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diff --git a/doc/ffserver-doc.texi b/doc/ffserver-doc.texi index 4df422dcfe..b13f7fe721 100644 --- a/doc/ffserver-doc.texi +++ b/doc/ffserver-doc.texi @@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ For each feed you can have different output streams in various formats, each one specified by a <Stream> section in the configuration file. +@section Status stream + +FFserver supports an HTTP interface which exposes the current status +of the server. + +Simply point your browser to the address of the special status stream +specified in the configuration file. + +For example if you have: +@example +<Stream status.html> +Format status + +# Only allow local people to get the status +ACL allow localhost +ACL allow 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 +</Stream> +@end example + +then the server will post a page with the status information when +the special stream @file{status.html} is requested. + @section What can this do? When properly configured and running, you can capture video and audio in real |