Possible to have URLs as items to play?
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:57 pmI haven't figured out whether SS has the ability to play a URL rather than a file, mainly for the purpose of transcoding a live video feed from my HDHomeRun.
The building blocks are all there: SS can call ffmpeg to transcode a stream to HLS, but as far as I can tell it will only put a filename in the "%s" spot. I want a way to have a playlist of URLs where selecting a URL puts it in the %s spot and ffmpeg does the rest.
In other words, I might have a playlist file on the server that looks like this:
Subsonic would then show me the two listings, and when I play them, it feeds the URL to ffmpeg just as it would a file.
Even better, simply add transcoding support to the existing "Internet TV/Radio" option.
Is something like this already possible?
The building blocks are all there: SS can call ffmpeg to transcode a stream to HLS, but as far as I can tell it will only put a filename in the "%s" spot. I want a way to have a playlist of URLs where selecting a URL puts it in the %s spot and ffmpeg does the rest.
In other words, I might have a playlist file on the server that looks like this:
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#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,Channel 848
http://192.168.1.50:5004/auto/v848
#EXTINF:-1,Channel 899
http://192.168.1.50:5004/auto/v899
Subsonic would then show me the two listings, and when I play them, it feeds the URL to ffmpeg just as it would a file.
Even better, simply add transcoding support to the existing "Internet TV/Radio" option.
Is something like this already possible?