> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hop.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Streaming to Pipe

> Pipe supports multiple ingest protocols for sending streams to Pipe: RTMP and RTP (MPEG-TS). You can set the ingest protocol to use when creating a Pipe room.

For stability, we recommend sticking with RTMP.

## RTMP

When creating a Pipe room using the RTMP protocol, you'll get a response back
from our API with something similar to the following:

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": "pipe_room_MzI1MjkzODg0MjgzNTM1NDg",
  "name": "My pipe room",
  "ingest_protocol": "rtmp",
  "delivery_protocols": ["llhls"],
  "join_token": "prjt_c19hN2MyNTExMWM4NWU4NjlhOGY0NWY0NjJlYTUzYjNlNV8zMjMyNTcwOTgxODk1Mzc3NA",
  "ingest_region": "us-east-1",
  "created_at": "2022-07-15T04:50:49.803Z",
  "ingest_endpoint": "rtmp://cinnamon-iad1-prd.origin.hopvideo.net/v.vanilla/psk_c18yZTU3NDk2ODAxOTMwMTVhZDA2YzE5OGVkMDBmYTQ3Nl8zMjMyNTcwOTgzMTUzNjY4OA",
  "state": "offline"
}
```

The `ingest_endpoint` is what we'll focus on here.

```
rtmp://cinnamon-iad1-prd.origin.hopvideo.net/v.vanilla/psk_c18yZTU3NDk2ODAxOTMwMTVhZDA2YzE5OGVkMDBmYTQ3Nl8zMjMyNTcwOTgzMTUzNjY4OA
```

The RTMP ingest endpoint can be split up into logical partitions:

```
<protocol>://<origin_hostname>/<module>/<stream_key>
```

### Streaming with FFmpeg

#### Streaming an X Window

A common use case for Pipe is streaming an X window from an Ignite container.
For this, we recommend the following FFmpeg command:

```bash theme={null}
ffmpeg -f x11grab -i :0.0 -b:a 96k -c:v libx264 -profile:v baseline -pix_fmt yuv420p -tune zerolatency -profile:v baseline -preset veryfast -acodec aac -b:a 192k -ar 44100 -pes_payload_size 0 -f flv <INGEST_ENDPOINT>
```

(where `<INGEST_ENDPOINT>` is the endpoint you received from the room creation
request)

This will start streaming the X window to Pipe at it's local resolution.

#### Streaming a Video file

```bash theme={null}
ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i <FILE_NAME> -b:a 96k -c:v libx264 -profile:v baseline -pix_fmt yuv420p -tune zerolatency -profile:v baseline -preset veryfast -acodec aac -b:a 192k -ar 44100 -pes_payload_size 0 -f flv <INGEST_ENDPOINT>
```

(where `<FILE_NAME>` is the file name and `<INGEST_ENDPOINT>` is the endpoint
you received from the room creation request)

#### Verifying Stream Status

You can verify that you're streaming from the Pipe page on the Hop Console:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/hopio/cq2ctXa-N8Jv0svA/images/pipe-console-live-1.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=cq2ctXa-N8Jv0svA&q=85&s=b2b215360daf3484f7a82514f73216eb" alt="" width="2360" height="428" data-path="images/pipe-console-live-1.webp" />