Develop VOD merging functionality for combining multiple streams

zcesur commented 2 months ago

We need an Algora.Admin.merge_streams() function that merges multiple HLS VODs into a single one without reencoding.

I think we should be able to do that by merging all segments into a single .m3u8 playlist.

We might need to interleave the different groups of segments with a discontinuity event/marker (EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY tag) so that the video player can play the merged VOD properly (as commonly used for mid-roll ads)

We should preserve the existing video records in the database but mark them as unlisted.

zcesur commented 2 months ago

/bounty $150

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