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ErsatzTV-Filler Configuration (General)

General configuration options are cross app settings that users can set as needed.

General Configuration Options

Custom Audio Location

  • Filepath

This is the option to set a filepath for custom audio files to be used withing the filler videos. If not set a fallback audio library (inlcuded) will be used.

Output Directory

  • Filepath

This is the option to set a filepath for where the generated filler video files should go. This is is the filepath that should also be set under an other video library in ersatztv.

City

  • Location (City)

This is the option to set the City you want to use for various filler types. Currently it is only used for weather.

Note: If the location is 2 words e.g. 'San Antonio' the 2 words should be seperated with a '+' e.g. 'San+Antonio'

State

  • Location (State)

This is the option to set the State you want to use for various filler types. Currently it is only used for weather.

Note: If the location is 2 words e.g. 'New Mexico' the 2 words should be seperated with a '+' e.g. 'New+Mexico'

Country

  • Location (Country)

Used to determine which weather service to use wttr.in for International, weatherforyou.net for the US.

Video Length

  • Time (seconds)

This is the option to select how long you wish the filler videos to run for. If you want 10 seconds then you would just set 10 as the option. This option is currently only used for Vanity Cards and Weather filler types

ErsatzTV Location

  • URL

This is the option to set the URL of ersatztv. This should point to the ersatztv homepage, it should be in the format of http://ip:port

Video Resolution

  • Number (Video Resolution)

This is the option to set the resolution of the filler video files. The format should be 'numberxnumber' e.g. '1920x1080'

Web Port

  • Number

This is the option to set the web port for ErsatzTV-Filler. For example if you set it to '8408' (the default), you would then access ErsatzTV-Filler in your web browser via 'http://ip:8408'

Custom FFMPEG Command - Advanced

  • Command

This is an option to set a custom ffmpeg command if you want to use a different version of ffmpeg than what is packaged. The command should be in the format of 'path/ffmpeg(.exe) -y', ensure there is no trailing space.

  • Variable

This is the option to set a custom FFMPEG Encoder to enable hardware acceleration. This setting is not recommended to be used and is expirimental. Will not work in docker.

  • Variable

This is the option to set a custom HW Accel Mode to enable hardware acceleration. This setting is not recommended to be used and is expirimental. Will not work in docker.

  • Variable

This is the option to set a custom HW Accel Device to enable hardware acceleration. This setting is not recommended to be used and is expirimental. Will not work in docker.

Audio Function Language (where available)

  • String (Language Code) - Default en if empty

Option to set the Language to use for text to speech functions.

The languages currently available are:

    • af - Afrikaans
    • sq - Albanian
    • de - German
    • ar - Arabic
    • bn - Bengali
    • my - Burmese
    • bs - Bosnian
    • bg - Bulgarian
    • km - Cambodian
    • kn - Kannada
    • ca - Catalan
    • cs - Czech
    • zh - Simplified Chinese
    • zh-TW - Traditional Chinese
    • si - Sinhalese
    • ko - Korean
    • hr - Croatian
    • da - Danish
    • sk - Slovak
    • es - Spanish
    • et - Estonian
    • fi - Finnish
    • fr - French
    • el - Greek
    • gu - Gujarati
    • hi - Hindi
    • nl - Dutch
    • hu - Hungarian
    • id - Indonesian
    • en - English
    • is - Icelandic
    • it - Italian
    • ja - Japanese
    • la - Latin
    • lv - Latvian
    • ml - Malayalam
    • ms - Malay
    • mr - Marathi
    • ne - Nepali
    • no - Norwegian
    • pl - Polish
    • pt - Portuguese
    • ro - Romanian
    • ru - Russian
    • sr - Serbian
    • sw - Swahili
    • sv - Swedish
    • su - Sundanese
    • tl - Tagalog
    • th - Thai
    • ta - Tamil
    • te - Telugu
    • tr - Turkish
    • uk - Ukrainian
    • ur - Urdu
    • vi - Vietnamese