Channels

As described in the Startup Configuration section, one can start up the service with both assets and channels defined in the config file.

However, one can change this configuration by using the REST API. In this way one can

1. Add asset paths
2. Add channels
3. Replace schedules of non-looping channels
4. Delete channels
5. Delete asset paths for assets which are not in any schedule

Schedule updates are further described in the Dynamic Channels section.

If a path to a cached configuration is set, any change of the configuration via the REST API results in that the complete configuration of asset paths, channels and their schedules are written to a file at that path. On restart, an existing file at this path is used to restore the last dynamic configuration, while any static configuration of these settings is skipped.