Live-Streaming-Server Setup (RTMP) step by step instructions

worker_processes  1;
error_log  logs/error.log debug;
events {
worker_connections  1024;
}
rtmp {
server {
listen 1935;
allow play all;

#creates our "live" full-resolution HLS videostream from our incoming encoder stream and tells where to put the HLS video manifest and video fragments
application live {
allow play all;
live on;
record all;
record_path /video_recordings;
record_unique on;
hls on;
hls_nested on;
hls_path /HLS/live;
hls_fragment 10s;

#creates the downsampled or "trans-rated" mobile video stream as a 400kbps, 480x360 sized video
exec ffmpeg -i rtmp://meine-ip:1935/$app/$name -acodec copy -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -profile:v baseline -vsync cfr -s 480x360 -b:v 400k maxrate 400k -bufsize 400k -threads 0 -r 30 -f flv rtmp://meine-ip:1935/mobile/$;
}

#creates our "mobile" lower-resolution HLS videostream from the ffmpeg-created stream and tells where to put the HLS video manifest and video fragments
application mobile {
allow play all;
live on;
hls on;
hls_nested on;
hls_path /HLS/mobile;
hls_fragment 10s;
}

#allows you to play your recordings of your live streams using a URL like "rtmp://meine-ip:1935/vod/filename.flv"
application vod {
play /video_recordings;
}
}
}


http {
include       mime.types;
default_type  application/octet-stream;

server {
listen 80;
server_name meine-ip;

#creates the http-location for our full-resolution (desktop) HLS stream - "http://meine-ip/live/mein-stream-key/index.m3u8"      
location /live {
types {
application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
}
alias /HLS/live;
add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
}

#creates the http-location for our mobile-device HLS stream - "http://meine-ip/mobile/mein-stream-key/index.m3u8"        
location /mobile {
types {
application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
}
alias /HLS/mobile;
add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
}   

#allows us to see how stats on viewers on our Nginx site using a URL like: "http://meine-ip/stats"     
location /stats {
stub_status;
}

#allows us to host some webpages which can show our videos: "http://meine-ip/my-page.html"     
location / {
root   html;
index  index.html index.htm;
}   
}
}