bachmma1/docker-ffserver

Based on ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-alpine from LinuxServer.io

The ffserver The ffmpeg

Usage

Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container.

docker-compose

Compatible with docker-compose v2 schemas.

---
version: "2.1"
services:
  ffserver:
    image: bachmma1/ffserver
    container_name: ffserver
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - FFMPEG_COMMAND=-i http://192.168.0.100/video/mpegts.cgi -framerate 25 -c:v mjpeg -q:v 3 -nostats -loglevel panic -an http://localhost:8080/camera.ffm
    volumes:
      - /path/to/appdata/config:/config
      - /path/to/data:/data
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    restart: unless-stopped

docker cli

docker run -d \
  --name=ffserver \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Europe/London \
  -e FFMPEG_COMMAND=-i http://192.168.0.100/video/mpegts.cgi -framerate 25 -c:v mjpeg -q:v 3 -nostats -loglevel panic -an http://localhost:8080/camera.ffm \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/appdata/config:/config \
  -v /path/to/data:/data \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  bachmma1/ffserver

Parameters

Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.

Parameter	Function
-p 8080	http webcam stream
-e PUID=1000	for UserID - see below for explanation
-e PGID=1000	for GroupID - see below for explanation
-e TZ=Europe/London	Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London
-e FFMPEG_COMMAND=-i http://192.168.0.100/video/mpegts.cgi -framerate 25 -c:v mjpeg -q:v 3 -nostats -loglevel panic -an http://localhost:8080/camera.ffm	Adjust the ffmpeg command to your needs.
-v /config	Contains all relevant configuration files.
-v /data	Location of ffserver data on disk.

Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)

You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.

As an example:

-e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword

Will set the environment variable PASSWORD based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretpassword file.

Umask for running applications

For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional -e UMASK=022 setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.

User / Group Identifiers

When using volumes (-v flags) permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.

Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id user as below:

  $ id username
    uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)

Player Setup

Video

$ ffplay http://[YOUR_FFSERVER_DOCKER_IP]:8090/camera.mjpeg
$ vlc http://[YOUR_FFSERVER_DOCKER_IP]:8090/camera.mjpeg
$ firefox http://[YOUR_FFSERVER_DOCKER_IP]:8090/camera.mjpeg

Snapshot

$ firefox http://[YOUR_FFSERVER_DOCKER_IP]:8090/static-camera.jpg

Versions

• 15.04.21: - Initial Release.