fix hls direct (#2487)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Fixed
 - Do not allow deleting ffmpeg profiles that are used by channels
 - Allow ffmpeg profiles using VAAPI accel to set h264 video profile
+- Fix HLS Direct playback, and make it accessible on separate streaming port
 
 ## [25.7.0] - 2025-09-14
 ### Added

ErsatzTV.Application/Streaming/Queries/GetHlsPlaylistByChannelNumberHandler.cs

@@ -37,9 +37,18 @@ public class GetHlsPlaylistByChannelNumberHandler :
         Parameters parameters,
         DateTimeOffset now)
     {
-        string mode = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Mode)
-            ? string.Empty
-            : $"&mode={request.Mode}";
+        string mode = request.Mode switch
+        {
+            "segmenter" or "segmenter-fmp4" or "segmenter-v2" or "ts-legacy" or "ts" => $"&mode={request.Mode}",
+            // "hls-direct" => string.Empty,
+            _ => string.Empty
+        };
+
+        string endpoint = request.Mode switch
+        {
+            "hls-direct" => "iptv/hls-direct",
+            _ => "ffmpeg/stream"
+        };
 
         long index = GetIndexForChannel(parameters.Channel, parameters.PlayoutItem);
         double timeRemaining = Math.Abs((parameters.PlayoutItem.FinishOffset - now).TotalSeconds);
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ public class GetHlsPlaylistByChannelNumberHandler :
 #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:{index}
 #EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY
 #EXTINF:{timeRemaining:F2},
-{request.Scheme}://{request.Host}/ffmpeg/stream/{request.ChannelNumber}?index={index}{mode}
+{request.Scheme}://{request.Host}/{endpoint}/{request.ChannelNumber}?index={index}{mode}
 ".AsTask();
     }
 

ErsatzTV/Controllers/InternalController.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO.Pipelines;
-using System.Text;
 using CliWrap;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Emby;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Jellyfin;
@@ -23,10 +21,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Controllers;
 
 [ApiController]
 [ApiExplorerSettings(IgnoreApi = true)]
-public class InternalController : ControllerBase
+public class InternalController : StreamingControllerBase
 {
     private readonly IFFmpegSegmenterService _ffmpegSegmenterService;
-    private readonly IGraphicsEngine _graphicsEngine;
     private readonly ILogger<InternalController> _logger;
     private readonly IMediator _mediator;
 
@@ -35,9 +32,9 @@ public class InternalController : ControllerBase
         IGraphicsEngine graphicsEngine,
         IMediator mediator,
         ILogger<InternalController> logger)
+        : base(graphicsEngine, logger)
     {
         _ffmpegSegmenterService = ffmpegSegmenterService;
-        _graphicsEngine = graphicsEngine;
         _mediator = mediator;
         _logger = logger;
     }
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ public class InternalController : ControllerBase
             case "segmenter-v2":
                 return await GetSegmenterV2Stream(channelNumber);
             default:
-                return await GetTsLegacyStream(channelNumber, mode);
+                return await GetTsLegacyStream(channelNumber);
         }
     }
 
@@ -271,14 +268,14 @@ public class InternalController : ControllerBase
             worker is HlsSessionWorkerV2 v2)
         {
             Either<BaseError, PlayoutItemProcessModel> result = await v2.GetNextPlayoutItemProcess();
-            return GetProcessResponse(result, channelNumber, "segmenter-v2");
+            return GetProcessResponse(result, channelNumber, StreamingMode.HttpLiveStreamingSegmenterV2);
         }
 
         _logger.LogWarning("Unable to locate session worker for channel {Channel}", channelNumber);
         return new NotFoundResult();
     }
 
-    private async Task<IActionResult> GetTsLegacyStream(string channelNumber, string mode)
+    private async Task<IActionResult> GetTsLegacyStream(string channelNumber)
     {
         var request = new GetPlayoutItemProcessByChannelNumber(
             channelNumber,
@@ -292,83 +289,6 @@ public class InternalController : ControllerBase
 
         Either<BaseError, PlayoutItemProcessModel> result = await _mediator.Send(request);
 
-        return GetProcessResponse(result, channelNumber, mode);
-    }
-
-    private IActionResult GetProcessResponse(
-        Either<BaseError, PlayoutItemProcessModel> result,
-        string channelNumber,
-        string mode)
-    {
-        foreach (BaseError error in result.LeftToSeq())
-        {
-            _logger.LogError(
-                "Failed to create stream for channel {ChannelNumber}: {Error}",
-                channelNumber,
-                error.Value);
-
-            return BadRequest(error.Value);
-        }
-
-        foreach (PlayoutItemProcessModel processModel in result.RightToSeq())
-        {
-            // for process counter
-            var ffmpegProcess = new FFmpegProcess();
-
-            Command process = processModel.Process;
-
-            _logger.LogDebug("ffmpeg arguments {FFmpegArguments}", process.Arguments);
-
-            var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
-            HttpContext.Response.OnCompleted(async () =>
-            {
-                ffmpegProcess.Dispose();
-                await cts.CancelAsync();
-                cts.Dispose();
-            });
-
-            using var linkedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
-                cts.Token,
-                HttpContext.RequestAborted);
-
-            var pipe = new Pipe();
-            var stdErrBuffer = new StringBuilder();
-
-            Command processWithPipe = process;
-            foreach (GraphicsEngineContext graphicsEngineContext in processModel.GraphicsEngineContext)
-            {
-                var gePipe = new Pipe();
-                processWithPipe = process.WithStandardInputPipe(PipeSource.FromStream(gePipe.Reader.AsStream()));
-
-                // fire and forget graphics engine task
-                _ = _graphicsEngine.Run(
-                    graphicsEngineContext,
-                    gePipe.Writer,
-                    linkedCts.Token);
-            }
-
-            CommandTask<CommandResult> task = processWithPipe
-                .WithStandardOutputPipe(PipeTarget.ToStream(pipe.Writer.AsStream()))
-                .WithStandardErrorPipe(PipeTarget.ToStringBuilder(stdErrBuffer))
-                .WithValidation(CommandResultValidation.None)
-                .ExecuteAsync(linkedCts.Token);
-
-            // ensure pipe writer is completed when ffmpeg exits
-            _ = task.Task.ContinueWith(
-                (_, state) => ((PipeWriter)state!).Complete(),
-                pipe.Writer,
-                TaskScheduler.Default);
-
-            string contentType = mode switch
-            {
-                "segmenter-v2" => "video/x-matroska",
-                _ => "video/mp2t"
-            };
-
-            return new FileStreamResult(pipe.Reader.AsStream(), contentType);
-        }
-
-        // this will never happen
-        return new NotFoundResult();
+        return GetProcessResponse(result, channelNumber, StreamingMode.TransportStream);
     }
 }

ErsatzTV/Controllers/IptvController.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using ErsatzTV.Core.Domain;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Errors;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.FFmpeg;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Interfaces.FFmpeg;
+using ErsatzTV.Core.Interfaces.Streaming;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Iptv;
 using ErsatzTV.Extensions;
 using ErsatzTV.Filters;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Controllers;
 [ApiController]
 [ApiExplorerSettings(IgnoreApi = true)]
 [ServiceFilter(typeof(ConditionalIptvAuthorizeFilter))]
-public class IptvController : ControllerBase
+public class IptvController : StreamingControllerBase
 {
     private readonly IFFmpegSegmenterService _ffmpegSegmenterService;
     private readonly ILogger<IptvController> _logger;
@@ -29,8 +30,10 @@ public class IptvController : ControllerBase
 
     public IptvController(
         IMediator mediator,
+        IGraphicsEngine graphicsEngine,
         ILogger<IptvController> logger,
         IFFmpegSegmenterService ffmpegSegmenterService)
+        : base(graphicsEngine, logger)
     {
         _mediator = mediator;
         _logger = logger;
@@ -284,6 +287,10 @@ public class IptvController : ControllerBase
             Right: r => new PhysicalFileResult(r.FileName, r.MimeType));
     }
 
+    [HttpGet("iptv/hls-direct/{channelNumber}")]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetStream(string channelNumber) =>
+        await GetHlsDirectStream(channelNumber);
+
     private async Task<string> GetMultiVariantPlaylist(string channelNumber, string mode)
     {
         string file = mode switch
@@ -359,6 +366,23 @@ public class IptvController : ControllerBase
 {variantPlaylist}";
     }
 
+    private async Task<IActionResult> GetHlsDirectStream(string channelNumber)
+    {
+        var request = new GetPlayoutItemProcessByChannelNumber(
+            channelNumber,
+            StreamingMode.HttpLiveStreamingDirect,
+            DateTimeOffset.Now,
+            false,
+            true,
+            DateTimeOffset.Now,
+            0,
+            Option<int>.None);
+
+        Either<BaseError, PlayoutItemProcessModel> result = await _mediator.Send(request);
+
+        return GetProcessResponse(result, channelNumber, StreamingMode.HttpLiveStreamingDirect);
+    }
+
     private string AccessTokenQuery() => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Request.Query["access_token"])
         ? string.Empty
         : $"?access_token={Request.Query["access_token"]}";

ErsatzTV/Controllers/StreamingControllerBase.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Text;
+using CliWrap;
+using ErsatzTV.Application.Streaming;
+using ErsatzTV.Core;
+using ErsatzTV.Core.Domain;
+using ErsatzTV.Core.FFmpeg;
+using ErsatzTV.Core.Interfaces.Streaming;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+
+namespace ErsatzTV.Controllers;
+
+public abstract class StreamingControllerBase(IGraphicsEngine graphicsEngine, ILogger logger)
+    : ControllerBase
+{
+    protected IActionResult GetProcessResponse(
+        Either<BaseError, PlayoutItemProcessModel> result,
+        string channelNumber,
+        StreamingMode mode)
+    {
+        foreach (BaseError error in result.LeftToSeq())
+        {
+            logger.LogError(
+                "Failed to create stream for channel {ChannelNumber}: {Error}",
+                channelNumber,
+                error.Value);
+
+            return BadRequest(error.Value);
+        }
+
+        foreach (PlayoutItemProcessModel processModel in result.RightToSeq())
+        {
+            // for process counter
+            var ffmpegProcess = new FFmpegProcess();
+
+            Command process = processModel.Process;
+
+            logger.LogDebug("ffmpeg arguments {FFmpegArguments}", process.Arguments);
+
+            var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            HttpContext.Response.OnCompleted(async () =>
+            {
+                ffmpegProcess.Dispose();
+                await cts.CancelAsync();
+                cts.Dispose();
+            });
+
+            using var linkedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+                cts.Token,
+                HttpContext.RequestAborted);
+
+            var pipe = new Pipe();
+            var stdErrBuffer = new StringBuilder();
+
+            Command processWithPipe = process;
+            foreach (GraphicsEngineContext graphicsEngineContext in processModel.GraphicsEngineContext)
+            {
+                var gePipe = new Pipe();
+                processWithPipe = process.WithStandardInputPipe(PipeSource.FromStream(gePipe.Reader.AsStream()));
+
+                // fire and forget graphics engine task
+                _ = graphicsEngine.Run(
+                    graphicsEngineContext,
+                    gePipe.Writer,
+                    linkedCts.Token);
+            }
+
+            CommandTask<CommandResult> task = processWithPipe
+                .WithStandardOutputPipe(PipeTarget.ToStream(pipe.Writer.AsStream()))
+                .WithStandardErrorPipe(PipeTarget.ToStringBuilder(stdErrBuffer))
+                .WithValidation(CommandResultValidation.None)
+                .ExecuteAsync(linkedCts.Token);
+
+            // ensure pipe writer is completed when ffmpeg exits
+            _ = task.Task.ContinueWith(
+                (_, state) => ((PipeWriter)state!).Complete(),
+                pipe.Writer,
+                TaskScheduler.Default);
+
+            string contentType = mode switch
+            {
+                StreamingMode.HttpLiveStreamingSegmenterV2 => "video/x-matroska",
+                _ => "video/mp2t"
+            };
+
+            return new FileStreamResult(pipe.Reader.AsStream(), contentType);
+        }
+
+        // this will never happen
+        return new NotFoundResult();
+    }
+}