streaming with red5 server

Question

I want to stream with red5 server and I did the following code

ffmpeg -i /var/lib/red5/webapps/test/1.flv -f flv rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935/live/livestream

But when i try to capture the stream it did not give anything.

Answer 1

red5 can read flv files directly and convert it to an rtmp stream on port 1935 by default. No need for ffmpeg. Moreover, port 1935 is used by red5 for connecting a flash client, not for pumping in an rtmp stream.