livestream.c

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include "../inc/livestream.h"
 
static _Bool streamRunning = 0; /* Status of the stream */
 
void startLivestream()
{
    if(!streamRunning)
    {
        system("ffmpeg -re \
        -f alsa -ac 1 -thread_queue_size 1024 -ar 44100 -i plughw:0,0 \
        -f v4l2 -video_size 320x240 -thread_queue_size 16384 -i /dev/video0 \
        -c:a copy -c:v h264 -b:v 2048k -preset ultrafast -filter:v fps=fps=30 -tune zerolatency \
        -f flv rtmp:localhost/live \
        -nostdin -nostats > /var/log/ffmpeg_output.log 2>&1 < /dev/null &");
 
        streamRunning = 1;
    }
}
 
void stopLivestream()
{
    if(streamRunning)
    {
        /* Get ffmpeg PID and kill the process */
        system("pidof ffmpeg | xargs kill -9"); //9 = SIGKILL
        streamRunning = 0;
    }
}
 
_Bool getStreamStatus()
{
    return streamRunning;
}