How To Install mod_flvx on Fedora 34

mod_flvx is FLV progressive download streaming for the Apache HTTP Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_flvx on Fedora 34.

What is `mod_flvx`

FLV streaming means it can be sought to any position during video, and browser (Flash player) will buffer only from this position to the end. Thus streaming allows to skip boring parts or see video ending without loading the whole file, which simply saves bandwidth. Even H264 is more efficient, FLV is still a common container format for videos, because H264 is supported by Flash since version 9.115. For using FLV streaming on the web, a pseudo-streaming compliant Flash player, such as Flowplayer, is needed. Streaming requires that the FLV has embedded key-frame markers (meta-data), that can be injected by any supported tool, e.g. flvtool2.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_flvx on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_flvx.

Install mod_flvx on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mod_flvx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_flvx

Install mod_flvx on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mod_flvx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_flvx

How To Uninstall mod_flvx on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mod_flvx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_flvx

mod_flvx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/flvx.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-flvx.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/8c60f5c9af7fa1a4a818da59f22b9e40593279
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_flvx.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_flvx
/usr/share/doc/mod_flvx/README

References

mod_flvx website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_flvx on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.