An Ace Stream server Docker image.
What this provides:
- Dockerized Ace Stream server (version
3.1.49) running under Debian 8 (Jessie) slim. - Bash script to start server and present HTTP API endpoint to host.
- Python playback script
playstream.pyinstructing server to:- Commence streaming of a given program ID.
- ...and optionally start a compatible media player (such as VLC) to view stream.
Since a single HTTP endpoint exposed from the Docker container controls the server and provides the output stream, this provides one of the easier methods for playback of Ace Streams on traditionally unsupported operating systems such as macOS.
To build Docker image:
$ ./build.shAlternatively pull the Docker Hub image:
$ docker pull magnetikonline/acestream-server:3.1.49_debian_8.11Start the server via:
$ ./run.shFor Linux hosts the alternative run-tmpfs.sh is recommended, mounting the cache directory into a temporary based tmpfs file system. This saves thrashing of the file system as stream contents is written to disk - which does not seem possible to disable via server launch arguments.
Server will now be available from http://127.0.0.1:6878:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:6878/webui/api/service?method=get_version
# {"result": {"code": 3014900, "platform": "linux", "version": "3.1.49"}, "error": null}A program ID can be started with playstream.py:
$ ./playstream.py --help
usage: playstream.py [-h] --ace-stream-pid HASH [--player PLAYER] [--progress]
[--server HOSTNAME] [--port PORT]
Instructs server to commence a given program ID. Will optionally execute a
local media player once playback has started.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--ace-stream-pid HASH
program ID to stream
--player PLAYER media player to execute once stream active
--progress continue to output stream statistics (connected
peers/transfer rates) every 2 seconds
--server HOSTNAME server hostname, defaults to 127.0.0.1
--port PORT server HTTP API port, defaults to 6878For example, to stream PROGRAM_ID and send playback to vlc when ready:
$ ./playstream.py \
--ace-stream-pid PROGRAM_ID \
--player /usr/bin/vlc \
--progress
Awaiting successful connection to stream
Waiting... [Peers: 5 // Down: 80KB // Up: 0KB]
Waiting... [Peers: 40 // Down: 343KB // Up: 4KB]
Ready!
Playback available at [http://127.0.0.1/XXXX]
Starting media player...
Streaming... [Peers: 18 // Down: 467KB // Up: 16KB]Send Ctrl + C to exit.
- Binary downloads: https://wiki.acestream.org/Download
- Ubuntu install notes: https://wiki.acestream.org/Install_Ubuntu
- HTTP API usage: https://wiki.acestream.org/Engine_HTTP_API
playstream.pyroutines inspired by: https://github.com/jonian/acestream-launcher