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ffmpeg youtube live event rtmp stream from raspberry pi with raspi camera (raspivid)
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  1. apt-get install ffmpeg - it is now available on raspbian repos (last checked April 2018)
  2. create youtube 'live event'. get rtmp url + session id
  3. run this:
raspivid -o - -t 0 -vf -hf -w 1280 -h 720 -fps 30 -b 3000000 -cfx 128:128 -drc high | ffmpeg -re -ar 44100 -ac 2 -acodec pcm_s16le -f s16le -ac 2 -i /dev/zero -f h264 -i - -vcodec copy -acodec aac -ab 128k -g 50 -strict experimental -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/<SESSION>

custom additions:
-cfx 128:128: for grayscale video
-drc high: dynamic range compression for situations where bright skies and dark shadows are present in the same frame

you can tweak -b and -fps to your liking. the settings above work well for 1080p. by not specifying width -w or height -h we get the full 1920x1080 resolution from the raspi camera

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