[MMM-Dreambox] to connect a Dreambox or a Enigma2 Receiver (like VU or VU+) to MagicMirror and stream stations via omxplayer

[Cr4z33]

@axled the situation now is like in the below screenshot and I still don’t know how I am supposed to stream a channel (if I don’t have to specify its url). :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

[evroom]

All actions:

http://192.168.178.30:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-SERVICE-NEXT

http://192.168.178.30:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-SERVICE-PREV

http://192.168.178.30:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-PLAY

http://192.168.178.30:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-STOP

Result in:

Cannot GET /remote

[AxLed]

@evroom
How do you plan to interact with your MM?
I have a rotary encoder. Buttons or touch is also fine.
For the beginning you can use MMM-Remote-Control to send notifications.
I have to complete my Readme, that the sample links only work with MMM-Remote-Control

So install MMM-Remote-Control, open an browser, modify the links matching to your environment and you should be able to select channels and stream them.

Important: Try with SD Channels first, as for HD channels the mpg2 codec is needed.

AxLED

[evroom]

@axled
I was about to ask about this.
Suppose it works, how will I use it in practise?

I have a Pi with a monitor connected hanging in the kitchen.
No fancy mirror like many, with speech and buttons and PIRs.

So, basically no interaction.

I plan on getting speech running, but I have other projects running at this moment (for instance Homematic IP and ioBroker).

I will try to install MMM-Remote-Control and see if that will work.

[AxLed]

@Cr4z33
I dont know if it makes sense, to use a favorite list of services/stations/channels that wont fit on the screen of MM, as the list is to long.

Start streaming can be done by selecting one service/station/channel (by using yourmmip:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-SERVICE-NEXT for example) and than start streaming by (yourmmip:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-PLAY).

Do you have MMM-Remote-Control installed?
Se my previous answer to evroom.

AxLED

[Cr4z33]

@axled oh now I understand.
Thanks for the information.

However I don’t have MMM-Remote-Control and I rather prefer to control everything by voice commands (MMM-AssistantMk2).
Sorry, but then this module doesn’t suit my needs. :winking_face:

[AxLed]

@Cr4z33
You should be able to send notifications by voice commands also.
AxLED

[AxLed]

@evroom
Here is a screenshot of my Mirror

I have a PIR-Sensor (for turning screen on/off) and a rotary encoder connected (to the GPIO PINs of the Pi).

In the bottom right corner you see my “first” module MMM-Navigate which interacts with the rotary encoder.

So depending on the navigation menu i am able to:

• swipe pages (i have four)
• show Details to newsfeeds (opens website to the newsfeed)
• adjust brightness
• select dreambox channels
• start/stop streaming dreambox channels
• control the mirror (restart mm, shutdown, reboot)
• and for the future: everything which can handle the MM notification system

AxLED

[evroom]

Okay, I have MMM-Remote-Control running and I can open the menu.
Now using:

http://192.168.178.30:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=DB-PLAY

I get this:

{"status":"success"}

Now I see a stream on my monitor !!

With DB-SERVICE-NEXT and DB-SERVICE-PREV I can scroll through the services list
Also gives

{"status":"success"}

But I cannot switch to another service with DB-PLAY.

And I have a side effect that it takes 3 or 4 services on my Dreambox.
I have the plugin InfoBarTunerState installed and I see that MM is trying to stream multiple services.

At this moment I see one stream on my MM monitor, but my Dreambox tells me there are 2 MM streams present (on 2 different services).

Here the OMXPlayer processes at this moment:

pi@MagicPi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ ps -eaf | grep omxplayer | grep -v grep
pi       28431 28259  0 18:06 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c omxplayer  --win 320,180,1600,900  -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:177A:C82:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       28432 28431  0 18:06 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/omxplayer --win 320,180,1600,900 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:177A:C82:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       28455 28432 10 18:06 ?        00:02:50 /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin --win 320,180,1600,900 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:177A:C82:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       28522 28259  0 18:15 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c omxplayer  --win 320,180,1600,900  -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:36F8:C8C:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       28523 28522  0 18:15 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/omxplayer --win 320,180,1600,900 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:36F8:C8C:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       28546 28523  3 18:15 ?        00:00:31 /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin --win 320,180,1600,900 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:36F8:C8C:3:EB0000:0:0:0:

[evroom]

Btw, is there a possibility to have the start, next, prev and stop URL’s configured in MMM-Remote-Control ?