Building a Live Streaming Platform with Nginx, FFmpeg, and RTMP/HLS

Architectural Overview A live video broadcasting system comprises three fundamental components: a publishing endpoint, a media server, and playback clients. The publishing side uses FFmpeg for encoding and sending streams. The server layer employs Nginx enhanced with an RTMP module to ingest and distribute content. Viewer-side playback can be h ...

Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:35:30 +0000 by fbm

Configuring RTMP Streaming with Nginx: A Comprehensive Guide

Core Configuration The RTMP server instance declaration is the foundation of your configuration. rtmp { server { listen 1935; } } Server Listening Configuration Define the socket where the server will accept connections. server { listen 1935; } Application Setup Create an application instance within the server context. ser ...

Posted on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:23:22 +0000 by gotry