# Pipe ffmpeg output to Deepstream?

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pipe-ffmpeg-output-to-deepstream/204639>\
**Category:** DeepStream SDK\
**Tags:** ffmpeg, gstreamer, deepstream\
**Created:** [February 28, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pipe-ffmpeg-output-to-deepstream/204639 "2022-02-28T11:19:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Goonturr](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@Goonturr](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Goonturr)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pipe-ffmpeg-output-to-deepstream/204639/1 "2022-02-28T11:19:04Z")

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Hello all

Is it possible to pipe out ffmpeg out to Deepstream (i.e. Deepstream tajes ffmpeg output as input) ? Say something like `ffmpeg -i rtsp://--- | deepstream ? `

Since I am facing this issue ([Why is ffmpeg and vlc able run RTSP stream but gstreamer is unable to?](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/why-is-ffmpeg-and-vlc-able-run-rtsp-stream-but-gstreamer-is-unable-to/204397)), I am trying to find alternatives to pipe my rtsp stream to my Deepstream application (since gstreamer does not recognise my rtsp stream).

Currently, I am re-streaming my rtsp stream via VLC to Deepstream but this incurs additional latency.

Any advice is greatly appreciated ! Thank you !

Please provide complete information as applicable to your setup.

**• Hardware Platform (Jetson / GPU)** = 2070Ti  
**• DeepStream Version** = 5.0

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**Author:** ![Fiona.Chen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/fiona.chen/32/15508_2.png) [@Fiona.Chen](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Fiona.Chen)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pipe-ffmpeg-output-to-deepstream/204639/3 "2022-03-01T03:18:22Z")

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> [@Goonturr](#):
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> Is it possible to pipe out ffmpeg out to Deepstream (i.e. Deepstream tajes ffmpeg output as input) ? Say something like `ffmpeg -i rtsp://--- | deepstream ?`

The answer is no.

Please make sure your RTSP stream is compatible to [RFC 2326](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2326)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/system/32/68080_2.png) [@system](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pipe-ffmpeg-output-to-deepstream/204639/5 "2022-03-22T02:32:55Z")

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