ffplayout/docs/INSTALL.md

ffplayout-engine installation

Here are a description on how to install ffplayout engine on a standard linux server.

Requirements

• python version 3.6+
• ffmpeg v4.2+ and ffprobe
• systemd (if ffplayout should run as a daemon)

Installation

• install ffmpeg, ffprobe (and ffplay if you need the preview mode)
• clone repo: git clone https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout-engine.git
• cd ffplayout-engine
• run make
• run sudo make install USER=www-data, use any other user which need write access
• create playlists folder, in that format: /playlists/year/month
• set variables in config file to your needs
• use docs/gen_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

Cleanup

• run make clean to remove virtual environment

Deinstallation

• run sudo make uninstall it will remove all created folders (also the ffplayout.yml configuration file!)