diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.cpp
index d58d9fd42..569fd2367 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 SrsIngester::SrsIngester()
 {
+    // TODO: FIXME: support reload.
     pthread = new SrsThread(this, SRS_INGESTER_SLEEP_US);
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ SrsIngester::~SrsIngester()
     srs_freep(pthread);
 }
 
+int SrsIngester::start()
+{
+    int ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void SrsIngester::stop()
+{
+}
+
 int SrsIngester::cycle()
 {
     int ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.hpp
index 2e0d4cac3..54cadc1a1 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_ingest.hpp
@@ -31,15 +31,29 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #ifdef SRS_INGEST
 
+#include <vector>
+
 #include <srs_app_thread.hpp>
 
+class SrsFFMPEG;
+
+/**
+* ingest file/stream/device, 
+* encode with FFMPEG(optional),
+* push to SRS(or any RTMP server) over RTMP.
+*/
 class SrsIngester : public ISrsThreadHandler
 {
+private:
+    std::vector<SrsFFMPEG*> ffmpegs;
 private:
     SrsThread* pthread;
 public:
     SrsIngester();
     virtual ~SrsIngester();
+public:
+    virtual int start();
+    virtual void stop();
 // interface ISrsThreadHandler.
 public:
     virtual int cycle();
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.cpp
index 64d3a79cd..c5859cc3f 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ SrsServer::SrsServer()
 #ifdef SRS_HTTP_SERVER
     http_stream_handler = SrsHttpHandler::create_http_stream();
 #endif
+#ifdef SRS_INGEST
+    ingester = new SrsIngester();
+#endif
 }
 
 SrsServer::~SrsServer()
@@ -193,6 +196,9 @@ SrsServer::~SrsServer()
 #ifdef SRS_HTTP_SERVER
     srs_freep(http_stream_handler);
 #endif
+#ifdef SRS_INGEST
+    srs_freep(ingester);
+#endif
 }
 
 int SrsServer::initialize()
@@ -371,11 +377,12 @@ int SrsServer::cycle()
 {
     int ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
     
-    // ingest streams
-    if ((ret = ingest_streams()) != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-        srs_error("ingest streams failed. ret=%d", ret);
+#ifdef SRS_INGEST
+    if ((ret = ingester->start()) != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        srs_error("start ingest streams failed. ret=%d", ret);
         return ret;
     }
+#endif
     
     // the deamon thread, update the time cache
     while (true) {
@@ -404,6 +411,10 @@ int SrsServer::cycle()
             srs_trace("reload config success.");
         }
     }
+
+#ifdef SRS_INGEST
+    ingester->stop();
+#endif
     
     return ret;
 }
@@ -448,15 +459,6 @@ void SrsServer::on_signal(int signo)
     }
 }
 
-int SrsServer::ingest_streams()
-{
-    int ret = ERROR_SUCCESS;
-#ifdef SRS_INGEST
-
-#endif
-    return ret;
-}
-
 void SrsServer::close_listeners()
 {
     std::vector<SrsListener*>::iterator it;
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.hpp
index 3c14f1b6b..ff8e5fd83 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_server.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 class SrsServer;
 class SrsConnection;
 class SrsHttpHandler;
+class SrsIngester;
 
 // listener type for server to identify the connection,
 // that is, use different type to process the connection.
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ private:
 #ifdef SRS_HTTP_SERVER
     SrsHttpHandler* http_stream_handler;
 #endif
+#ifdef SRS_INGEST
+    SrsIngester* ingester;
+#endif
 private:
     std::vector<SrsConnection*> conns;
     std::vector<SrsListener*> listeners;
@@ -100,7 +104,6 @@ public:
     virtual void remove(SrsConnection* conn);
     virtual void on_signal(int signo);
 private:
-    virtual int ingest_streams();
     virtual void close_listeners();
     virtual int accept_client(SrsListenerType type, st_netfd_t client_stfd);
 public: