docker-youtube-stream-webcam

A Docker image to stream your webcam (or another V4L device) straight to YouTube.

You can learn more about YouTube streaming on YouTube Studio.

Getting Started

Building the image

cd docker-youtube-stream-webcam

docker build -t youtube-stream .

Running the container

docker run \
  -d \
  -e STREAM_KEY=your-youtube-stream-key \
  -e DEVICE=/dev/video0 \
  --device=/dev/video0 \
  youtube_stream

Compatibility

Currently, this has been tested with:

• Logitech C920 HD

...and probably works with other devices too, but who knows 🤷‍♂️

Sound

At the moment, the stream will not transmit sound; a dummy audio track is streamed to YouTube. If you want to change this, you can change the ffmpeg options in stream.sh and rebuild the container.

Removing line 9 from stream.sh should enable sound from your camera.

Wouldn't a shell script have done?

Probably, if you want to install dependencies yourself, go for it, then run:

STREAM_KEY=your-youtube-stream-key \
DEVICE=/dev/videoX \
./stream.sh