How to stream a video from FaceTime HD camera to VLC

Sergey Royz

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Dec 19, 2021

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• Get the device index

$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""# Output
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x7fed0cf04400] AVFoundation video devices:
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x7fed0cf04400] [0] FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x7fed0cf04400] [1] Capture screen 0
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x7fed0cf04400] AVFoundation audio devices:
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x7fed0cf04400] [0] External Microphone
[AVFoundation indev @ 0x7fed0cf04400] [1] MacBook Pro Microphone

• Start streaming

ffmpeg \
  -f avfoundation \
  -pix_fmt yuyv422 \
  -video_size 1280x720 \
  -framerate 30 \
  -i "0:0" -ac 2 \
  -vf format=yuyv422 \
  -vcodec libx264 -maxrate 2000k \
  -bufsize 2000k -acodec aac -ar 44100 -b:a 128k \
  -f rtp_mpegts udp://127.0.0.1:9988

• Open the video stream in VLC

rtp://@127.0.0.1:9988