Avoid dead air playing files from playlist

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I would like music is played when no show is broadcasted.
I found a way to check if stream is silent (here)
I’m writing a script to start streaming music, after 20 seconds of silence, with ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -re -i playlist.txt -content_type audio/mpeg -f mp3 icecast://source:mypwd@localhost:8001/main

The problem is I don’t know how to regain the stream (stopping ffmpeg stream) when a new live broadcasting on port 8001 starts.

Any idea?

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Instead of using an external task to check for silence, we use the “Outro Autoloading Playlist” on the General Settings page to provide content when nothing else is scheduled.

–Bob.

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Thanks for your answer!
You are right, that’s the simplest solution and probably it’s what I’m going to do. The only problem is I need to fill the calendar with shows (for the entire day) to use Outro Autoloading Playlist, am I right?
I would prefer a playlist streamed when no show is broadcasted

giucas