diff --git a/scripts/stable-ffplay.sh b/scripts/stable-ffplay.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# srt-live-transmit wrapper which actually manages to reconnect a failed srt stream
+url=$1
+pid=$$
+fifo="/tmp/srt.${pid}"
+
+trap 'rm "${fifo}"' EXIT
+
+while true; do
+    srt-live-transmit -a no "${url}" file://con > ${fifo} &
+    p1=$!
+    ffplay -v warning -hide_banner -nostats ${fifo} &
+    p2=$!
+
+    # check whether we still have 2 running jobs
+    num_jobs="$(jobs -p | wc -l)"
+    while [ $num_jobs -ge 2 ]; do
+        sleep 1
+        num_jobs="$(jobs -p | wc -l)"
+    done
+
+    kill ${p1} ${p2}
+    sleep 1
+done