MMM-MPlayer

[evroom]

@myfingersarecold

Hi there !

This is most probably the module I was most anticipating for and that will enable me to finally go from ‘buster’ to ‘bookworm’.
Finally a worthy and easy follow-up for OMXPlayer.

I am still testing, but it looks very promising.

Thanks a lot !

E.J.

PS I will have a few question later on.

[evroom]

@myfingersarecold

Here two questions:

1/ What does streamInterval do ?

2/ Is it possible to rotate the output ?
I am using my screen in portrait mode and therefore need my RTSP stream to be rotated by 90 degrees.

Thanks in advance.

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@myfingersarecold Nice! It would be cool if you maybe reconsidered and uploaded it to GitHub 👩‍💻

[evroom]

@myfingersarecold Nice! It would be cool if you maybe reconsidered and uploaded it to GitHub 👩‍💻

In order to encourage and to help you a bit, here a README.md:

# MMM-MPlayer
A MagicMirror module that uses MPlayer to display rtsp streams

## Project Status
This module is working, but still under development.

## Installation of mplayer
### Verify if mplayer is already installed
```shell
$ which mplayer
/usr/bin/mplayer

Install mplayer (when not installed yet)

$ sudo apt install -y mplayer

Installation of the MM module

1. In your terminal, change to your Magic Mirror module directory cd ~/MagicMirror/modules

2. Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/myfingersarecold/MMM-MPlayer

3. Make changes to your config.js file.

Config Example

Edit the file ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js to add or modify the module.

{
	module: 'MMM-MPlayer',
        disabled: false,
        position: "top_left",
        header: "MPlayer",
	config: {
	  useTwoWindows: true,
	  layout: 'row',
	  windowSize: { width: 525, height: 295 },
	  windowPosition: { x: 12, y: 575 },
	  streamInterval: 30000,
	  streams: {
		window1: [
		  'something_else.mp4',
		  'something.mp4'
		],
		window2: [
		  'rtsp://foo',
		  'rtsp://bar',
		]
	  }
	}
},

Configuration Options

Option	Description	Default
useTwoWindows	Use two windows	true
layout	Can be ‘row’ or ‘column’	row
windowSize	Window size for both windows	{ width: 525, height: 295 }
windowPosition	Position of the first window (window1) [window2 is either 5px below or to the right of this window, depending on layout]	{ x: 12, y: 575 }
streamInterval		30000
streams	window1 and / or window2 streams [ mp4 , rtsp ]

Test environment

This procedure has been tested on:

• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5
• Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
• Magic Mirror version: 2.30.0

Contributions

Code provided by user ‘myfingersarecold’.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/user/myfingersarecold

[evroom]

@evroom said in MMM-MPlayer:

@myfingersarecold

Here two questions:

1/ What does streamInterval do ?

2/ Is it possible to rotate the output ?
I am using my screen in portrait mode and therefore need my RTSP stream to be rotated by 90 degrees.

To answer my own questions:

1/ Cycles the streams defined in window1 and/or window2 after the provided interval (in milliseconds).
Where applicable, the streams will start from the beginning again (for example for mp4 videos).

2/ Yes, this is possible using the -vf rotate=[0-3] option and adjusting the windowPosition values.

[evroom]

@myfingersarecold said in MMM-MPlayer:

I don’t feel like actually uploading it to github, but here is the source code, and an example config.

I took the liberty to take the provided code, make changes to it and make it available as a public repository:

https://github.com/evroom/MMM-MPlayer

My own main purpose for using it, is to setup a new Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B), with Debian 12 (bookworm) and the latest MM version (2.30.0).
Replacing a Pi 3b 32-bit Debian 10 buster setup where OMXPlayer is still working.
I will be using a single window with a single RTSP stream (for an Axis Network Camera).
Nothing fancy.

Best regards,

E.J.

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@evroom Nice! 🚀 Please add it to the module list 🙂

[evroom]

@KristjanESPERANTO said in MMM-MPlayer:

@evroom Nice! 🚀 Please add it to the module list 🙂

Done.

[myfingersarecold]

@evroom you are 100% correct regarding item #1, the streamInterval is for when multiple streams are defined, it will switch between the available streams.

regarding #2 on my pi i didnt have to rotate the mplayer orientation, but i adjusted the output of my pi to portrait and everything behaved but ymmv depending on how it’s setup.

[myfingersarecold]

@evroom thanks for that. glad its of use to someone 😊