[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: Modify mythweb flash streaming for an in progress recording (Formula 1)

[Raymond Wagner]

On 4/6/2011 16:39, Raymond Norton wrote:
>> David, give "tail -f" a try instead of "cat", something like this:
>>
>> tail -f /path/to/some/in/progress/recording.mpg | ffmpeg -the -right -options
>>
>>
>
> I have been using ffserver on a different box to get a live stream on my
> IPod (works great) However, i would like to keep everything on one box.
> How would you satisfy the input file for ffmpeg using:
>
> tail -f /path/to/some/in/progress/recording.mpg | ffmpeg -the -right -options

Perhaps try '-i -' to tell it to read the input from stdin.