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Start simple mp4 stream with ffserver

I want to transfer mp4, and for that I read about ffserver.
Therefore, I search and read the ffserver documentation, but still I can not transfer a simple file.
For this, I did this:
1-A win 8 and the last VLC. 2-A Ubuntu 13 with the latest ffmpeg package.
3-A ffserver.conf file saved in / etc / and copied from http://ffmpeg.org/sample.html (I just copy the text to a new file). <w> 4-Run this command: ffserver -f /etc/ffconfig.conf and this is the result:

 avserver version 0.8.13-6:0.8.13-0ubuntu0.13.10.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the Libav developers built on Jul 15 2014 13:53:49 with gcc 4.8.1 Tue Feb 10 07:29:07 2015 AVserver started.

5-Check http: // localhost: 8090 / stat.html and server status is OK. It shows me 4 streams: test1.mpg, test.asf, stat.html, index.html.
6-Run this command: ffmpeg -i test.mp4 http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm , and this is the result:

 ffmpeg version 0.8.13-6:0.8.13-0ubuntu0.13.10.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the Libav developers built on Jul 15 2014 13:53:49 with gcc 4.8.1 *** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED *** This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Please use avconv instead. Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'big.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 1 compatible_brands: isom creation_time : 2015-02-05 20:35:09 Duration: 00:21:36.12, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 788 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 720x404, 677 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn, 47.95 tbc Metadata: creation_time : 2015-02-05 17:05:45 Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 106 kb/s Metadata: creation_time : 2015-02-05 20:35:12 Incompatible sample format '(null)' for codec 'mp2', auto-selecting format 's16' Last message repeated 1 times Incompatible sample format '(null)' for codec 'libmp3lame', auto-selecting format 's16' [buffer @ 0x900f0c0] w:720 h:404 pixfmt:yuv420p [scale @ 0x8ea5080] w:720 h:404 fmt:yuv420p -> w:160 h:128 fmt:yuv420p flags:0x4 [buffer @ 0x8ea34a0] Invalid pixel format string '-1' Error opening filters!

7-I look at the error, and I can not find why this is happening and where I am wrong!

So far I have read many examples and ffserver tutorials, but most of them focus on real-time streaming, but I just want to transfer some mp4 files.

EDIT:

I installed the real ffmpeg as this link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/373322/how-to-replace-avconv-with-the-real-ffmpeg-and-have-it-work-right , but the same error (just change ppa to ppa:mc3man/trusty-media for the latest version):

 pp@ubuntu :~$ ffmpeg -i big.mp4 http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm ffmpeg version 0.8.13-6:0.8.13-0ubuntu0.13.10.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the Libav developers built on Jul 15 2014 13:53:49 with gcc 4.8.1 *** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED *** This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Please use avconv instead. Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'big.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 1 compatible_brands: isom creation_time : 2015-02-05 20:35:09 Duration: 00:21:36.12, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 788 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 720x404, 677 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn, 47.95 tbc Metadata: creation_time : 2015-02-05 17:05:45 Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 106 kb/s Metadata: creation_time : 2015-02-05 20:35:12 Incompatible sample format '(null)' for codec 'mp2', auto-selecting format 's16' Last message repeated 1 times Incompatible sample format '(null)' for codec 'libmp3lame', auto-selecting format 's16' [buffer @ 0xa04e0c0] w:720 h:404 pixfmt:yuv420p [scale @ 0x9ee4080] w:720 h:404 fmt:yuv420p -> w:160 h:128 fmt:yuv420p flags:0x4 [buffer @ 0x9ee24a0] Invalid pixel format string '-1' Error opening filters!

Can someone give me the exact commands that I have to execute for the test?
(I know this seems like a novice problem, but I read the document and check everything as I can, but still no luck)

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You cannot transfer mp4 vidoes using ffserver, because it contains global metadata in the file header, which makes it impossible to access the stream accidentally. You can choose another format, for example webm or use MPEG-2 transport streams (Apple HLS). Take a look at https://superuser.com/questions/563591/streaming-mp4-with-ffmpeg

 HTTPPort 8090 HTTPBindAddress 0.0.0.0 MaxHTTPConnections 2000 MaxClients 1000 MaxBandwidth 100000 CustomLog - <Feed streamwebm.ffm> File /tmp/streamwebm.ffm FileMaxSize 50M ACL allow localhost ACL allow 128.199.149.46 #ACL allow 127.0.0.1 ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.0.255 </Feed> <Stream streamwebm> #in command line run : ffmpeg -i yourvideo.mp4 -c:v libvpx -cpu-used 4 -threads 8 http://localhost:8090/streamwebm.ffm Feed streamwebm.ffm Format webm # Video Settings VideoFrameRate 30 VideoSize 624x368 # Audio settings AudioCodec libvorbis AudioSampleRate 48000 AVOptionAudio flags +global_header MaxTime 0 AVOptionVideo me_range 16 AVOptionVideo qdiff 4 AVOptionVideo qmin 4 AVOptionVideo qmax 40 #AVOptionVideo good AVOptionVideo flags +global_header # Streaming settings PreRoll 10 StartSendOnKey Metadata author "author" Metadata copyright "copyright" Metadata title "Web app name" Metadata comment "comment" </Stream> #stream for flv format <Feed streamflv.ffm> File /tmp/streamflv.ffm FileMaxSize 50M ACL allow localhost ACL allow 192.168.88.89 #ACL allow 127.0.0.1 ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 </Feed> <Stream streamflv> Feed streamflv.ffm Format flv #Video Settings VideoCodec libx264 VideoFrameRate 30 VideoSize 640x360 VideoBitRate 1000 # Audio settings AudioCodec libfaac AudioSampleRate 22050 AudioChannels 2 #this is creating problem AVOptionAudio flags +global_header MaxTime 0 AVOptionVideo me_range 16 AVOptionVideo qdiff 4 AVOptionVideo qmin 4 AVOptionVideo qmax 40 #AVOptionVideo good AVOptionVideo flags +global_header # Streaming settings PreRoll 10 StartSendOnKey </Stream> <Stream stat.html> Format status ACL allow localhost ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 </Stream> # Redirect index.html to the appropriate site <Redirect index.html> URL http://yoururl.com </Redirect>

inside your video tag <video> <source src="http://localhost:8090/streamwebm"> </video>

You can edit the parameters according to your needs.

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