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import { AmcpClient } from './amcp.js';
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fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
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import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
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// Playout manager — owns one CasparCG channel's lifecycle inside this sidecar.
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//
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// One sidecar container == one CasparCG Server == one logical channel (channel
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// index 1 in CasparCG terms). We add the output consumer (DeckLink / NDI / SRT
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// / RTMP) at start, then walk a playlist by cueing the next clip on a background
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// layer (LOADBG ... AUTO) so CasparCG performs a gapless transition at end of
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// the current clip.
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//
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// Media is referenced by a path relative to CasparCG's configured media folder
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// (/media inside the container). The mam-api stages assets from S3 to that
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// shared volume and passes the resolved relative path on each item.
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const CHANNEL = 1; // single CasparCG channel per sidecar
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const FG_LAYER = 10; // foreground (on-air) layer
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const MEDIA_ROOT = process.env.CASPAR_MEDIA_ROOT || '/media';
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// Channel-id-derived HLS preview path. The mam-api proxies /live/<channel_id>/
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// to this directory (shared media volume) so the UI's existing HLS player
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// (capture's /live/<id> plumbing) works for playout monitors with zero new
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// transport.
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const CHANNEL_ID = process.env.CHANNEL_ID || '';
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const HLS_DIR = CHANNEL_ID ? `${MEDIA_ROOT}/live/${CHANNEL_ID}` : '';
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fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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// Loopback UDP port CasparCG's preview STREAM consumer publishes mpegts to, and
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// the standalone ffmpeg re-muxer reads from. One CasparCG per sidecar, so a
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// fixed port is fine; allow override for parallel local testing.
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const PREVIEW_UDP_PORT = parseInt(process.env.PREVIEW_UDP_PORT || '9710', 10);
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const PREVIEW_UDP_URL = `udp://127.0.0.1:${PREVIEW_UDP_PORT}`;
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// CasparCG SEEK / LENGTH are in frames, not seconds. Capture standard is 59.94;
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// SD/film modes need their own values. Default 60000/1001 matches both
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// '1080p5994' and '1080i5994'.
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function fpsFor(videoFormat) {
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const f = String(videoFormat || '').toLowerCase();
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if (f.endsWith('5994')) return 60000 / 1001;
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if (f.endsWith('p60') || f.endsWith('i60')) return 60;
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if (f.endsWith('p50') || f.endsWith('i50')) return 50;
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if (f.endsWith('2997')) return 30000 / 1001;
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if (f.endsWith('p30')) return 30;
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if (f.endsWith('p25')) return 25;
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if (f.endsWith('p24') || f.endsWith('2398')) return 24000 / 1001;
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return 60000 / 1001; // safe default for the house standard
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}
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// CasparCG transition syntax fragments keyed by our item.transition value.
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function transitionArgs(transition, ms, fps) {
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if (!transition || transition === 'cut' || !ms) return '';
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const frames = Math.max(1, Math.round((ms / 1000) * fps));
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if (transition === 'mix') return ` MIX ${frames}`;
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if (transition === 'wipe') return ` WIPE ${frames}`;
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return '';
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}
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// Turn an absolute /media path (or a relative one) into the token CasparCG
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// expects: a path relative to MEDIA_ROOT, without extension, forward-slashed.
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// CasparCG resolves "subdir/clip" against its media folder + probes extensions.
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function toCasparToken(mediaPath) {
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let p = String(mediaPath || '');
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if (p.startsWith(MEDIA_ROOT)) p = p.slice(MEDIA_ROOT.length);
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p = p.replace(/^\/+/, '');
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p = p.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, ''); // strip extension
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return p;
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}
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export class PlayoutManager {
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constructor() {
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this.amcp = new AmcpClient({
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host: process.env.CASPAR_HOST || '127.0.0.1',
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port: parseInt(process.env.CASPAR_PORT || '5250', 10),
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});
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this.state = {
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running: false,
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outputType: null,
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outputConfig: null,
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videoFormat: null,
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playlist: [], // resolved items in play order
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currentIndex: -1,
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loop: false,
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currentClip: null,
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startedAt: null,
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lastError: null,
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};
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this._advanceTimer = null;
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fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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this._hlsProc = null; // standalone ffmpeg re-mux child process
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this._hlsRestartTimer = null;
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}
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async _consumerCommand(outputType, cfg) {
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// Returns the AMCP ADD argument string for the requested output target.
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if (outputType === 'decklink') {
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const dev = cfg.device_index || 1;
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return `DECKLINK DEVICE ${dev} EMBEDDED_AUDIO`;
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}
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if (outputType === 'ndi') {
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const name = cfg.ndi_name || 'DRAGONFLIGHT';
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return `NDI NAME "${name}"`;
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}
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if (outputType === 'srt' || outputType === 'rtmp') {
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// CasparCG 2.3 streams via the FFMPEG consumer, invoked with the STREAM
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// keyword (FILE/STREAM are interchangeable aliases for it; the bare word
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// "FFMPEG" is the PRODUCER and is NOT a valid consumer keyword). Args must
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// use ffmpeg's -param:stream form (-codec:v, not -vcodec) or CasparCG
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// rejects them. The channel feeds the consumer as RGBA, so a
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// format=yuv420p filter is required before libx264.
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const url = cfg.url || '';
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if (outputType === 'srt') {
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const latency = cfg.latency || 200;
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const full = url.includes('latency=') ? url : `${url}${url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?'}latency=${latency}`;
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return `STREAM "${full}" -format mpegts -codec:v libx264 -preset:v veryfast -tune:v zerolatency -b:v 6M -codec:a aac -b:a 192k -filter:v format=yuv420p`;
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}
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const target = cfg.key ? `${url}/${cfg.key}` : url;
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return `STREAM "${target}" -format flv -codec:v libx264 -preset:v veryfast -tune:v zerolatency -b:v 6M -codec:a aac -b:a 192k -filter:v format=yuv420p`;
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}
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throw new Error(`Unknown output_type: ${outputType}`);
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}
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// Start the channel: bring up CasparCG's primary output consumer for the
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// target, plus a second FFMPEG consumer writing HLS for the UI preview
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// monitor (~4-6s lag, reuses capture's /live/<id> plumbing).
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//
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// The primary consumer failure is NON-FATAL. CasparCG can decode and route
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// media through its pipeline even without an output consumer. This means:
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// - NDI channels work (load/play/transport) even if libndi.so is absent.
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// - SRT/RTMP channels work even if the destination URL is unreachable.
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// - The HLS preview consumer is always attempted independently.
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//
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// state.consumerError is set when the primary consumer fails so the mam-api
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// can surface a warning in the channel status without blocking operation.
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async startChannel({ outputType, outputConfig = {}, videoFormat = '1080p5994' }) {
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await this.amcp.waitReady(30000);
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// Set the channel video mode first.
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try { await this.amcp.send(`SET ${CHANNEL} MODE ${videoFormat}`); }
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catch (err) { console.warn(`[playout] SET MODE failed (continuing): ${err.message}`); }
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// Primary output consumer — non-fatal.
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let consumerError = null;
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try {
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const consumer = await this._consumerCommand(outputType, outputConfig);
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await this.amcp.send(`ADD ${CHANNEL} ${consumer}`);
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} catch (err) {
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consumerError = err.message;
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console.warn(`[playout] primary consumer ADD failed (continuing without output): ${err.message}`);
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}
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// HLS preview consumer — always attempt, independently non-fatal.
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if (HLS_DIR) {
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try {
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await this._addHlsConsumer();
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console.log(`[playout] HLS preview at ${HLS_DIR}/index.m3u8`);
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} catch (err) {
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console.warn(`[playout] HLS preview consumer failed: ${err.message}`);
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}
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}
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this.state.running = true;
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this.state.outputType = outputType;
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this.state.outputConfig = outputConfig;
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this.state.videoFormat = videoFormat;
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this.state.fps = fpsFor(videoFormat);
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this.state.startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
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this.state.lastError = consumerError;
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console.log(`[playout] channel started output=${outputType} mode=${videoFormat} fps=${this.state.fps.toFixed(3)}${consumerError ? ' ⚠ consumer: ' + consumerError : ''}`);
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return this.getStatus();
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}
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fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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// HLS preview for the web UI confidence monitor.
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//
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// ── Why not CasparCG's own HLS (FILE/STREAM ".../index.m3u8") ──────────────
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// CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG consumer muxes a BROKEN audio track into the HLS:
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// ffprobe reports `aac, sample_rate=0` and ffmpeg decoding the playlist fails
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// with "Invalid data ... abuffer: Value inf for parameter 'time_base' ...
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// time_base 1/0". That corrupt audio prevents BOTH ffmpeg and hls.js from
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// decoding, so the browser <video> sits at readyState 0 and the preview stays
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// black. The video track itself is perfectly clean h264. Critically, the
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// consumer IGNORES every arg that would fix it — `-an`, `-codec:a`, `-g`,
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// `-r`, `-force_key_frames` are all silently dropped ("Unused option"), so we
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// CANNOT remove the audio from inside CasparCG.
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//
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// ── The fix: STREAM mpegts to UDP loopback, re-mux with a STANDALONE ffmpeg ─
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// CasparCG outputs a plain mpegts elementary stream to a local UDP port (its
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// STREAM/mpegts path is fine — the breakage is specific to its HLS muxer). A
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// Node-spawned standalone ffmpeg (where `-an` actually works) reads that UDP
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// stream, drops audio, copies the clean h264 video, and writes proper HLS.
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// `-c:v copy` avoids re-encoding. The program audio is untouched — it rides
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// the PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI consumer, which we never modify.
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async _addHlsConsumer() {
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fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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// 1) CasparCG → mpegts over UDP loopback. The channel feeds RGBA, so a
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// format=yuv420p filter is required before libx264.
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const streamArgs = [
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`STREAM "${PREVIEW_UDP_URL}?pkt_size=1316"`,
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'-format mpegts',
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'-codec:v libx264 -preset:v veryfast -tune:v zerolatency',
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'-b:v 2M -maxrate 2M -bufsize 4M',
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'-codec:a aac -b:a 96k',
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'-filter:v format=yuv420p',
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].join(' ');
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await this.amcp.send(`ADD ${CHANNEL} ${streamArgs}`);
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// 2) Standalone ffmpeg re-mux: UDP mpegts → clean video-only HLS.
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this._startHlsRemux();
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}
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// Spawn (or respawn) the standalone ffmpeg that re-muxes the loopback mpegts
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// into video-only HLS. Restarts automatically if it dies while the channel is
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// still running (e.g. brief UDP gap before CasparCG's consumer is up).
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_startHlsRemux() {
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if (!HLS_DIR) return;
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try { mkdirSync(HLS_DIR, { recursive: true }); } catch (_) {}
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this._stopHlsRemux();
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const out = `${HLS_DIR}/index.m3u8`;
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const args = [
|
fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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'-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'warning',
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// Read the live mpegts loopback. genpts rebuilds timestamps; the analyze/
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// probe sizes are kept small so playback starts promptly.
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'-fflags', '+genpts',
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'-analyzeduration', '2000000', '-probesize', '2000000',
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'-i', `${PREVIEW_UDP_URL}?fifo_size=1000000&overrun_nonfatal=1`,
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// Drop the (broken) audio entirely.
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'-an',
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// Re-encode (NOT -c:v copy) to uniform, keyframe-aligned 2s segments with
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// regenerated CFR timestamps. -c:v copy passed CasparCG's erratic
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// real-time keyframes straight through, producing segments of 0.6–2.8s
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// and irregular PTS; hls.js can't build a live timeline from that — it
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// logs "sliding 0.00 / MISSED", never loads a fragment, and the monitor
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// stays black even though the stream decodes cleanly server-side. A
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// standalone ffmpeg honours -force_key_frames, so every GOP (and thus
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// every HLS segment) is exactly 2.0s. fps=30 forces CFR; scale to 720p
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// keeps the confidence monitor cheap.
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'-vf', 'fps=30,scale=-2:720,format=yuv420p',
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'-c:v', 'libx264', '-preset', 'veryfast', '-tune', 'zerolatency',
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'-b:v', '1500k', '-maxrate', '2M', '-bufsize', '4M',
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'-g', '60', '-keyint_min', '60', '-sc_threshold', '0',
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'-force_key_frames', 'expr:gte(t,n_forced*2)',
|
fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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'-f', 'hls',
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'-hls_time', '2',
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'-hls_list_size', '8',
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'-hls_flags', 'delete_segments+append_list+independent_segments',
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'-hls_segment_filename', `${HLS_DIR}/index%d.ts`,
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out,
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];
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const proc = spawn('ffmpeg', args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'] });
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this._hlsProc = proc;
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proc.stderr.on('data', (d) => {
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const line = d.toString().trim();
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if (line) console.warn(`[playout][hls-ffmpeg] ${line}`);
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});
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proc.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
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console.warn(`[playout] HLS re-mux ffmpeg exited code=${code} signal=${signal}`);
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if (this._hlsProc === proc) this._hlsProc = null;
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// Auto-respawn while the channel is running (and we didn't kill it).
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if (this.state.running && signal !== 'SIGTERM' && signal !== 'SIGKILL') {
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this._hlsRestartTimer = setTimeout(() => {
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this._hlsRestartTimer = null;
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if (this.state.running) {
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console.log('[playout] respawning HLS re-mux ffmpeg');
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this._startHlsRemux();
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}
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}, 1000);
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}
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});
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proc.on('error', (err) => {
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console.warn(`[playout] HLS re-mux ffmpeg spawn error: ${err.message}`);
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});
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console.log(`[playout] HLS re-mux ffmpeg started: ${PREVIEW_UDP_URL} -> ${out}`);
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}
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_stopHlsRemux() {
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if (this._hlsRestartTimer) {
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clearTimeout(this._hlsRestartTimer);
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this._hlsRestartTimer = null;
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}
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if (this._hlsProc) {
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const proc = this._hlsProc;
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this._hlsProc = null;
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try { proc.kill('SIGTERM'); } catch (_) {}
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|
}
|
2026-05-30 09:17:49 -04:00
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|
}
|
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async stopChannel() {
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this._clearAdvance();
|
fix(playout): clean video-only HLS preview via standalone ffmpeg re-mux
CasparCG's bundled FFMPEG/HLS consumer muxes a broken audio track
(aac sample_rate=0, time_base 1/0) into the preview, and silently drops
every arg that would remove it (-an, -codec:a, -g, -r all "Unused
option"). That corrupt audio black-screens the browser preview because
neither ffmpeg nor hls.js can decode the playlist.
Re-architect the preview path: CasparCG now STREAMs plain mpegts to a
UDP loopback port, and a Node-spawned STANDALONE ffmpeg (where -an
actually works) re-muxes it to clean, video-only HLS with -c:v copy.
The child process is tracked, auto-respawned while running, and killed
in stopChannel(). The PRIMARY SRT/RTMP/SDI/NDI output (with program
audio) is untouched.
Also fix the Dockerfile to match the working image: ubuntu:22.04 base +
CasparCG 2.4.0 ubuntu22 zip + NodeSource Node 20, and add a standalone
ffmpeg CLI. The old 2.3.3 tarball URL 404s. entrypoint.sh updated for
the 2.4.x bin/casparcg layout + bundled lib/ LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 13:55:14 -04:00
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|
this.state.running = false; // set first so the ffmpeg exit handler won't respawn
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this._stopHlsRemux();
|
2026-05-30 09:17:49 -04:00
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try { await this.amcp.send(`STOP ${CHANNEL}-${FG_LAYER}`); } catch (_) {}
|
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try { await this.amcp.send(`CLEAR ${CHANNEL}`); } catch (_) {}
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this.state.running = false;
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this.state.playlist = [];
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this.state.currentIndex = -1;
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this.state.currentClip = null;
|
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|
console.log('[playout] channel stopped');
|
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|
return { stopped: true };
|
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}
|
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// Load a playlist (array of { id, asset_id, media_path, in_point, out_point,
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|
|
// transition, transition_ms, clip_name }) and start playing from index 0.
|
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async loadPlaylist({ items = [], loop = false }) {
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2026-05-31 13:01:21 -04:00
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|
if (!this.state.running) {
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|
throw new Error('Channel not started — call /channel/start first');
|
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|
}
|
2026-05-30 09:17:49 -04:00
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|
this.state.playlist = items;
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|
this.state.loop = !!loop;
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|
this.state.currentIndex = -1;
|
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if (items.length === 0) return this.getStatus();
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await this._playIndex(0);
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|
return this.getStatus();
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|
}
|
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async _playIndex(index) {
|
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const item = this.state.playlist[index];
|
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|
if (!item) return;
|
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const fps = this.state.fps || fpsFor(this.state.videoFormat);
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|
|
const token = toCasparToken(item.media_path);
|
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const seek = item.in_point ? ` SEEK ${Math.round(item.in_point * fps)}` : '';
|
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|
const length = (item.out_point && item.out_point > (item.in_point || 0))
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? ` LENGTH ${Math.round((item.out_point - (item.in_point || 0)) * fps)}`
|
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: '';
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|
const trans = transitionArgs(item.transition, item.transition_ms, fps);
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|
// PLAY puts the clip on the foreground layer immediately (first clip), with
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// the configured transition. Subsequent clips are cued via LOADBG ... AUTO
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|
// for a gapless hand-off; see _scheduleAdvance.
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await this.amcp.send(`PLAY ${CHANNEL}-${FG_LAYER} "${token}"${seek}${length}${trans}`);
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|
this.state.currentIndex = index;
|
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|
this.state.currentClip = item.clip_name || token;
|
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|
console.log(`[playout] PLAY [${index}] ${token}`);
|
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|
this._reportAsRunStart(item);
|
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|
this._scheduleAdvance(item);
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|
}
|
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|
2026-05-30 10:51:35 -04:00
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|
// Effective on-air duration of an item in milliseconds. Prefers an explicit
|
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|
|
// in/out trim, else the asset's full duration. Returns null when unknown (no
|
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// duration metadata + no out_point) so the caller can skip the timer.
|
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|
_itemDurationMs(item) {
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const inS = item.in_point || 0;
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|
if (item.out_point && item.out_point > inS) return (item.out_point - inS) * 1000;
|
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|
if (item.asset_duration_ms != null) return Math.max(0, item.asset_duration_ms - inS * 1000);
|
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return null;
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|
}
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// CasparCG's LOADBG ... AUTO swaps the cued background clip to foreground when
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|
|
// the current clip ends, giving a gapless visual take. But CasparCG won't cue
|
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// clip N+2 on its own and won't move OUR pointer / as-run bookkeeping. So we
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|
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// also arm a duration-based timer: when the current clip is due to end we
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|
|
// advance currentIndex and cue the following clip. This keeps an arbitrary-
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// length playlist walking, not just the first two items.
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2026-05-30 09:17:49 -04:00
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|
_scheduleAdvance(item) {
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|
this._clearAdvance();
|
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|
const next = this._nextIndex();
|
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|
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|
|
if (next === null) return; // end of a non-looping playlist
|
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|
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|
|
const nextItem = this.state.playlist[next];
|
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|
|
|
|
const nextToken = toCasparToken(nextItem.media_path);
|
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|
|
|
|
const fps = this.state.fps || fpsFor(this.state.videoFormat);
|
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|
|
|
|
const trans = transitionArgs(nextItem.transition, nextItem.transition_ms, fps);
|
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|
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|
|
// Cue next on background with AUTO so CasparCG performs the gapless take.
|
|
|
|
|
|
this.amcp.send(`LOADBG ${CHANNEL}-${FG_LAYER} "${nextToken}" AUTO${trans}`)
|
|
|
|
|
|
.catch((err) => console.warn(`[playout] LOADBG failed: ${err.message}`));
|
2026-05-30 10:51:35 -04:00
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
// Arm the pointer-advance timer. Without duration metadata we can't time the
|
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|
|
// hand-off; leave AUTO to take clip N+1 visually but log a warning since the
|
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|
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|
|
// pointer (and thus clip N+2 cueing) will stall.
|
|
|
|
|
|
const durMs = this._itemDurationMs(item);
|
|
|
|
|
|
if (durMs == null) {
|
|
|
|
|
|
console.warn(`[playout] no duration for clip [${this.state.currentIndex}] — pointer advance stalled after this clip`);
|
|
|
|
|
|
return;
|
|
|
|
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
this._advanceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
|
|
|
|
|
|
this._advanceTimer = null;
|
|
|
|
|
|
// The AUTO take already happened in CasparCG; just move our pointer and
|
|
|
|
|
|
// cue the clip after next. _playIndex would re-PLAY and double-take, so we
|
|
|
|
|
|
// advance state directly and re-arm.
|
|
|
|
|
|
this.state.currentIndex = next;
|
|
|
|
|
|
this.state.currentClip = nextItem.clip_name || nextToken;
|
|
|
|
|
|
console.log(`[playout] advance -> [${next}] ${nextToken}`);
|
|
|
|
|
|
this._reportAsRunStart(nextItem);
|
|
|
|
|
|
this._scheduleAdvance(nextItem);
|
|
|
|
|
|
}, Math.max(250, durMs));
|
2026-05-30 09:17:49 -04:00
|
|
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
_nextIndex() {
|
|
|
|
|
|
const n = this.state.currentIndex + 1;
|
|
|
|
|
|
if (n < this.state.playlist.length) return n;
|
|
|
|
|
|
if (this.state.loop && this.state.playlist.length > 0) return 0;
|
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|
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|
|
return null;
|
|
|
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|
|
}
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_clearAdvance() {
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if (this._advanceTimer) { clearTimeout(this._advanceTimer); this._advanceTimer = null; }
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}
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async skip() {
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const next = this._nextIndex();
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if (next === null) { await this.stopChannel(); return this.getStatus(); }
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await this._playIndex(next);
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return this.getStatus();
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}
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async pause() {
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try { await this.amcp.send(`PAUSE ${CHANNEL}-${FG_LAYER}`); } catch (_) {}
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return this.getStatus();
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}
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async resume() {
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try { await this.amcp.send(`RESUME ${CHANNEL}-${FG_LAYER}`); } catch (_) {}
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return this.getStatus();
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}
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_reportAsRunStart(item) {
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// The mam-api owns the as-run table; the sidecar just logs locally. The API
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// polls /status and writes as-run rows on clip change. Keeping the DB write
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// in the API avoids giving the sidecar a DB connection.
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this.state.currentItemId = item.id || null;
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this.state.currentItemStartedAt = new Date().toISOString();
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}
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getStatus() {
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return {
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running: this.state.running,
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outputType: this.state.outputType,
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videoFormat: this.state.videoFormat,
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currentIndex: this.state.currentIndex,
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currentClip: this.state.currentClip,
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currentItemId: this.state.currentItemId || null,
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currentItemStartedAt: this.state.currentItemStartedAt || null,
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playlistLength: this.state.playlist.length,
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loop: this.state.loop,
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startedAt: this.state.startedAt,
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lastError: this.state.lastError,
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};
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}
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}
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export default new PlayoutManager();
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