ffmpeg – Stream H264 raw data on RTSP server

I have H264 hex string data saved in a list.
The data is in correct format as it is being received, I am trying to stream it to RTSP server.

I have stream the data in realtime as it is from a dashcam.

The RTSP server is deployed but when I stream frames to it, the connection is created and then ends in an instant (does not last for a second)

The code is mentioned below which performs this streaming task.

def h264_stream_to_rtsp(data_list, rtsp_url):
    try:
        ffmpeg_command = [
            "ffmpeg", 
            "-f", "h264",
            "-i", "-",
            "-vcodec", "libx264",
            "-preset", "fast",
            "-f", "rtsp",
            "-analyzeduration", "5000000",
            "-probesize", "5000000", 
            rtsp_url  # The RTSP URL to stream to
        ]
        
        ffmpeg_process = subprocess.Popen(ffmpeg_command, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)

        for index, hex_data in enumerate(data_list):
            # print(f"Processing hex data {index + 1}/{len(data_list)}...")

            if len(hex_data) % 2 != 0:
                hex_data="0" + hex_data  # Append a leading zero if length is odd

            binary_data = binascii.unhexlify(hex_data)

            ffmpeg_process.stdin.write(binary_data)

        ffmpeg_process.stdin.close()

        ffmpeg_process.wait()
        print("Stream completed.")

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("Stopping live stream.")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")

Logs from the RTSP server are mentioned below:

2025/01/01 10:56:04 INF [RTSP] [conn 20.174.9.78:35474] opened
2025/01/01 10:56:04 INF [RTSP] [session 1d2bb871] created by 20.174.9.78:35474
2025/01/01 10:56:04 INF [RTSP] [session 1d2bb871] is publishing to path 'live', 1 track (H264)
2025/01/01 10:56:04 INF [RTSP] [session 1d2bb871] destroyed: torn down by 20.174.9.78:35474
2025/01/01 10:56:04 INF [RTSP] [conn 20.174.9.78:35474] closed: EOF
2025/01/01 10:56:48 INF [RTSP] [conn 20.174.9.78:54448] opened
2025/01/01 10:56:48 INF [RTSP] [session b6a95e71] created by 20.174.9.78:54448
2025/01/01 10:56:48 INF [RTSP] [session b6a95e71] is publishing to path 'live', 1 track (H264)
2025/01/01 10:56:48 INF [RTSP] [session b6a95e71] destroyed: torn down by 20.174.9.78:54448

How can I stream continuously?

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