general: helptext: 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. Here we only say when it stops, the starting process is in your hand. Best way is a systemd service on linux. 'stop_threshold' stop ffplayout, if it is async in time above this value. A number below 3 can cause unexpected errors. stop_threshold: 11 mail: helptext: Send error messages to email address, like missing playlist; invalid json format; missing clip path. Leave recipient blank, if you don't need this. 'mail_level' can be WARNING or ERROR. subject: Playout Error smtp_server: mail.example.org smtp_port: 587 sender_addr: ffplayout@example.org sender_pass: abc123 recipient: null mail_level: ERROR