bcoyle
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Hi Denys
I guess I need to ask what is your vision and what do you mean by "Playlist". In general, everyone knows what a playlist is. In the simplest terms, you can drop a directory into OBS vlc screen and it will play them all. Basically at this point, I'm doing that. I have a bunch of directories and I have scenes with my logos, etc in them. Unfortunately, people don't know that at 8pm, i'm playing hogen's heros. So as you go on, you start thinking about tv guides. Also, I agree with you on the complexity of the tv station like programs, you end up having a career at scheduling. So the path to writing an app is for you to create a list of specifications and to storyboard your program, i.e. what the UI (User Interface) looks like and how you would interact with it. So it becomes important to know what you are attempting. With your reference to RTC (Real time Clock), it seems you want to have programs start/stop in time slots, i.e. 9am to 10am for the history show and it is important that you do everything on time. Keep in mind that in a 30 minute show, you normally have some sort of video or bumper that is squishy and can expand or contract to make the time slot come out correctly. Current, OBS doesn't have the ability to start a file under your control starting at a offset into the file. In youtube, if you go off the air, it just shows your thumbnail and a off air message. Another consideration is how easy it to program/edit the app. In vb, it's easy enough to drag / drop a bunch of files into your UI. I have found that OBS will rrun for hundreds of hours with no problems if you are just showing videos, so am not worried about losing the connection or having obs go down. So anyway, please tell me your vision. Hear from you soon, Bill
I guess I need to ask what is your vision and what do you mean by "Playlist". In general, everyone knows what a playlist is. In the simplest terms, you can drop a directory into OBS vlc screen and it will play them all. Basically at this point, I'm doing that. I have a bunch of directories and I have scenes with my logos, etc in them. Unfortunately, people don't know that at 8pm, i'm playing hogen's heros. So as you go on, you start thinking about tv guides. Also, I agree with you on the complexity of the tv station like programs, you end up having a career at scheduling. So the path to writing an app is for you to create a list of specifications and to storyboard your program, i.e. what the UI (User Interface) looks like and how you would interact with it. So it becomes important to know what you are attempting. With your reference to RTC (Real time Clock), it seems you want to have programs start/stop in time slots, i.e. 9am to 10am for the history show and it is important that you do everything on time. Keep in mind that in a 30 minute show, you normally have some sort of video or bumper that is squishy and can expand or contract to make the time slot come out correctly. Current, OBS doesn't have the ability to start a file under your control starting at a offset into the file. In youtube, if you go off the air, it just shows your thumbnail and a off air message. Another consideration is how easy it to program/edit the app. In vb, it's easy enough to drag / drop a bunch of files into your UI. I have found that OBS will rrun for hundreds of hours with no problems if you are just showing videos, so am not worried about losing the connection or having obs go down. So anyway, please tell me your vision. Hear from you soon, Bill