commit 685b6cdba166740bbfc21f91c0d1584d9056c53b
Author: spesk1 <spesk@pm.me>
Date:   Wed Apr 27 15:34:44 2022 -0400

    Initial commit

diff --git a/pl_gen.pl b/pl_gen.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $ROOT="/mnt/usb/spesktv";
+my $BUMPER_DIR="$ROOT/bumpers";
+my $VID_DIR="$ROOT/videos";
+my $PFILE="$ROOT/playlist.vlc";
+
+my $PLENGTH=20;
+
+my @video_paths = split("\n", `ls $VID_DIR/*.mp4`);
+my @bumper_paths = split("\n", `ls $BUMPER_DIR/*.mp4`);
+
+sub wr($$) {
+	my $path = shift;
+	my $line = shift;
+	open(my $fh, '>', $path) or die "Couldn't open $path";
+	print $fh $line;
+	close($fh);
+}
+
+sub apd($$) {
+	my $path = shift;
+	my $line = shift;
+	open(my $fh, '>>', $path) or die "Couldn't open $path";
+	print $fh $line;
+	close($fh);
+}
+
+sub rnd_vid_path {
+	my $path =$video_paths[ rand @video_paths ];
+	$path = $path . "\n";
+	return $path;
+}
+
+sub rnd_bmp_path() {
+	my $path = $bumper_paths[ rand @bumper_paths ];
+	$path = $path . "\n";
+	return $path;
+}
+
+
+sub gen_pl() {
+
+	wr($PFILE,"");
+	apd($PFILE,rnd_bmp_path());
+	foreach my $i ( 1..$PLENGTH ) {
+		if ( $i % 2 == 0 ) {
+			apd($PFILE,rnd_bmp_path());
+		}
+		apd($PFILE,rnd_vid_path());
+	}
+	apd($PFILE,$PFILE . "\n");
+}
+
+while () {
+
+	my $date = `date`;
+	chomp $date;
+	print("$date\n");
+	print("Generating playlist...\n");
+	gen_pl();
+	print("Sleeping for 1hr minutes...\n");
+	sleep 3600;
+
+}
diff --git a/start_vlc.sh b/start_vlc.sh
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+vlc -I dummy --control dbus playlist.vlc --loop --sout-keep --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=10.0.0.253:21225}'