ffplayout-rs

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: 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
send emails with error message
overlay a logo
overlay text, controllable through messenger or 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

Requirements

RAM and CPU depends on video resolution, minimum 4 threads and 3GB RAM for 720p are recommend

JSON Playlist Example

{
    "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

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:

        {
            "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

Installation

Copy the binary to /usr/local/bin/

Start with Arguments

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:

./ffplayout.py -l none -p ~/playlist.json -o desktop

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