import argparse import datetime import json import os # globals mediadir = "/var/lib/ffplayout/tv-media" playlistdir = "/var/lib/ffplayout/playlists" channel = "newellijaytelevision" verbose = False from_date = datetime.date.today() to_date = datetime.date.today() playlist_duration = 6 * 60 * 60 # six hours, in seconds def main(): parse_config() for single_date in daterange(from_date, to_date): if verbose: print("Processing date", single_date) build_day(single_date) def parse_config(): global mediadir, playlistdir, channel, verbose, from_date, to_date, playlist_duration parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( prog="mt_clockwheel", description="a simple clockwheel playlist generator for ffplayout", epilog="brought to you by your friends at Mountain Town Technology and Community Media Network" ) parser.add_argument('-d', '--directory', dest='mediadir', help='root directory for media library') parser.add_argument('-p', '--playlists', dest='playlistdir', help='root directory for playlists') parser.add_argument('-c', '--channel', dest='channel', help='channel name to generate playlists for') parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='provide verbose output logging') parser.add_argument('-f', '--from', dest='from_date', help='first date to generate playlist for') parser.add_argument('-t', '--to', dest='to_date', help='last date to generate playlist for') parser.add_argument('-l', '--length', dest='playlist_duration', help='duration (in seconds) for each playlist - if a factor of 24 * 60 * 60 then playlist will be duplicated to fill 24 hours') args = parser.parse_args() if args.verbose: verbose = True if args.mediadir: mediadir = args.mediadir if args.playlistdir: playlistdir = args.playlistdir if args.channel: channel = args.channel if args.from_date: from_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(args.from_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date() if args.to_date: to_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(args.to_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date() if args.playlist_duration: playlist_duration = args.playlist_duration if verbose: print("Arguments parsed, config:") print("mediadir:", mediadir) print("playlistdir:", playlistdir) print("channel:", channel) print("from_date:", from_date) print("to_date:", to_date) def build_day(this_date): d = {} # empty dict that will become our JSON output d["channel"] = channel d["date"] = this_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") d["program"] = [] # empty list to populate with programs total_time = 0 while total_time < playlist_duration: entry, length = get_playlist_entry() d["program"].append(entry) total_time += length if verbose: print(' added program:', json.dumps(entry), length) # TODO: see if playlist_duration is a factor of 24 * 60 * 60 and, if so, duplicate it to fill 24 hours if verbose: print("playlist json:", json.dumps(d)) def get_playlist_entry(): entry = { "in": 0, "out": 300, "duration": 300, "source": "test.mp4" } length = entry["duration"] return entry, length # generator function to yield single dates from a date range def daterange(start_date, end_date): for n in range(int((end_date - start_date).days) + 1): # adding 1 to make the range inclusive yield start_date + datetime.timedelta(n) if __name__ == "__main__": main()