Algora TV

The interactive livestreaming & video sharing service for developers.
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Architecture

Overview

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

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}

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).

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

2. Go to the project folder

   cd tv
   

3. Install dependencies with mix

   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

   mix ecto.setup
   

6. Start your development server

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

License

Distributed under the AGPLv3 License. See LICENSE for more information.

Acknowledgements

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

• Tigris
• Fly.io
• Phoenix Framework
• Ecto
• Membrane
• FFmpeg
• Tailwind CSS