let's try a hack

scripts/archives/audio.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "starting the audio collection stream.."
+while true; do
+    num_files=$(ls $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+    if [ $num_files -eq 0 ]
+    then
+        sleep 1
+    fi
+    for f in $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3
+    do
+        echo "playing $f"
+        ffmpeg -fflags +discardcorrupt -re -i "$f" -loglevel panic -vn -acodec copy -f mp3 -y audio.pipe 2>/dev/null
+    done
+done

scripts/archives/init.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "creating the storage folders.."
+mkdir -p $WEBTV_VIDEO_STORAGE_PATH
+mkdir -p $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH
+
+echo "create the named pipes.."
+mkfifo video.pipe
+mkfifo audio.pipe

scripts/archives/stream.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "starting final stream loop.."
+while true; do
+    sleep 1
+    echo "trying to create the final stream.."
+    ffmpeg -fflags +discardcorrupt -re -i video.pipe -loglevel panic -stream_loop 1 -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -tune zerolatency -c:a aac -ar 44100 -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/webtv
+    echo "final stream got interrupted, will try again in 1 sec"
+done

scripts/archives/video.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "starting the video collection stream.."
+while true; do
+    num_files=$(ls $WEBTV_VIDEO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp4 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+    if [ $num_files -eq 0 ]
+    then
+        sleep 1
+    fi
+    for f in $WEBTV_VIDEO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp4
+    do
+        echo "playing $f"
+        ffmpeg -fflags +discardcorrupt -re -i "$f" -loglevel panic -vcodec copy -f mpegts -y video.pipe 2>/dev/null
+    done
+done

scripts/audio.sh

@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# echo "starting the audio collection stream.."
-# while true; do
-#     num_files=$(ls $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
-#     if [ $num_files -eq 0 ]
-#     then
-#         sleep 1
-#     fi
-#     for f in $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3
-#     do
-#         echo "playing $f"
-#         ffmpeg -fflags +discardcorrupt -re -i "$f" -loglevel panic -vn -acodec copy -f mp3 -y audio.pipe 2>/dev/null
-#     done
-# done
+echo "Starting the audio collection stream.."
+current_count=$(ls $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+
+while true; do
+    new_count=$(ls $WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+
+    if [ $new_count -ne $current_count ]; then
+        echo "Updating audio playlists..."
+        current_count=$new_count
+        files=($WEBTV_AUDIO_STORAGE_PATH*.mp3)
+        
+        # Re-create the audio playlists
+        echo "ffconcat version 1.0" > audio_list_a.txt
+        echo "ffconcat version 1.0" > audio_list_b.txt
+        for (( i=0; i<${#files[@]}; i++ )); do
+            if (( i%2 == 0 )); then
+                echo "file '${files[$i]}'" >> audio_list_a.txt
+            else
+                echo "file '${files[$i]}'" >> audio_list_b.txt
+            fi
+        done
+        echo "file './audio_list_b.txt'" >> audio_list_a.txt
+        echo "file './audio_list_a.txt'" >> audio_list_b.txt
+    fi
+
+    sleep 1
+done

scripts/stream.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "starting final stream loop.."
+echo "Starting final stream loop.."
 while true; do
     sleep 1
-    echo "trying to create the final stream.."
-    ffmpeg -fflags +discardcorrupt -re -i video.pipe -loglevel panic -stream_loop 1 -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -tune zerolatency -c:a aac -ar 44100 -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/webtv
-    
-    echo "final stream got interrupted, will try again in 1 sec"
+    echo "Trying to create the final stream.."
+    ffmpeg -y -nostdin -re -f concat -safe 0 -i "list_a.txt" -i "audio_list_a.txt" -loglevel panic -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -tune zerolatency -c:a aac -ar 44100 -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/webtv
+    echo "Final stream got interrupted, will try again in 1 sec"
 done