github.com/tomclegg/streamserve

streamserve

Efficiently distribute media streams to http clients.

• Release status: alpha
• Documentation (same as at godoc.org)
• TODO
• AGPLv3

Install binary package (linux amd64):

• Download a deb, rpm, or tar.bz2 from the Releases page
• Install it with dpkg, rpm, or tar

Install from source (assuming you have the Go tools installed and $GOPATH/bin is in your PATH):

go get github.com/tomclegg/streamserve

Run:

streamserve -address :44100 \
            -source-buffer 40 \
            -frame-bytes 44100 \
            -reopen \
            -close-idle=false \
            -exec arecord -f cd --file-type raw

streamserve -address :6464 \
            -content-type audio/mpeg \
            -source-buffer 1000 \
            -frame-bytes 300 \
            -frame-filter mp3 \
            -reopen \
            -close-idle \
            -exec sh -c 'curl -sS localhost:44100 | lame -r -h -b 64 -a -m l - -'

Features / design goals

• Fast. Laptop should handle 1000 clients easily.
• Small. Use well under 1GB RAM when serving 10 streams to 10K clients.
• Stream sort-of-streamable formats like mp3.
• Drop frames when clients are too slow.
• Keep clients online while sources fail and resume.