Have you ever come across a YouTube video that endlessly loops a playlist of music? This post outlines a way to launch such a live radio using ffmpeg, the swiss army knife when it comes to any kind of media streaming or transformation, and a simple Docker image. You can even host the entire setup for free on services like Heroku (using "free" dyno hours). More information can be found in this blog post.

• Make sure you are allowed to create live streams on YouTube.
• Fork this repository, swap out the background image to your liking, and put all MP3 files to be played in the mp3 folder. They will be shuffled and looped infinitely.
• Create and configure a broadcast with enableAutoStop = false. At the time of writing, using the UI, this is only possible by scheduling a stream in the future (otherwise the flag is set to true). Alternatively, you can also use the Live Streaming API to do this.
• Deploy this app (for instance, using the Heroku deploy button above) to a host of your choice. Set the YOUTUBE_KEY environment variable to the stream key given to you in the previous step.

The MP3 in this repository ("The Elevator Bossa Nova") is being used under the Free License of: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/the-elevator-bossa-nova