From feff57c50024da466a1fa1fef15262f2b79f06c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Baecker <jb@pixelcrusher.de>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 18:16:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix map_extension, add folder watch

---
 ffplayout.conf | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ffplayout.conf b/ffplayout.conf
index 3deb0bb0..eba646ab 100644
--- a/ffplayout.conf
+++ b/ffplayout.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# set playlist_mode to false if you want to play clips from the [FOLDER] section
+
 # sometimes it can happen, that a file is corrupt but still playable,
 # this can produce an streaming error over all following files
 # the only way in this case is, to stop ffplayout and start it again
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@
 # best way is a systemd serivce on linux
 # stop_threshold: stop ffplayout, if it is async in time above this value
 [GENERAL]
+playlist_mode = True
 stop_on_error = True
 stop_threshold = 11
 
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ ffmpeg_copy_settings = ["-c", "copy", "-bsf:v", "h264_mp4toannexb", "-f", "mpegt
 # map_extension is only for special purpose,
 # when your playlist have a different extension, then the originial clip
 # example: map_extension = [".mp4", ".mkv"]
-# life blank for no change
+# life empty for no change
 [PLAYLIST]
 playlist_path = /playlists
 clips_root = /media
@@ -99,7 +102,16 @@ filler_clip = /media/filler/seperator.clock.mp4
 blackclip = /opt/dummy.mkv
 day_start = 06:00:00.000
 time_shift = 35
-map_extension =
+map_extension = []
+
+
+# play ordered or ramdomly files from clips_root
+# extensions can be a list
+# set shuffle to True to pick files randomly
+[FOLDER]
+storage = /media
+extensions = ["*.mp4"]
+shuffle = False
 
 
 # the final playout post compression