multi_audio.md

Multiple Audio Tracks

* This is an experimental feature and more intended for advanced users. Use it with caution!

With ffplayout you can output streams with multiple audio tracks, with some limitations:

• Not all formats support multiple audio tracks. For example flv/rtmp doesn't support it.
• In your output parameters you need to set the correct mapping.

ffmpeg filter usage and encoding parameters can become very complex, so it can happen that not every combination works out of the box.

To get e better idea of what works, you can examine engin_cmd.

If you just output a single video stream with multiple audio tracks, let's say with srt:// protocol, you only need to set in you config under processing: the correct audio_tracks: count.

For multiple video resolutions and multiple audio tracks, the parameters could look like:

out:
    ...
    mode: stream
    output_param: >-
        -map 0:v
        -map 0:a:0
        -map 0:a:1
        -c:v libx264
        -c:a aac
        -ar 44100
        -b:a 128k
        -flags +global_header
        -f mpegts
        srt://127.0.0.1:40051
        -map 0:v
        -map 0:a:0
        -map 0:a:1
        -s 512x288
        -c:v libx264
        -c:a aac
        -ar 44100
        -b:a 128k
        -flags +global_header
        -f mpegts
        srt://127.0.0.1:40052

If you need HLS output with multiple resolutions and audio tracks, you can try something like:

out:
    ...
    mode: hls
    output_param: >-
        -filter_complex [0:v]split=2[v1_out][v2];[v2]scale=w=512:h=288[v2_out];[0:a:0]asplit=2[a_0_1][a_0_2];[0:a:1]asplit=2[a_1_1][a_1_2]
        -map [v1_out]
        -map [a_0_1]
        -map [a_1_1]
        -c:v libx264
        -flags +cgop
        -c:a aac
        -map [v2_out]
        -map [a_0_2]
        -map [a_1_2]
        -c:v:1 libx264
        -flags +cgop
        -c:a:1 aac
        -f hls
        -hls_time 6
        -hls_list_size 600
        -hls_flags append_list+delete_segments+omit_endlist
        -hls_segment_filename /usr/share/ffplayout/public/live/stream_%v-%d.ts
        -master_pl_name master.m3u8
        -var_stream_map "v:0,a:0,a:1,name:720p v:1,a:2,a:3,name:288p"
        /usr/share/ffplayout/public/live/stream_%v.m3u8