mlb-docker

What is this?

This project provides a docker image around the tool mlbplay of the mlbstreamer project. The advantage of the docker-based approach is to circumvent integration issues, e.g., when using pip on Ubuntu.

How to build the container?

1. Clone the repository
2. Copy ./bin/config.sample.yaml to ./bin/config.yaml
3. Adapt ./bin/config.yaml to your liking, but at least add your mlb.tv credentials there
4. run build.sh script, which will build an image called mlb:latest

How to watch a game?

1. run run.sh which will start the container, using these optional parameters:
   1. -r, --resolution: the preffered resoltion, i.e., one of 720p_alt, 720p, 540p, 504p, 360p, 288p, 224p, defaults to 360p
   2. -d, --date: the date of the game to get, must be in the format 'yyyy-mm-dd'
   3. -f, --filename: the name of the file to which store the stream, defaults to 'date + team code', output directory will be games
   4. -o, --offset: the offset from which to start the stream, either an integer (e.g., 52 would mean 52 minutes from the start) or a string like B6, meaning bottom of the sixth inning [this might be no longer supported by mlbstreamer!]
   5. -t, --team: the team for which to get the game, must be one of 'cle', 'tor', 'ana', ...
2. once the download started, open a new session and run, e.g., vlc games/2019-04-21.tor.mp4

Examples

watch the Toronto Blue Jays game from 2019-04-21 in standard-definition

./run.sh -r 360p -d 2019-04-21 -t tor

watch Cleveland's game of today (if already being streamed)

./run.sh -t cle

watch the Blue Jays game from 2019-04-21 in high-definition, with 60fps

./run.sh -r 720p_alt -d 2019-04-21 -t tor

watch the Blue Jays game in high-definition, 30fps, and start with the bottom of the 8th inning [offsets might no longer is supported by mlbstreamer], dumping the file to games/dump.mp4

./run.sh -r 720p -d 2019-04-21 -t tor -o B8 -f dump.mp4

How to download game audio?

1. run docker run -ti -v /home/loewe/workspace/programming/CMD/mlb-docker/games/:/data mlb:latest bash
2. edit /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mlbstreamer/play.py in line 136 to hard-code the URL to the audio stream, taken from mlb.tv audio, or some other resource
3. run mlbplay -vv -r 50k -s /data/filename.mp3 mlb/yyyy-mm-dd.team-code
4. get the game from the games folder in the host machine