A fork of https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout
2018-01-01.xml | ||
ffplayout.conf | ||
ffplayout.py | ||
ffplayout.service | ||
gen_playlist_from_subfolders.sh | ||
LICENSE | ||
README.md |
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.
Features
- have all values in a separate config file
- try to be as simple as possible
- 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
- 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 576p are recommend
- python version 3.5 and up
XML Playlist Example
<smil>
<head>
<meta name="author" content="Author"/>
<meta name="title" content="Title"/>
<meta name="copyright" content="(c)2018 company"/>
</head>
<body>
<video src="/path/clip_01.mkv" clipBegin="npt=21600s" dur="18.000000s" in="0.00" out="18.000000s"/>
<video src="/path/clip_02.mkv" clipBegin="npt=21618s" dur="18.111000s" in="0.00" out="18.111000s"/>
<video src="/path/clip_03.mkv" clipBegin="npt=21636.1s" dur="247.896000s" in="0.00" out="247.896000s"/>
<video src="/path/clip_04.mkv" clipBegin="npt=21884s" dur="483.114000s" in="0.00" out="483.114000s"/>
<video src="/path/clip_05.mkv" clipBegin="npt=22367.1s" dur="20.108000s" in="0.00" out="20.108000s"/>
<video src="/path/clip & specials.mkv" clipBegin="npt=22387.2s" dur="203.290000s" in="0.00" out="203.290000s"/>
<video src="/path/clip_06.mkv" clipBegin="npt=22590.5s" dur="335.087000s" in="300.00" out="335.087000s"/>
</body>
</smil>
Installation
- install ffmpeg, ffprobe and mbuffer
- copy, or symlink, ffplayout.py to /usr/local/bin/
- copy, or symlink, ffplayout.conf to /etc/ffplayout/
- 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
This project is still in progress!
Change from one day to the next is broken at the moment