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

AxLed · Dec 29, 2018, 5:12 PM

@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 · Dec 29, 2018, 5:33 PM

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 · Dec 29, 2018, 5:35 PM

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

evroom · Dec 29, 2018, 5:43 PM

Okay, rebooted in order to start fresh.

Now 1 stream.
Looks like one actual omxplayer active:

pi@MagicPi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ ps -eaf | grep omxplayer | grep -v grep
pi       29320 29185  0 18:39 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c omxplayer  --win 0,0,480,320  -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:177A:C82:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       29321 29320  0 18:39 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/omxplayer --win 0,0,480,320 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:177A:C82:3:EB0000:0:0:0:
pi       29344 29321 10 18:39 ?        00:00:01 /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin --win 0,0,480,320 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:16:177A:C82:3:EB0000:0:0:0:

InfoBarTunerState also states there is one stream.

The will do for today.
Will do some more testing tomorrow.

Thanks a lot AxLed for the support so far !!

AxLed · Dec 29, 2018, 10:02 PM

@evroom
Good to hear you had success and thanks for your challenge with more than one bouquet 😂, helped debugging the module.

AxLED

evroom · Dec 30, 2018, 1:00 PM

@AxLed
I have opened 4 feature requests on GitHub.

To be honest, my MM is hanging a meter or so away from the TV, so I most probably will not make use of the module.
Navigating through the services list and starting & stopping a stream is not that comfortable
Although it might be practical to see on my MM what is currently playing and I might use it solely as a program guide.

Will be available though for some testing.

AxLed · Dec 30, 2018, 7:02 PM

Hi, if the to monitors are close together you can still view 2 different shows :-) .
I checked your 4 feature requests and added 2 of them in the module.
For the other two i can not promise, if they will be implemented.

AxLED

AxLed · Jan 9, 2019, 9:18 PM

@evroom
In your feature request, you wanted to select a bouquet (if there is more than one):

Okay.
Let’s say I have the bouquet “MagicMirror (TV)”, could there be an option to use this one, instead of the default “Favourites (TV)” ?
I assume “Favourites (TV)” is the default.

Please check the dev branch of my module.

Rename your MMM-Dreambox folder to _MMM-Dreambox (for example)
do a git clone --branch dev https://github.com/Ax-LED/MMM-Dreambox.git in your modules folder
add new parameters to your config.js, as descriped in readme. (see apibouquet and listmax).

Regards

AxLED

evroom · Jan 10, 2019, 6:25 PM

Hi @AxLed ,

Busy trying your updated module.
I am struggling a bit with it.

1/ I suppose I set
apibouquet: 1,
Is that correct ?
What does it do ?
When just enabling, then why not true or false to make it more clear?
Or do I set it to 1 for bouquet 1 and 2 for 2, etc?
Please explain.

2/ The parameter
listmax: 10,
is working, but after play or stop, it jumps to the bouquet name.

3/ On my install, when I do DB-PLAY, it starts the stream twice.
So, I have 2 omxplayer process-sets and it takes up 2 streams on my Dreambox.
EDIT: now streaming Das Erste HD. No other process-sets present.
Perhaps decoding takes to long and omxplayer is respawning.

4/ Even though I have employer processes, I do not see anything on my screen.
EDIT: now streaming Das Erste HD.
I think I have a local issue, as I cannot stream decoded content anymore.
My MPG2 license is still valid.
Perhaps a performance issue.

evroom · Jan 10, 2019, 6:34 PM

Example for observation/issue 3:

DB-PLAY:

pi@MagicPi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ ps -eaf | grep omxplayer | grep -v grep
pi        4190  4061  0 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c omxplayer  --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4191  4190  0 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/omxplayer --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4214  4191  7 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4222  4061  0 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c omxplayer  --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4223  4222  0 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/omxplayer --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4246  4223 13 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:

After a few seconds and when the stream is visible on the screen:

pi@MagicPi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ ps -eaf | grep omxplayer | grep -v grep
pi        4190  4061  0 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c omxplayer  --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4191  4190  0 19:31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/omxplayer --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:
pi        4214  4191 10 19:31 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin --win 0,625,590,957 -o both http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0: