algora-tv/README.md

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  <h3 align="center">Algora TV</h3>

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    The interactive livestreaming & video sharing service for developers.
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## Architecture

### Overview

```mermaid
graph
    Streamers{Streamers} --> Fly
    Fly[Fly<br>Elixir App] --> RTMP
    Fly --> Web[Phoenix<br>Web Server]
    Fly --> Db[Fly<br>Postgres]
    RTMP[Membrane<br>RTMP Server] -->|First mile delivery| Tigris[Tigris<br>Object Storage]
    Viewers{Viewers} -->|Last mile delivery| Tigris
    Viewers --> Fly
```

### Livestream pipeline

```mermaid
graph
    Encoder{Encoder<br>e.g. OBS} -->|RTMP| Source[FLV Demuxer]
    Source -->|video| H264Parser[H264 Parser]
    Source -->|audio| AACParser[AAC Parser]
    H264Parser --> H264Payloader[H264 Payloader]
    AACParser --> AACPayloader[AAC Payloader]
    H264Payloader --> CMAFMuxerVideo[CMAF Muxer]
    AACPayloader --> CMAFMuxerAudio[CMAF Muxer]
    CMAFMuxerVideo --> fMP4
    CMAFMuxerAudio --> fMP4
    fMP4[Fragmented MP4] -->|HLS| Tigris{Tigris Object Storage}
```

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## Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running, please follow these steps.

### Prerequisites

Here is what you need to be able to run Algora TV.

- Elixir (Version: >=1.12)
- OTP
- PostgreSQL
- FFmpeg

## Development

### Setup

1. Clone the repo into a public GitHub repository (or fork https://github.com/algora-io/tv/fork).

   ```sh
   git clone https://github.com/algora-io/tv.git
   ```

2. Go to the project folder

   ```sh
   cd tv
   ```

3. Install dependencies with mix

   ```sh
   mix deps.get
   ```

4. Set up your `.env` file

   - Duplicate `.env.example` to `.env`
   - Add your environment variables in the `.env` file

5. Create and migrate your database with mix

   ```sh
   mix ecto.setup
   ```

6. Start your development server

   ```sh
   env $(cat .env | xargs -L 1) iex -S mix phx.server
   ```

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## License

Distributed under the [AGPLv3 License](https://github.com/algora-io/tv/blob/main/LICENSE). See `LICENSE` for more information.

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## Acknowledgements

Special thanks to these amazing projects which help power Algora TV:

- [Tigris](https://www.tigrisdata.com/)
- [Fly.io](https://fly.io/)
- [Phoenix Framework](https://www.phoenixframework.org/)
- [Ecto](https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto)
- [Membrane](https://membrane.stream/)
- [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/)
- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)