Examples

Simple Video-on-Demand

rtmp {
    server {
        listen 1935;
        application vod {
            play /var/flvs;
        }
    }
}

Simple live broadcast service

rtmp {
    server {
        listen 1935;
        application live {
            live on;
        }
    }
}

Forward live broadcast service

rtmp {
 server{
     listen 1935;
     chunk_size 4096;

     application live {
           live on;
           record off;
           push rtmp://live.twitch.tv/app/[streamkeyfromtwitch];
           push rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/[streamkeyfromyoutube];
          }
    }
}  

Re-translate remote stream with HLS support

rtmp {
    server {
        listen 1935;
        application tv {
            live on;

            hls on;
            hls_path /tmp/tv2;
            hls_fragment 15s;

            pull rtmp://tv2.example.com:443/root/new name=tv2;
        }
    }
}

http {
    server {
        listen 80;
        location /tv2 {
            alias /tmp/tv2;
        }
    }
}

Stream your X screen through RTMP

ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 -f flv rtmp://localhost/myapp/screen