Watch Folder

ffplayout can also monitor a folder and play the clips it contains. No playlists are required for this mode. You just have to set playlist_mode: False in the config under general: and under storage: you have to enter the correct folder and the file extensions you want to scan for.

Additionally there is a shuffle mode, if this is activated, the files will be played randomly. This ensures that at least half of the total number of clips are not played back more than once.

If shuffle mode is off, the clips will be played in sorted order.

For this function the Python module Watchdog is required, this ensures that files that are copied into the folder are included in the list. The deletion and renaming of individual files is also taken into account.