the directory where the config file is located is root.

Schedule Files

Scheduled Channel creates/updates/deletes streams by creating/editing/deleting files with the .sch extension in the ScheduleFileDir path. Schedule files (.sch) use the following XML format. When a <Stream Name>.sch file is created in ScheduleFileDir, OvenMediaEngine analyzes the file and creates a Schedule Channel with <Stream Name>. If the contents of <Stream Name>.sch are changed, the Schedule Channel is updated, and if the file is deleted, the stream is deleted.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Schedule>
    <Stream>
        <Name>tv1</Name> <!-- optional, using filename without ext -->
        <BypassTranscoder>false</BypassTranscoder>
        <VideoTrack>true</VideoTrack>
        <AudioTrack>true</AudioTrack>
    </Stream>
    
    <FallbackProgram> <!-- Not yet supported -->
        <Item url="file://sample.mp4" start="0" duration="60000"/>
    </FallbackProgram>

    <Program name="1" scheduled="2023-09-27T13:21:15.123+09:00" repeat="true">
        <Item url="stream://default/app/stream1" duration="60000"/>
    </Program>
    <Program name="2" scheduled="2022-03-14T15:10:0.0+09:00" repeat="true">
        <Item url="file://sample.mp4" start="0" duration="60000"/>
        <Item url="stream://default/app/stream1" duration="60000"/> <!-- Not yet supported -->
        <Item url="file://sample.mp4" start="60000" duration="120000"/>
    </Program>
</Schedule>

Stream (required) This is the stream information that the Channel needs to create.

Stream.Name (optional) It's the stream's name. This is a reference value extracted from the file name for usage. It's recommended to set it same for consistency, although it's for reference purposes.

Stream.BypassTranscoder (optional, default: false) Set to true if transcoding is not desired.

Stream.VideoTrack (optional, default: true) Determines whether to use the video track. If VideoTrack is set to true and there's no video track in the Item, an error will occur.

Stream.AudioTrack (optional, default: true) Determines whether to use the audio track. If AudioTrack is set to true and there's no audio track in the Item, an error will occur.

FallbackProgram (optional) It is a program that switches automatically when there is no program scheduled at the current time or an error occurs in an item. If the program is updated at the current time or the item returns to normal, it will fail back to the original program. Both files and live can be used for items in FallbackProgram. However, it is recommended to use a stable file.

Program (optional) Schedules a program. The name is an optional reference value. If not set, a random name will be assigned. Set the start time in ISO8601 format in the scheduled attribute. Decide whether to repeat the Items when its playback ends.

Program.Item (optional) Configures the media source to broadcast.

The url points to the location of the media source. If it starts with file://, it refers to a file within the MediaRootDir directory. If it starts with stream://, it refers to another stream within the same OvenMediaEngine. stream:// has the following format: stream://vhost_name/app_name/stream_name

For 'file' cases, the start attribute can be set in milliseconds to indicate where in the file playback should start. duration indicates the playback time of that item in milliseconds. After the duration ends, it moves to the next item. Both 'start' and 'duration' are optional. If not set, start defaults to 0, and duration defaults to the file's duration; if not specified, the media file will be played until its full duration.

Application : Persistent Live Channel

This function is a scheduling channel, but it can be used for applications such as creating a permanent stream as follows.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Schedule>
        <Stream>
                <Name>stream</Name>
                <BypassTranscoder>false</BypassTranscoder>
                <VideoTrack>true</VideoTrack>
                <AudioTrack>true</AudioTrack>
        </Stream>
        <FallbackProgram>
                <Item url="file://hevc.mov"/>
                <Item url="file://avc.mov"/>
        </FallbackProgram>

        <Program name="origin" scheduled="2000-01-01T20:57:00.000+09" repeat="true">
                <Item url="stream://default/app/input" duration="-1" />
        </Program>
</Schedule>

This channel normally plays default/app/input, but when live input is stopped, it plays the file in FallbackProgram. This will last forever until the .sch file is deleted. One trick was to set the origin program's schedule time to year 2000 so that this stream would play unconditionally.

REST API

ScheduledChannel can also be controlled via API. Please refer to the page below.

User can send video/audio from web browser to OvenMediaEngine via WebRTC without plug-in. Of course, you can use any encoder that supports WebRTC transmission as well as a browser.

Configuration

Bind

OvenMediaEngine supports self-defined signaling protocol and WHIP for WebRTC ingest.

<Bind>
    <Providers>
        ...
        <WebRTC>
            <Signalling>
                <Port>3333</Port>
                <TLSPort>3334</TLSPort>
            </Signalling>
            <IceCandidates>
                <TcpRelay>*:3478</TcpRelay>
                <TcpForce>false</TcpForce>
                <IceCandidate>*:10000-10005/udp</IceCandidate>
            </IceCandidates>
        </WebRTC>
    </Providers>

You can set the port to use for signaling in <Bind><Provider><WebRTC><Signaling>. <Port> is for setting an unsecured HTTP port, and <TLSPort> is for setting a secured HTTP port that is encrypted with TLS.

For WebRTC ingest, you must set the ICE candidates of the OvenMediaEnigne server to <IceCandidates>. The candidates set in <IceCandate> are delivered to the WebRTC peer, and the peer requests communication with this candidate. Therefore, you must set the IP that the peer can access. If the IP is specified as *, OvenMediaEngine gathers all IPs of the server and delivers them to the peer.

<TcpRelay> means OvenMediaEngine's built-in TURN Server. When this is enabled, the address of this turn server is passed to the peer via self-defined signaling protocol or WHIP, and the peer communicates with this turn server over TCP. This allows OvenMediaEngine to support WebRTC/TCP itself. For more information on URL settings, check out WebRTC over TCP.

Application

WebRTC input can be turned on/off for each application. As follows Setting enables the WebRTC input function of the application. The <CrossDomains> setting is used in WebRTC signaling.

<Applications>
    <Application>
        <Name>app</Name>
        <Providers>
            <WebRTC>
                <Timeout>30000</Timeout>
                <CrossDomains>
                    <Url>*</Url>
                </CrossDomains>
            </WebRTC>

URL Pattern

OvenMediaEnigne supports self-defined signaling protocol and WHIP for WebRTC ingest.

Self-defined Signaling URL

The signaling URL for WebRTC ingest uses the query string ?direction=send as follows to distinguish it from the url for WebRTC playback. Since the self-defined WebRTC signaling protocol is based on WebSocket, you must specify ws[s] as the scheme.

ws[s]://<host>[:signaling port]/<app name>/<stream name>?direction=send

WHIP URL

For ingest from the WHIP client, put ?direction=whip in the query string in the signaling URL as in the example below. Since WHIP is based on HTTP, you must specify http[s] as the scheme.

http[s]://<host>[:signaling port]/<app name>/<stream name>?direction=whip

WebRTC over TCP

WebRTC transmission is sensitive to packet loss because it affects all players who access the stream. Therefore, it is recommended to provide WebRTC transmission over TCP. OvenMediaEngine has a built-in TURN server for WebRTC/TCP, and receives or transmits streams using the TCP session that the player's TURN client connects to the TURN server as it is. To use WebRTC/TCP, use transport=tcp query string as in WebRTC playback. See WebRTC/tcp playback for more information.

ws[s]://<host>[:port]/<app name>/<stream name>?direction=send&transport=tcp

http[s]://<host>[:port]/<app name>/<stream name>?direction=whip&transport=tcp

WebRTC Producer

We provide a demo page so you can easily test your WebRTC input. You can access the demo page at the URL below.

Self-defined WebRTC Ingest Signaling Protocol

To create a custom WebRTC Producer, you need to implement OvenMediaEngine's Self-defined Signaling Protocol or WHIP. Self-defined protocol is structured in a simple format and uses the same method as WebRTC Streaming.

When the player connects to ws[s]://host:port/app/stream?direction=send through a web socket and sends a request offer command, the server responds to the offer sdp. If transport=tcp exists in the query string of the URL, iceServers information is included in offer sdp, which contains the information of OvenMediaEngine's built-in TURN server, so you need to set this in RTCPeerConnection to use WebRTC/TCP. The player then setsRemoteDescription and addIceCandidate offer sdp, generates an answer sdp, and responds to the server.

OvenMediaEngine supports GPU-based hardware decoding and encoding. Currently supported GPU acceleration devices are Intel's QuickSync and NVIDIA. This article explains how to install the drivers for OvenMediaEngine and set up the configuration to use your GPU.

1. Install Drivers

(curl -LOJ https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine/archive/master.tar.gz && tar xvfz OvenMediaEngine-master.tar.gz)
OvenMediaEngine-master/misc/install_nvidia_driver.sh

$ nvidia-smi

Thu Jun 17 10:20:23 2021
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 465.19.01    Driver Version: 465.19.01    CUDA Version: 11.3     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce ...  Off  | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 20%   35C    P8    N/A /  75W |    156MiB /  1997MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

OvenMediaEngine-master/misc/prerequisites.sh --enable-nvc

OvenMediaEngine-master/misc/install_nvidia_docker_container.sh

OvenMediaEngine-master/Dockerfile.cuda
OvenMediaEngine-master/Dockerfile.cuda.local

(curl -LOJ https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine/archive/master.tar.gz && tar xvfz OvenMediaEngine-master.tar.gz) 
OvenMediaEngine-master/misc/install_intel_driver.sh

# Use the samples provided in the Intel Media SDK
# Check the list of codecs supported by iGPU
/MediaSDK-intel-mediasdk-21.1.2/build/__bin/release/simple_7_codec

OvenMediaEngine-master/misc/prerequisites.sh --enable-qsv

ldconfig -p | grep libxcoder_logan.so

./prerequisites.sh --enable-nilogan --nilogan-path=/root/T4xx/release/FFmpeg-n5.0_t4xx_patch

2. Build & Run

Please refer to the link for how to build and run.

docker run -d ... --gpus all airensoft/ovenmediaengine:dev

3. Configuration

To use hardware acceleration, set the HardwareAcceleration option to true under OutputProfiles. If this option is enabled, a hardware codec is automatically used when creating a stream, and if it is unavailable due to insufficient hardware resources, it is replaced with a software codec.

<OutputProfiles>
    <HWAccels>
        <!-- 
        Setting for Hardware Modules.
            - nv : Nvidia Video Codec SDK
            - xma :Xilinx Media Accelerator
            - qsv :Intel Quick Sync Video
            - nilogan: Netint VPU

        You can use multiple modules by separating them with commas.
        For example, if you want to use xma and nv, you can set it as follows.

        <Modules>[ModuleName]:[DeviceId],[ModuleName]:[DeviceId],...</Modules>
        <Modules>xma:0,nv:0</Modules>
        -->
        <Decoder>
                <Enable>true</Enable>
                <Modules>nv</Modules>
        </Decoder>
        <Encoder>
                <Enable>true</Enable>
                <Modules>nv</Modules>
        </Encoder>
    </HWAccels>
    
    <OutputProfile>
        ...
    </OutputProfile>
</OutputProfiles>

Appendix. Support Format

The codecs available using hardware accelerators in OvenMediaEngine are as shown in the table below. Different GPUs support different codecs. If the hardware codec is not available, you should check if your GPU device supports the codec.

D : Decoding, E : Encoding

Reference

• NVIDIA NVDEC Video Format : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVDEC

• NVIDIA NVENV Video Format : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC

• CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide : https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#introduction

• NVIDIA Container Toolkit : https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/arch-overview.html#arch-overview

• Quick Sync Video format support: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video

• Xilinx Video SDK : https://xilinx.github.io/video-sdk/v3.0/index.html