ReCast

What is ReCast?

ReCast is a multi platform streaming tool written in PHP and uses nginx RTMP. You can stream through one server to multiple services

Installation

• You have to install a nginx server with rtmp support to /opt/nginx-rtmp/ or something else
• Checkout this project, copy .env.dist to .env and adjust the settings
• Run composer install --no-dev -o
• Generate JWT Keys, following Documentation
• Create the database php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
• Create a new crontab entry which runs every minute php bin/console recast:cron
• Create a new user with php bin/console recast:create:user
• Environment variable APP_HOST should point to a http server, nginx rtmp does not support https.

Environment variable overview

Name	Description	Example
APP_ENV	Which environment it runs	prod
DATABASE_URL	Database credentials as URL	DATABASE_URL=mysql://USER:PASS@HOST:3306/DB_NAME
NGINX_CONFIG_DIR	Folder where nginx.conf is located	/opt/nginx-rtmp/conf/
APP_HOST	URL which is used in nginx rtmp conf, This address should be http	http://try.recast.in
NGINX_RESTART_COMMAND	Reload command for nginx rtmp	systemctl reload nginx-rtmp

Docker Setup will be following

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