Record in Real Time WebRTC Live Streaming

This is an example of how to record a live stream in real time using RTCMulticonnection and NodeJS.

This project is in link with a bigger students project name Scudo (actually private).

Why this project ?

This project is a part of a bigger project. The goal of this project is to record a live stream in real time and to watch it later. The important part is when the user exit the page, the stream will stop by the server and transcode it to a video file. The user can watch the video file later.

How to run this project?

Prerequisites

• NodeJS
• FFmpeg

Docker

You can run this project with Docker. You need to install Docker and Docker Compose. Then, you need to run the following command :

docker-compose up

Client

You didn't nothing to do in client side. Just open what you want to do :

• streamer.html for recording a live stream
• viewer.html for watching a live stream
• video.html for watching a recorded video

Server

You need to install NodeJS and NPM. Then, you need to install the dependencies :

npm install

Finally, you can run the server :

node server.js

Configuration

You can configure the server in conf/configuration.js file.

How to use it?

Streamer

You need to open streamer.html in your browser. Then, you need to write the name of the room and click on Lancement de l'enregistrement button. And when you want to stop the recording, you need to click on Arrêt de l'enregistrement button.

Viewer

You need to open viewer.html in your browser. Then, you need to write the name of the room and click on Regarder button. And when you want to stop the watching, you can just left the page.

Video

You need to open video.html in your browser. Then, you need to write the name of the file video and click on Regarder button. And when you want to stop the watching, you can just left the page.