How to start HLS Stream

[treason 11]

I'm trying to start a mp4 / h264 web stream, so I looked at swagger and crafted this psuedo-url

https://myserver:port/emby/Videos/c3508f1aa2880e8462e23ce5ec186506/live.m3u8?Container=mp4&api_key=123456

The webserver returns: Error starting ffmpeg

 

Log sample:

2018-09-27 19:13:49.266 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 204 to 192.168.1.1. Time: 31ms. https://myserver/emby/System/Configuration
2018-09-27 19:13:57.039 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET https://myserver/emby/Videos/c3508f1aa2880e8462e23ce5ec186506/live.m3u8?Container=mp4&DeviceId=12433. Host=myserver, User-Agent=curl/7.54.0, Accept=*/*
2018-09-27 19:13:57.040 Info App: C:\Users\treason\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\system\ffmpeg.exe -f matroska,webm -i file:"B:\Movies\Kids\someMovie.mkv" -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -map 0:3 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset veryfast -crf 23 -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -force_key_frames "expr:gte(t,n_forced*3)" -flags -global_header -vsync -1 -codec:a:0 copy -f segment -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -start_at_zero -segment_time 3 -individual_header_trailer 0 -segment_format -segment_list_entry_prefix "hls/98c3218fdc11b60b2a70fa73c094fcdd/" -segment_list_type m3u8 -segment_start_number 0 -segment_list "C:\Users\treason\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\transcoding-temp\98c3218fdc11b60b2a70fa73c094fcdd.m3u8" -y "C:\Users\treason\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\transcoding-temp\98c3218fdc11b60b2a70fa73c094fcdd%d.ts"

2018-09-27 19:13:57.262 Error HttpServer: Error processing request
    *** Error Report ***
    Version: 3.5.3.0
    Command line: C:\Users\treason\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll -noautorunwebapp
    Operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
    64-Bit OS: True
    64-Bit Process: True
    User Interactive: True
    Processor count: 4
    Program data path: C:\Users\treason\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server
    Application directory: C:\Users\treason\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\system
    System.Exception: Error starting ffmpeg
     at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.BaseStreamingService.StartFfMpeg(StreamState state, String outputPath, EncodingOptions encodingOptions, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource, Boolean acquireResources)
     at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Hls.BaseHlsService.ProcessRequest(StreamRequest request)
     at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceExecGeneral.GetTaskResult(Task task)
     at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, ILogger logger, String operationName, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IHttpRequest httpReq, String urlString, String host, String localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    System.Exception
     at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.BaseStreamingService.StartFfMpeg(StreamState state, String outputPath, EncodingOptions encodingOptions, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource, Boolean acquireResources)
     at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Hls.BaseHlsService.ProcessRequest(StreamRequest request)
     at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceExecGeneral.GetTaskResult(Task task)
     at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, ILogger logger, String operationName, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IHttpRequest httpReq, String urlString, String host, String localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Am I crafting my URL wrong, or is this some kind of bug?  Thanks!

Edited September 27, 2018 by treason

[Luke 40070]

Hi, have you checked out our api wiki?

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/wiki/Http-Live-Streaming