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+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+import queue
+import threading
+import time
+import urllib.request
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+import vlc
+
+receive_weather = threading.Event()
+receive_sce_tv = threading.Event()
+
+commands = queue.Queue()
+
+def get_stream_state(ip, port=5001, timeout=5):
+
+    # Ask the sce-tv server at the given IP for the current state, "idle" or "playing"
+    url = f"http://{ip}:{port}/state"
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout) as response:
+            data = json.loads(response.read())
+        return "playing" if data.get("state") == "playing" else "idle"
+    except Exception:
+        logging.exception("Could not reach sce-tv server at %s", url)
+        return None
+
+def receive_stream(instance, player, urls):
+
+    media = instance.media_new(urls[receive_sce_tv])
+    player.set_media(media)
+    player.play()
+    logging.info("Starting playback...")
+
+    # Buffer
+    time.sleep(5)
+
+    # Consume state commands and switch the active stream to match
+    while True:
+        command = commands.get()
+        url = urls[command]
+        logging.info("switching stream to %s...", url)
+        media = instance.media_new(url)
+        player.set_media(media)
+        player.play()
+
+def signal(ip, weather_url, interval=5):
+
+    # Defaults to sce-tv, only switches to weather when server is idle and weather url is provided, pushes command when the state changes
+    while True:
+        state = get_stream_state(ip)
+
+        if weather_url and state == "idle":
+            target = receive_weather
+        else:
+            target = receive_sce_tv
+
+        if not target.is_set():
+            receive_weather.clear()
+            receive_sce_tv.clear()
+            target.set()
+            commands.put(target)
+
+        time.sleep(interval)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.Formatter.converter = time.gmtime
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        format="%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03dZ %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",
+        level=logging.ERROR
+    )
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--sce-tv-rtmp-url",
+        required=True,
+        help="RTMP stream URL (e.g. rtmp://server/live/streamkey)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--weather-rtmp-url",
+        help="weather channel RTMP stream URL (e.g. rtmp://server/live/weather)"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # State API runs on the same host as the RTMP server, so derive it from the stream URL rather than passing the host separately
+    sce_tv_ip = urlparse(args.sce_tv_rtmp_url).hostname
+
+    urls = {
+        receive_sce_tv: args.sce_tv_rtmp_url,
+        receive_weather: args.weather_rtmp_url,
+    }
+
+    receive_sce_tv.set()
+
+    instance = vlc.Instance()
+    player = instance.media_player_new()
+
+    receive_stream_thread = threading.Thread(
+        target=receive_stream,
+        args=(instance, player, urls),
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    receive_stream_thread.start()
+
+    signal_thread = threading.Thread(
+        target=signal,
+        args=(sce_tv_ip, args.weather_rtmp_url),
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    signal_thread.start()
+
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(1)