Node.js: realtime conversion from jpeg images to video file

Question

I\'m using node.js and through the socket.io library I receive chunks of data that are actually jpeg images. These images are frames of a realtime video captured from a remote w

Answer 1

FFMPEG supports streams as inputs, as stated in the docs.

You can add any number of inputs to an Ffmpeg command. An input can be [...] a readable stream

So for instance it supports using

ffmpeg().input(fs.createReadStream('/path/to/input3.avi'));

which creates a Readable stream from the file at '/path/to/input3.avi'.

I don't know anything about FFMPEG, but you may pull your messages coming from socket.io (messages may be a Buffer already) and wrap it with your own implementation of Readable stream.