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ffplayout

This is a streaming solution based on python and ffmpeg.

The goal is to play for every day an xml playlist, while the current playlist is still editable.

Check ffplayout-gui: web-based GUI for ffplayout.

Features

have all values in a separate config file
dynamic playlist
replace missing playlist or clip with a blank clip
send emails with error message
overlay a logo
trim and fade the last clip, to get full 24 hours, if the duration is less then 6 seconds add a blank clip
set custom day start, so you can have playlist for example: from 6am to 6am, instate of 0am to 12pm
copy mode, for more infos take a look in the wiki
normal system requirements and no special tools
- we only need ffmpeg, ffprobe and a buffer tool like mbuffer or pv
- no GPU power is needed
- ram and cpu depends on video resolution, minimum 4 threads and 3GB ram for 720p are recommend
python version 3.5 and up

XML Playlist Example

<playlist>
    <head>
        <meta name="author" content="example"/>
        <meta name="title" content="Live Stream"/>
        <meta name="copyright" content="(c)2018 example.org"/>
        <meta name="date" content="2018-02-03"/>
    </head>
    <body>
        <video src="/path/clip_01.mkv" begin="21600" dur="18.000000" in="0.00" out="18.000000"/>
        <video src="/path/clip_02.mkv" begin="21618" dur="18.111000" in="0.00" out="18.111000"/>
        <video src="/path/clip_03.mkv" begin="21636.1" dur="247.896000" in="0.00" out="247.896000"/>
        <video src="/path/clip_04.mkv" begin="21884" dur="483.114000" in="0.00" out="483.114000"/>
        <video src="/path/clip_05.mkv" begin="22367.1" dur="20.108000" in="0.00" out="20.108000"/>
        <video src="/path/clip  &amp; specials.mkv" begin="22387.2" dur="203.290000" in="0.00" out="203.290000"/>
        <video src="/path/clip_06.mkv" begin="22590.5" dur="335.087000" in="300.00" out="335.087000"/>
    </body>
</playlist>

Installation

install ffmpeg, ffprobe and mbuffer
copy, or symlink, ffplayout.py to /usr/local/bin/
copy, or symlink, ffplayout.conf to /etc/ffplayout/
ceate folder with correct perissions for logging (check config)
copy ffplayout.service to /etc/systemd/system/
change user in service file
create playlists folder, in that format: /playlists/year/month
set variables in config file to your needs
use get_playlist_from_subfolders.sh /path/to/*.mp4s as a starting point for your playlists (path in script needs to change)
activate service and start it: sudo systemctl enable ffplayout && sudo systemctl start ffplayout