How can I stream h264 files with FFmpeg over rtmp without reencoding?

[Ninelpienel]

Hey, my question is really simple: How can I stream h264 files with FFmpeg over rtmp without reencoding? I want to stream a simple .mkv or .mp4 file from my server to my home PC. I want to do this over rtmp.

[Baldrick]

Have you tried something like?

 ffmpeg -re -i file.mkv -codec copy -f flv rtmp://server/app/

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/EncodingForStreamingSites

[Ninelpienel]

This message appears:

RTMP_Connect0, failed to connect socket. 10061 (Unknown error)
rtmp://localhost/: Unknown error occurred

I tried:

ffmpeg -re -i 1.mkv -c:v copy -c:a copy -f mp4 "rtmp://localhost/"

[Baldrick]

Are you running any rtmpserver? Like wowza. I don't think you can just use ffmpeg.

See also https://sonnati.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/ffmpeg-%E2%80%93-the-swiss-army-knife-of-inte...80%93-part-iv/

[vhelp]

I want to do something similar to OP. And I'd like to test this out, using my laptop[ffmpeg] -> tablet[browser]

The download page for wowza take me to a register/subscription page http://www.wowza.com/docredirect.php?doc=installerHome

Is there a freeware version of a "server" that one can use for ffmpeg ?

Or, can i create my own "video server" somehow ?