Streaming room in Node.js, RTMP, HSL, html5

Fully operational server and client for streaming and playing.

Features

Server:

• Has a RTMP server to receive streaming (e.g. from OBS studio)
• Converts RTMP to HSL when a RTMP is published
• WebSocket server for counting participants
• Simple room authentication

Client:

• HTML5 VideoJS player (supports Chrome, Firefox, iOS, Android)
• Chat room with usernames
• Password protected

How it works

Example:

[ OBS ] ––rtmp://localhost/live/live––> [ RTMP Server ] ––hsl––> [ HTTP server ] ––.m3u8––> [ Videojs HTML5 player ]

Requirements

1. Nodejs

   For web and RTMP server

   Download here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

2. FFmpeg

   For converting video and audio to HLS (HTML5)

   Download here: http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

How to use it

Clone this repository or download the code.

Open the project folder in terminal and run:

npm install

npm start

Open your browser in localhost:3000

• Username: [Anything]
• Password: room1

You might update the default login passwords and stream key in the file: config.json

Windows installation

Check the windows installation guide here

Development

npm run dev