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* [Redirect to another server](#redirect-to-another-server)
* [Fallback stream](#fallback-stream)
* [Start on boot with systemd](#start-on-boot-with-systemd)
* [Monitoring](#monitoring)
* [Corrupted frames](#corrupted-frames)
* [Monitoring](#monitoring)
* [HTTP API](#http-api)
* [Command-line usage](#command-line-usage)
* [Compile and run from source](#compile-and-run-from-source)
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sudo systemctl start rtsp-simple-server
```
### Monitoring
### Corrupted frames
There are multiple ways to monitor the server usage over time:
In some scenarios, the server can send incomplete or corrupted frames. This can be caused by multiple reasons:
* the packet buffer of the server is too small and can't handle the stream throughput. A solution consists in increasing its size:
```yml
readBufferCount: 1024
```
* The stream throughput is too big and the stream can't be sent correctly with the UDP stream protocol. UDP is more performant, faster and more efficient than TCP, but doesn't have a retransmission mechanism, that is needed in case of streams that need a large bandwidth. A solution consists in switching to TCP:
```yml
protocols: [tcp]
```
* The current number of clients, publishers and readers is printed in each log line; for instance, the line:
In case the source is a camera:
```yml
paths:
test:
source: rtsp://..
sourceProtocol: tcp
```
2020/01/01 00:00:00 [3/2] [conn 127.0.0.1:44428] OPTION
* the software that is generating the stream (a camera or FFmpeg) is generating non-conformant RTP packets, with a payload bigger than the maximum allowed (that is 1460 due to the UDP MTU). A solution consists in increasing the buffer size:
```yml
readBufferSize: 8192
```
means that there are 3 publishers and 2 readers.
### Monitoring
There are multiple ways to monitor the server usage over time:
* Use the [HTTP API](#http-api), described below.
* A metrics exporter, compatible with Prometheus, can be enabled with the parameter `metrics: yes`; then the server can be queried for metrics with Prometheus or with a simple HTTP request:
@ -512,37 +537,6 @@ There are multiple ways to monitor the server usage over time: @@ -512,37 +537,6 @@ There are multiple ways to monitor the server usage over time:
go tool pprof -text http://localhost:9999/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=30
```
### Corrupted frames
In some scenarios, the server can send incomplete or corrupted frames. This can be caused by multiple reasons:
* the packet buffer of the server is too small and can't handle the stream throughput. A solution consists in increasing its size:
```yml
readBufferCount: 1024
```
* The stream throughput is too big and the stream can't be sent correctly with the UDP stream protocol. UDP is more performant, faster and more efficient than TCP, but doesn't have a retransmission mechanism, that is needed in case of streams that need a large bandwidth. A solution consists in switching to TCP:
```yml
protocols: [tcp]
```
In case the source is a camera:
```yml
paths:
test:
source: rtsp://..
sourceProtocol: tcp
```
* the software that is generating the stream (a camera or FFmpeg) is generating non-conformant RTP packets, with a payload bigger than the maximum allowed (that is 1460 due to the UDP MTU). A solution consists in increasing the buffer size:
```yml
readBufferSize: 8192
```
### HTTP API
The server can be queried and controlled with an HTTP API, that must be enabled by setting the `api` parameter in the configuration:

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