Have you ever come across a YouTube video that endlessly loops a playlist of music? This post outlines a way to launch such a live radio using ffmpeg, the swiss army knife when it comes to any kind of media streaming or transformation, and a simple Docker image. You can even host the entire setup for free on services like Heroku (using "free" dyno hours). More information can be found in this blog post.
- Make sure you are allowed to create live streams on YouTube.
- Fork this repository, swap out the background image to your liking, and put all MP3 files to be played in the
mp3folder. They will be shuffled and looped infinitely. - Create and configure a broadcast with
enableAutoStop = false. At the time of writing, using the UI, this is only possible by scheduling a stream in the future (otherwise the flag is set totrue). Alternatively, you can also use the Live Streaming API to do this. - Deploy this app (for instance, using the Heroku deploy button above) to a host of your choice. Set the
YOUTUBE_KEYenvironment variable to the stream key given to you in the previous step.
The MP3 in this repository ("The Elevator Bossa Nova") is being used under the Free License of: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/the-elevator-bossa-nova