Does Ant Media Server support RTMP playback?

[Mohit-3196]

I use OBS encoder to publish an rtmp stream to Ant Media Server.

I can publish the stream easily but if I try to play the same rtmp stream URL with VLC or any other player, the rtmp can not be played.

How can I play RTMP with Ant Media Server or is there any workaround solution?

[yashtandon113]

Ant Media Server does not recommend RTMP stream playback because it is no longer maintained. Instead, you can use WebRTC (0.5 seconds), Dash (3-5 sec), or HLS (8-10 sec) playback options.

RTMP playback is disabled by default in v2.5.1 and above. To enable it, edit and add the below flag to the /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/WEB_INF/red5-web.properties file.

settings.rtmpPlaybackEnabled=true // By default, it is false.

After saving the changes, please restart the server with sudo service antmedia restart

You can also set this from the Advanced Settings on the web panel starting AMS v2.6.2.
https://antmedia.io/docs/guides/configuration-and-testing/ams-application-configuration/

Now, one should be able to play RTMP stream.

[AbdulRehman6919]

Hi @yashtandon113
I am having the same issue, I did exactly the same thing as mentioned above but this solution does not works for me. I also attached the screenshot of error along with the code when I am trying to get frame from the rtmp stream but every time it says Server error: RTMP playback is disabled

import cv2  # Import OpenCV lib
from PIL import Image 

stream_url = "rtmp://165.227.114.95/LiveApp/<stream_id>"
cap = cv2.VideoCapture() # Open video source as object
cap.open(stream_url)
print(cap)

print("Cap object: ", cap.isOpened())
while cap.isOpened():  # Untill end of file/error occured
    ret, frame = cap.read()  # Read frame as object - numpy.ndarray, ret is a confirmation of a successfull retrieval of the frame
    print("ret is: ", ret)
    if ret: 
        display(Image.fromarray(frame))
    else:
        break
cap.release() 

The error I was facing is :

I tried to download one frame from ffmpeg command too but it kept on saying the same error. Below is the screenshot of the error I was facing:

[USAMAWIZARD]

@AbdulRehman6919 Did you restarted the server after applying the settings ?