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Last active July 7, 2016 16:00
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Live Streaming to Youtube - Linux/Ffmpeg/PulseAudio/Generic Webcam
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youtube stream ffmpeg
One webcam:
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i pulse -f v4l2 -s 1280x720 -r 10 -i /dev/video0 -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p101e -preset ultrafast -r 25 -g 20 -b:v 2500k -codec:a libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 4 -b:a 11025 -bufsize 512k -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/YOURSTREAMKEY
Two webcam overlay:
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i pulse -f v4l2 -s 1280x720 -r 10 -i /dev/video1 -f v4l2 -s 320x240 -r 10 -i /dev/video0 -filter_complex "[1:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[bg]; [2:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[fg]; [bg][fg]overlay=shortest=1 [out]" -map "[out]" -map 0:a -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset veryfast -r 25 -g 20 -b:v 2500k -codec:a libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -b:a 11025 -bufsize 512k -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/YOURSTREAMKEY
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ghost commented Jul 7, 2016 

Unknown pixel format requested: yuv420p101e.

I just removed -pix_fmt yuv420p101e and it works

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