Codem-watcher

Description

Codem-watcher is a program that monitors a folder for new MP4 files and transcode the file into multiple files each with different bitrates. The transcoding is performed by codem-transcode. The resulting files are copied to the specified destination folder and a SMIL file are created. These files can then be delivered by for example a Wowza Streaming Engine.

Installation

Recommended installation procedure is to use npm:

# npm install codem-watcher

Use the -g option to install it globally

# npm install -g codem-watcher

To start the program find where ´npm´ installs your packages and this script. Then run

# /PATH/TO/PROGRAM/bin/codem-watcher

Configuration

The configuration is a simple text file including a valid JSON object. Example config:

{
  watchfolder: '/mnt/resource/incoming',
  destination: '/mnt/resource/test/',
  transcoderapi: 'http://localhost:3080/jobs',
  profile: {
    '720p': {
      'width': 1280,
      'height': 720,
      'video': '1300000',
      'audio': '128000',
      'encoder': "-s 1280x720 -strict experimental -acodec aac -ab 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -vcodec libx264 -vprofile main -g 48 -b 1100000" 
    },
    '360p': {
      'width': 640,
      'height': 360,
      'video': '820000',
      'audio': '64000',
      'encoder': "-s 640x360 -strict experimental -acodec aac -ab 64k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -vcodec libx264 -vprofile main -g 48 -b 750000"
    },
    '160p': {
      'width': 284,
      'height': 160,
      'video': '300000',
      'audio': '46000',
      'encoder': "-s 284x160 -strict experimental -acodec aac -ab 48k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -vcodec libx264 -vprofile main -g 48 -b 240000"
    }
  }

}

Use the CLI option (´-c´) and point to the configuration file

# codem-watcher -c watcher-config.json

Issues and support

If you run into any issues while using codem-transcode please use the Github issue tracker to see if it is a known problem or report it as a new one.

License

Codem-watcher is released under the MIT license see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT