add null output

README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Check the [releases](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout-engine/releases/late
   - **stream**
   - **desktop**
   - **HLS**
+  - **null** (for debugging)
 - JSON RPC server, for getting infos about current playing and controlling
 - [live ingest](/docs/live_ingest.md)
 

assets/ffplayout.yml

@@ -115,10 +115,9 @@ text:
     regex: ^.+[/\\](.*)(.mp4|.mkv)$
 
 out:
-    help_text: The final playout compression. Set the settings to your needs.
-        'mode' has the standard options 'desktop', 'hls', 'stream'. Self made
-        outputs can be define, by adding script in output folder with an 'output' function
-        inside. 'preview' works only in streaming output and creates a separate preview stream.
+    help_text: The final playout compression. Set the settings to your needs. 'mode'
+        has the options 'desktop', 'hls', 'null', 'stream'.
+        'preview' works only in streaming output and creates a separate preview stream.
     mode: 'stream'
     preview: false
     preview_param: >-

ffplayout-engine/src/output/mod.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use simplelog::*;
 
 mod desktop;
 mod hls;
+mod null;
 mod stream;
 
 pub use hls::write_hls;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ pub fn player(
     // get ffmpeg output instance
     let mut enc_proc = match config.out.mode.as_str() {
         "desktop" => desktop::output(config, &ff_log_format),
+        "null" => null::output(config, &ff_log_format),
         "stream" => stream::output(config, &ff_log_format),
         _ => panic!("Output mode doesn't exists!"),
     };

ffplayout-engine/src/output/null.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use std::process::{self, Command, Stdio};
+
+use simplelog::*;
+
+use ffplayout_lib::filter::v_drawtext;
+use ffplayout_lib::utils::{Media, PlayoutConfig};
+use ffplayout_lib::vec_strings;
+
+/// Desktop Output
+///
+/// Instead of streaming, we run a ffplay instance and play on desktop.
+pub fn output(config: &PlayoutConfig, log_format: &str) -> process::Child {
+    let mut enc_filter: Vec<String> = vec![];
+
+    let mut enc_cmd = vec_strings![
+        "-hide_banner",
+        "-nostats",
+        "-v",
+        log_format,
+        "-re",
+        "-i",
+        "pipe:0",
+        "-f",
+        "null",
+        "-"
+    ];
+
+    if config.text.add_text && !config.text.text_from_filename {
+        if let Some(socket) = config.text.bind_address.clone() {
+            debug!(
+                "Using drawtext filter, listening on address: <yellow>{}</>",
+                socket
+            );
+
+            let mut filter: String = "null,".to_string();
+            filter.push_str(
+                v_drawtext::filter_node(config, &Media::new(0, String::new(), false)).as_str(),
+            );
+            enc_filter = vec!["-vf".to_string(), filter];
+        }
+    }
+
+    enc_cmd.splice(7..7, enc_filter);
+
+    debug!(
+        "Encoder CMD: <bright-blue>\"ffmpeg {}\"</>",
+        enc_cmd.join(" ")
+    );
+
+    let enc_proc = match Command::new("ffmpeg")
+        .args(enc_cmd)
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+    {
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("couldn't spawn encoder process: {e}");
+            panic!("couldn't spawn encoder process: {e}")
+        }
+        Ok(proc) => proc,
+    };
+
+    enc_proc
+}