Installing Restreamer on Linux Mint Latest

Restreamer is a free and open-source video streaming application that can restream RTMP streams to multiple platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and Periscope. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Restreamer on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Restreamer, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

Linux Mint Latest (64-bit)
Docker (version 19.03 or later)
Docker Compose

Step 1: Install Docker

If you don't already have Docker installed on your system, you can follow the instructions from the official Docker documentation to install it.

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

To install Docker Compose on Linux Mint, you can follow the instructions from the official Docker documentation:

Install Docker Compose on Linux

Or you can run the following commands:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Step 3: Download Restreamer

You can download Restreamer from the official website or you can use the following command to download the latest version:

wget https://github.com/datarhei/restreamer/raw/master/docker-compose.yml

Step 4: Configure Restreamer

Before running Restreamer, you need to configure it by editing the docker-compose.yml file. Open the file in your favorite text editor and modify the following settings:

RTMP_URL: The URL to your RTMP source (e.g. rtmp://localhost:1935/live/stream)
HLS_URI: The URI path for the HLS manifest (e.g. /live/stream.m3u8)
VIDEO_BITRATE: The target video bitrate for the HLS stream (e.g. 2000k)
AUDIO_BITRATE: The target audio bitrate for the HLS stream (e.g. 128k)
FRAMES_PER_SECOND: The target frame rate for the HLS stream (e.g. 30)

You can also modify the ports used by Restreamer (by default, it uses port 8080 for the web interface and port 1935 for RTMP). Save your changes after making modifications.

Step 5: Start Restreamer

To start Restreamer, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the docker-compose.yml file and run the following command:

sudo docker-compose up -d

The -d flag runs the containers in detached mode, which means they will run in the background.

You can check that Restreamer is running by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser. You should see the Restreamer web interface, where you can configure your restreaming to different platforms.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Restreamer on Linux Mint Latest using Docker and Docker Compose. Restreamer provides a simple and powerful way to restream RTMP streams to multiple platforms.