ffplayout/README.md
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**ffplayout-rs**
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[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
**Attention:**
Soon this code willbe merged in [ffplayout_engine](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout_engine)
The main purpose of ffplayout is to provide a 24/7 broadcasting solution that plays a *json* playlist for every day, while keeping the current playlist editable.
**Check [ffplayout-frontend](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout-frontend): web-based GUI for ffplayout**
**Features**
-----
- have all values in a separate config file
- dynamic playlist
- replace missing playlist or clip with a dummy clip
- playing clips from [watched folder](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout_engine/wiki/Watch-Folder)
- send emails with error message
- overlay a logo
- overlay text, controllable through [messenger](https://github.com/ffplayout/messenger) or [ffplayout-frontend](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout-frontend) (needs ffmpeg with libzmq)
- EBU R128 loudness normalization (single pass)
- loop playlist infinitely
- trim and fade the last clip, to get full 24 hours
- when playlist is not 24 hours long, loop filler clip until time is full
- set custom day start, so you can have playlist for example: from 6am to 6am, instate of 0am to 12pm
- normal system requirements and no special tools
- no GPU power is needed
- stream to server or play on desktop
- logging to files, or colored output to console
- add filters to input, if is necessary to match output stream:
- **yadif** (deinterlacing)
- **pad** (letterbox or pillarbox to fit aspect)
- **fps** (change fps)
- **scale** (fit target resolution)
- **aevalsrc** (if video have no audio)
- **apad** (add silence if audio duration is to short)
- **tpad** (add black frames if video duration is to short)
- output:
- **stream**
- **desktop**
- **HLS**
Requirements
-----
- RAM and CPU depends on video resolution, minimum 4 threads and 3GB RAM for 720p are recommend
JSON Playlist Example
-----
```json
{
"channel": "Test 1",
"date": "2019-03-05",
"program": [{
"in": 0,
"out": 647.68,
"duration": 647.68,
"source": "/Media/clip1.mp4"
}, {
"in": 0,
"out": 149,
"duration": 149,
"source": "/Media/clip2.mp4"
}, {
"in": 0,
"out": 114.72,
"duration": 114.72,
"source": "/Media/clip3.mp4",
"category": "advertisement"
}, {
"in": 0,
"out": 2531.36,
"duration": 2531.36,
"source": "/Media/clip4.mp4",
"category": ""
}
]
}
```
**If you need a simple playlist generator check:** [playlist-generator](https://github.com/ffplayout/playlist-generator)
**Warning**
-----
(Endless) streaming over multiple days will only work when config have **day_start** value and the **length** value is **24 hours**. If you need only some hours for every day, use a *cron* job, or something similar.
Remote source from URL
-----
You can use sources from remote URL in that way:
```json
{
"in": 0,
"out": 149,
"duration": 149,
"source": "https://example.org/big_buck_bunny.webm"
}
```
But be careful with it, better test it multiple times!
More informations in [Wiki](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout_engine/wiki/Remote-URL-Source)
HLS output
-----
For outputting to HLS, output parameters should look like:
```yaml
out:
...
output_param: >-
...
-flags +cgop
-f hls
-hls_time 6
-hls_list_size 600
-hls_flags append_list+delete_segments+omit_endlist+program_date_time
-hls_segment_filename /var/www/html/live/stream-%09d.ts /var/www/html/live/stream.m3u8
```
Installation
-----
Copy the binary to `/usr/local/bin/`
Start with Arguments
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ffplayout also allows the passing of parameters:
- `-c, --config <CONFIG>` file path to ffplayout.conf
- `-f, --folder <FOLDER>` play folder content
- `-h, --help` Print help information
- `-i, --infinit` loop playlist infinitely
- `-l, --log <LOG>` file path for logging
- `-m, --play-mode <PLAY_MODE>` playing mode: folder, playlist
- `-o, --output <OUTPUT>` set output mode: desktop, hls, stream
- `-p, --playlist <PLAYLIST>` path from playlist
- `-s, --start <START>` start time in 'hh:mm:ss', 'now' for start with first
- `-t, --length <LENGTH>` set length in 'hh:mm:ss', 'none' for no length check
- `-v, --volume <VOLUME>` set audio volume
- `-V, --version` Print version information
You can run the command like:
```Bash
./ffplayout.py -l none -p ~/playlist.json -o desktop
```