FFmpeg CLI: Transcode RTSP Stream to HLS with Low Latency
Convert RTSP camera feeds into HLS segment playlists for web browser playback using FFmpeg hardware acceleration.
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#1Optimized FFmpeg RTSP to HLS Command
Execute this low-latency FFmpeg pipeline to package an RTSP input into small 2-second HLS segments without re-encoding video:
ffmpeg -rtsp_transport tcp -i "rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/Streaming/Channels/101" \
-c:v copy -c:a aac -ar 44100 \
-f hls -hls_time 2 -hls_list_size 5 -hls_flags delete_segments \
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