[FFmpeg-devel] [GSoC] FFserver further development direction

[Stephan Holljes]

Hi all,

I've discussed this on IRC a bit, but I don't want to exclude those
views that are not present there.

The consensus seems to be that there are more disadvantages in using
the http server of libavformat than there are advantages.

This arose partly out of the discussion that there is no way to get a
connected peer's address through the public API (as the filedescriptor
is hidden in private structs).

The alternatives that were discussed were libmicrohttpd or writing the
whole project as an nginx module.

Both have their share of advantages and disadvantages. While I have
started to read the documentation on both of these, I can't clearly
point out which is the better choice.

Most people (including my mentor) spoke out in favor of utilizing nginx.

I'd like to know what the rest of the developers think is best for the
project. Any pointers to good alternatives to look at or things to
think of we are missing are appreciated!

I am already not sure how to incorporate rtp into an nginx module
(since it is one of the goals on the roadmap). Maybe someone knows how
to either work around it or knows a project where that was done?

Thanks!
Stephan