Crate oximedia_playout 

OxiMedia Playout Server

Professional broadcast playout server with frame-accurate timing, 24/7 reliability, and support for multiple broadcast outputs.

Features

• Frame-accurate timing (no dropped frames)
• 24/7 reliability with emergency fallback
• Genlock/sync support for professional broadcast
• Multiple simultaneous outputs (SDI, NDI, RTMP, SRT, IP multicast)
• Graphics overlay (logos, lower thirds, tickers)
• Comprehensive monitoring and alerting
• SCTE-35 marker insertion for ad breaks
• Dynamic playlist management

Example

use oximedia_playout::{PlayoutServer, PlayoutConfig};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = PlayoutConfig::default();
    let server = PlayoutServer::new(config).await?;
    server.start().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Modules

ad_insertion

SCTE-35 ad insertion and splice point management. SCTE-35 ad insertion and splice point management for broadcast playout.

api

REST API and control interface

asrun

As-run logging and compliance reporting

automation

Automation rules and smart scheduling

branding

Channel branding / ID management for playout.

bxf

BXF (Broadcast eXchange Format) integration

catchup

Catch-up TV management: start-over, lookback windows, and recording triggers.

cg

Character Generator (CG) integration

channel

Multi-channel playout support

channel_config

Channel format and configuration registry (SD/HD/UHD, frame rate, audio). Channel format and configuration management for the playout server.

clip_store

Clip store for playout

compliance_ingest

Compliance recording and ingest: record-on-air, signal verification, and file delivery workflows.

content

Content management and validation

device

Broadcast device control

event_log

Playout event log.

failover

Failover and redundancy support

frame_buffer

Frame ring buffer with pre-roll gating and overflow/underrun detection. Frame buffer management for broadcast playout.

frame_trim

Frame-accurate trim engine with SMPTE timecode support. Frame-accurate trim engine with SMPTE timecode support.

gap_filler

Automatic gap detection and filler content insertion. Automatic gap detection and filler content insertion for playout.

graphics

Graphics overlay engine

highlight_automation

Automated highlight clip generation from playout.

ingest

Live ingest management

media_router_playout

Signal routing from programme sources to SDI/IP/RTMP/file targets.

monitoring

System monitoring and alerting

output

Output modules for various broadcast formats

output_router

Output routing for the playout server.

playback

Real-time playback engine with frame-accurate timing

playlist

Playlist management and playback sequencing

playlist_ingest

Playlist ingest session: format detection, item validation, clip trimming. Playlist ingest for the playout server.

playout_log

Detailed playout logging and audit trail. Detailed playout logging and audit trail.

playout_schedule

24-hour playout schedule grid with conflict detection and gap finding.

predecode

Pre-decode manager: background thread pool for gapless playlist transitions. Pre-decode manager: decode upcoming playlist items in background threads for zero-gap transitions between clips.

preflight

Content pre-flight validation before broadcast playout.

ptp_clock

PTP (Precision Time Protocol) clock source for sub-microsecond synchronisation. PTP (Precision Time Protocol) clock source — IEEE 1588-2019 / SMPTE ST 2059-2.

rundown

Rundown / script management for playout.

schedule_block

Time-blocked schedule management for broadcast playout. Time-blocked schedule management for broadcast playout.

schedule_slot

Time-slot schedule grid with booking, availability, and overlap queries. Schedule slot management for the playout server.

scheduler

Playlist and program scheduling

secondary_events

Secondary event triggers: ad break markers, chapter points, and data carousel.

signal_chain

Ordered processing chain (input -> process -> output) with bypass support.

simulcast

Multi-format simulcast: produce HD + UHD (or other format pairs) from a single playout chain.

subtitle_inserter

CEA-608/708 subtitle insertion and SRT/WebVTT parsing.

tally_system

Tally light control system for broadcast playout.

timecode_overlay

Timecode burn-in overlay for monitoring outputs. Timecode burn-in overlay for broadcast monitoring outputs.

transitions

Automated video transition effects between clips.

Structs

AudioFormat

Audio format configuration

PlayoutConfig

Playout server configuration

PlayoutServer

Professional broadcast playout server

ShutdownConfig

Configuration for graceful shutdown behaviour.

Enums

PlayoutError

Errors that can occur during playout operations

PlayoutState

Playout server state

VideoFormat

Video format configuration

Type Aliases

Result

Result type for playout operations