Automate 24/7 Stream for a scheduled Playlist

bcoyle

bcoyle

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hammerheaddown said:
so many things that can go wrong using the timestamp version

what i have found is that you lose about 4-6 seconds between fade out and fade back in... but it looks much better with the fades... FFMPEG has some overhead i cant do anything about. I have to check the next time and calculate when to start the fadeout and the length b4 next video .

it is all the code to check times that causes about 2-3 seconds of delay. this method does make sure your shows start at 12:00:00 it will start at 12:03 and end at 12:57 making sure the next starts correctly. it also seeks ahead 2-3 seconds just to be safe

The alternative is just do all the work and be sure all videos are exactly as you want, load them up in playlist and get about 2-3 seconds of delay. this does ZERO calculations just plays it as is so you could have stuff that runs over the time you'd like so if you want to have a show start at 12:00:00 this method could have you starting at 12:03 and throughout the day have you 1-2 minutes out of whack. no seeking of time and if its 60 long the next video would start at say 13:06 and next hour at 14:12

the timestamp version sticks with the 12:03 start/fade-in and end at 12:57:00 fade out . EVERY hour or how ever you shows run

so I have two versions... 1 less work 2-3 seconds extra between videos and 1 that is more work to be sure all videos are EXACT times you want
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I've encountered some of the problems you are seeing. My app is a windows standalone program talking/commanding OBS thru a web socket
. In the player, I know what is coming up next. I'm using object oriented programming so, I create a couple of instances of objects that contain all the info to run a program/time slot. After starting the current running program, I have my program get the next scheduled instance/program/video ready to go. this includes video length etc.

In the scene, I have the a ffmpeg or vlc source ready to go. Above it in the scene list is another source loaded with a black jpeg. This I can send commands to, to get it to fade to black and back out again. I set the black source to opacity to 100 to block the source I wish to run. I then start the running video and wait 1/2 second and the start the black source to full transparency. There is a plugin that you can use to do this. I just send the commands myself. I also mute the running video for 1/2 second so as to not get annoying startup clicks and noises.

I know when the video will end, so schedule the black jpeg to fade to 100% opacity over about a seconds time timed to hit the video end correctly. Basically, I'm loading and starting a vlc source but controlling fade in/out myself using the black jpeg source.
 
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bcoyle

bcoyle

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dbath said:
How could I get a copy of the Playlist Manager plugijn
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I'm not this guy, but the original post is more than a year old and haven't seen any more from him. You might try a PM. You might want to go back and look at some of my posts, because I'm working on a 24/7 myself.
 
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Tomasz Góral

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Hello everyone,
i want add new solution to scheduler, my first version work as html page, i'm not satisfied.
Now i got version as program on windows.

What you need:
OBS
OBS WebSocket (version 4.9.1)
https://weblive.pro/scheduler_for_obs.exe (zip file, selft unpack).
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 version .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.7

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Very simply app.
In OBS need 3 scenes.
Stop scene - after play last video, program switch to this scene
Scene 1 - first scene with first Media Source
Scene 2 - second scene with second Media Source

In this scenarion, program check time, if start time is exacly same load video to Media Source and run (first time Scene 1), on Start End on last file system switch to Stop scene.
 
bcoyle

bcoyle

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Hi, lots of work, isn't it. What program language are you using, i.e vis basic, C++ ?. I can see that this is just the start for you. What are your plans for more features?
 
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Tomasz Góral

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bcoyle said:
Hi, lots of work, isn't it. What program language are you using, i.e vis basic, C++ ?. I can see that this is just the start for you. What are your plans for more features?
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Yes it's VB.net, not lots of work only 6h.
Plans for features, i think about play from folder 'playlist', folder will be as 'one' file on the grid.
Folder can be played as sorted from A to Z or random, i think about play from folder with maximum time e.g. in folder i got 10h video, but use rand function to play only first 2h, video will be played to the end file and go to next position on list.
- folder with self refresh , before play first position from folder, program refresh files from folder, you can add new file to play
 
bcoyle

bcoyle

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Tomasz Góral said:
Yes it's VB.net, not lots of work only 6h.
Plans for features, i think about play from folder 'playlist', folder will be as 'one' file on the grid.
Folder can be played as sorted from A to Z or random, i think about play from folder with maximum time e.g. in folder i got 10h video, but use rand function to play only first 2h, video will be played to the end file and go to next position on list.
- folder with self refresh , before play first position from folder, program refresh files from folder, you can add new file to play
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That's an amazing amount of work for only 6 hours. I am also using vb.net because it's an amazing development language. I know that it is not strict typed, which is why I like it. Concentrate on the project and not on dotting all the i's. Let vb do all the casting. It has bitten me in the past, but well worth the speed of development.

When you mention 10 hour files, it seems like it may be recorded games??? What kind of channel are you trying to develop?

Anyway, nice to have another vb programmer around.

I assume your name is Thomas, mine is Bill.
 
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Tomasz Góral

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And new update.

Now you can sort file
- Sort A-Z
- Sort Z-A
- Random
- Random with Stop time
- Sort A-Z with Auto Refresh
- Sort Z-A with Auto Refresh
- Random with Auto Refresh

if you Select Folder in Add Source you got this:
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Now you can choice add to folder new content and system add file, change duration of all next video materials.
Auto Refresh onyl works with unplayed material.

Link still the same.
https://weblive.pro/scheduler_for_obs.exe
 
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Tomasz Góral

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bcoyle said:
what is your vision for this app. i.e. how would the average user, use this in a daily/weekly schedule
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For me is almost done, i will only add loop daily, week, month.
I can set for whole day scheduler, it's my primary goal.
Program is very simply and working, I am proud of the program, especially if it is useful to someone.
 
bcoyle

bcoyle

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Tomasz Góral said:
For me is almost done, i will only add loop daily, week, month.
I can set for whole day scheduler, it's my primary goal.
Program is very simply and working, I am proud of the program, especially if it is useful to someone.
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I am proud of you too. There is so many people that just want other people to do work for them with no thought of helping others. There is a core of passionate people being creative and helpful to others. This is really a community. Congrads.
 
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Tormy

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bcoyle said:
I am too. There is so many people (users only) that just want other people to do work for them and there is a few hard core people actually doing anything, like you. This is really a community. Congrads.
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Sorry if I'm not able to actively contribute in programming, being not C++ programmer
 
bcoyle

bcoyle

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Tormy said:
Sorry if I'm not able to actively contribute in programming, being not C++ programmer
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. There are lots of ways to contribute to the community. I've been helped a lot with ideas, suggestions etc. I really should not have used the word "user". I meant it in the people context type of thing, where people USE other people to get what they want and don't care about giving back, not the user of a app. or whatever someone has written. Maybe it's my hot button. I've been burned by people that are users. I think it's wonderful that there is a obs community with a huge number of people willing to share. I try to answer questions and help people as much as I can. Sometimes, I stick my foot in my mouth.

When I joined this forum, my purpose was not to write an app, but to join a community of people that was interested in 24/7. What to do, how to schedule, how to make a success, obstacles overcome, share experiences.

It's funny, you are the type of person, I really wanted to talk to.

Anyway, I apologize again.
 
bcoyle

bcoyle

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Tomasz Góral said:
For me is almost done, i will only add loop daily, week, month.
I can set for whole day scheduler, it's my primary goal.
Program is very simply and working, I am proud of the program, especially if it is useful to someone.
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Haven't heard from you in a while. How's it going.
I'm still plugging away on my own version.
 
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Blutch

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Tomasz Góral said:
Hello everyone,
i want add new solution to scheduler, my first version work as html page, i'm not satisfied.
Now i got version as program on windows.

What you need:
OBS
OBS WebSocket (version 4.9.1)
https://weblive.pro/scheduler_for_obs.exe (zip file, selft unpack).
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 version .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.7

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Very simply app.
In OBS need 3 scenes.
Stop scene - after play last video, program switch to this scene
Scene 1 - first scene with first Media Source
Scene 2 - second scene with second Media Source

In this scenarion, program check time, if start time is exacly same load video to Media Source and run (first time Scene 1), on Start End on last file system switch to Stop scene.
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Hello, your shedluer is interesting, but you can run only 2 scenes ?
 
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