Getting Started

Run with Docker

OvenMediaEngine provides docker image to Docker Hub in the airensoft/ovenmediaengine repository. After installing Docker, you can simply run the following command:

docker run -d \
-p 1935:1935 -p 3333:3333 -p 8080:8080 -p 9000:9000/udp -p 10000-10005:10000-10005/udp \
airensoft/ovenmediaengine:latest

You can set the following environment variables.

Ports

Env

Default Value

OME_ORIGIN_PORT

9000

OME_RTMP_PROV_PORT

1935

OME_HLS_PUB_PORT

8080

OME_DASH_PUB_PORT

8080

OME_ICE_CANDIDATES

*:10000-10005/udp

OME_SIGNALLING_PORT

3333

Encoding Options

Env	Default Value
OME_AUDIO_BITRATE	128000
OME_AUDIO_SAMPLERATE	48000
OME_AUDIO_CHANNEL	2
OME_VIDEO_WIDTH	640
OME_VIDEO_HEIGHT	360
OME_VIDEO_BITRATE	500000
OME_VIDEO_FRAMERATE	30

Manual Install and run

Installing for dependencies

OvenMediaEngine works in concert with a variety of open source and library. First, install them on your clean Linux machine as described below. We think that OvenMediaEngine can support most Linux packages, but the tested platforms we use are Ubuntu 18+, Fedora 28+, and CentOS 7+.

(curl -LOJ https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenMediaEngine/archive/v0.10.3.tar.gz && tar xvfz OvenMediaEngine-0.10.3.tar.gz)
OvenMediaEngine-0.10.3/misc/prerequisites.sh

If the prerequisites.sh script fails, proceed with the manual installation.

Build & Run

You can build OvenMediaEngine sources using the following command.

cd OvenMediaEngine-0.10.3/src
make release
sudo make install
systemctl start ovenmediaengine
# If you want automatically start on boot
systemctl enable ovenmediaengine.service

cd OvenMediaEngine-0.10.3/src
make release
sudo make install
systemctl start ovenmediaengine
# If you want automatically start on boot
systemctl enable ovenmediaengine.service

source scl_source enable devtoolset-7
cd OvenMediaEngine-0.10.3/src
make release
sudo make install
systemctl start ovenmediaengine
# If you want automatically start on boot
systemctl enable ovenmediaengine.service

In addition, we recommend that you permanently set environment variables as follows.

$ echo 'source scl_source enable devtoolset-7' >> ~/.bashrc

if systemctl start ovenmediaengine fails in Fedora, selinux may be the cause. See Check SELinux section of Troubleshooing.

Ports used by default

The default configuration uses the following ports, so you need to open them in your firewall settings.

Port

Purpose

1935/TCP

RTMP Input

9000/UDP

Origin Listen

80/TCP

HLS & MPEG-Dash Streaming

3333/TCP

WebRTC Signalling

10000 - 10005/UDP

WebRTC Ice candidate

You can open the port of the firewall as shown in the following example.

$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=80/tcp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=1935/tcp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=3333/tcp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=9000/udp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=10000-10005/udp

Hello Ultra-low Latency Streaming

Start Stream

You can live streaming using live encoders such as OBS, XSplit. Please set the RTMP URL as below:

rtmp://<Server IP>[:<RTMP Port>]/<Application name>/<Stream name>

The meanings of each item are as follows:

<Server IP>: The IP address or domain of the OvenMediaEngine server.
<RTMP Port>: You can use <Port> of <Provider> in the above Server.xml file. If you use the default configuration, the RTMP default port (1935) is used. Also, If you set the default port, you can omit the port.
<Application name>: This value corresponds to <Name> of <Application> in conf/Server.xml. If you use the default configuration, you can use the app.
<Stream name>: The name of the stream you defined.

After you enter the above RTMP URL into the encoder and start publishing, you will have an environment in which the player can view the live stream.

Example of using OBS Encoder

The server address in OBS needs to use the <Application name> generated in Server.xml. If you use the default configuration, the app has already been created, and you can use it.

Install OBS on your PC and run it.
Click "File" in the top menu, then "Settings" (or press "Settings" on the bottom-right).
Select the "Stream" tab and fill in the settings.

Go to the "Output" tab.
Set the following entries.

For lower latency we recommend you to use Hardware Encoder as follows. NVENC provides a Low-Latency preset, which encodes with very low latency. Setting the MAX B-bframe to 0 is also important for lower latency.

If Hardware Encoder is not installed in your PC, it is recommended to set x264 as follows. We highly recommend setting bframes = 0 for lower latency. And set the threads= option to 8 or less. Chrome does not handle more than 10 Nal Units. Setting threads=8 is the best way to avoid this.

We recommend checking the "Enable new networking code" and "Low latency mode" as follows.

Playback

We have prepared a test player so that you can easily check that the OvenMediaEngine is working well. For more information, see the Test Player chapter.

Please note that the WebRTC Signalling URL is similar to the RTMP URL and consists of the following:

ws://<Server IP>:[<Signalling Port>/<Application name>/<Output Stream name>
- <Server IP>: The IP address or domain of the OvenMediaEngine server.
- <Signalling Port>: You can use the value of <Signalling><ListenPort> in Server.xml above. If you use the default configuration, the WebRTC signalling default port (3333) is used.
- <Application name>: This value corresponds to <Name> of <Application> in conf/Server.xml. If you use the default configuration, you can use the app.
- <Output Stream name>: You have to use an output stream name for streaming. If you are using the default configuration, an output stream named <Stream Name>_o is automatically generated when stream is input.