Hi guys im trying to view my webcam remotely using ffmpeg, so I tried running :

ffmpeg -r 15 -s 640x480 -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 http://localhost:8090/myfeed.ffm

and I get :
FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3
[video4linux2 @ 0x98ca2c0][3]Capabilities: 5000001
[video4linux2 @ 0x98ca2c0]Cannot find a proper format.
/dev/video0: I/O error occurred
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.


any help would be appreciated thanks ...

Any one ????

OK so I figure it out, basically on the server side I have to start streaming with video4linux2 format. I didnt really have to call a feed. What I wanted was to view directly from /dev/video0. I can do that now by running:

ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -r 25 -s 300x300 -i /dev/video0 -f mpegts udp://192.168.1.204:5544

that streams from the local host to the remote host 192.168.1.204 via udp on port 5544

On the client side Im able to view by running:

vlc udp://@:5544

The problem now is that the transmission is way too slow. I'm transmitting at 25 fps. Plus I get the following message on the server side :

[0xb6b0070c] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 340 ms)


Thanks again. I know some of you took your time to at least read the question...