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authorStefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it>2008-06-19 21:42:09 +0000
committerStefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it>2008-06-19 21:42:09 +0000
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Add a "Status stream" section in ffserver-doc.texi.
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@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ For each feed you can have different output streams in various
formats, each one specified by a <Stream> section in the configuration
file.
+@section Status stream
+
+FFserver supports an HTTP interface which exposes the current status
+of the server.
+
+Simply point your browser to the address of the special status stream
+specified in the configuration file.
+
+For example if you have:
+@example
+<Stream status.html>
+Format status
+
+# Only allow local people to get the status
+ACL allow localhost
+ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255
+</Stream>
+@end example
+
+then the server will post a page with the status information when
+the special stream @file{status.html} is requested.
+
@section What can this do?
When properly configured and running, you can capture video and audio in real