MMM-pages - how to know which page index my module has?

[evroom]

Hi,

I am currently adopting MMM-MPlayer to interact with MMM-pages.
Reason is that suspending the module does not suspend (stop) the stream, as it is an overlay.
As long as MMM-MPlayer is running, it will always display the stream.

From the config I can deduct the page index (3 in this case):

      modules: [
        ["compliments"], // page 1
        ["MMM-YrThen"], // page 2
        ["calendar"], // page 3
        ["MMM-MPlayer"], // page 4
      ],

And I see that reflected in the log:

0|MagicMirror  | [2025-01-18 16:13:55.383] [LOG]   [MMM-MPlayer.js:65:15] Received MMM-pages NEW_PAGE 3
0|MagicMirror  | [2025-01-18 16:13:55.804] [LOG]   [module.js:189:7] compliments is suspended.
0|MagicMirror  | [2025-01-18 16:13:55.835] [LOG]   [module.js:189:7] calendar is suspended.
0|MagicMirror  | [2025-01-18 16:13:55.917] [LOG]   [module.js:189:7] MMM-YrThen is suspended.
0|MagicMirror  | [2025-01-18 16:13:56.395] [LOG]   [module.js:196:7] clock is resumed.
0|MagicMirror  | [2025-01-18 16:13:56.439] [LOG]   [module.js:196:7] MMM-MPlayer is resumed.

But I would need to see my module name in the payload (MMM-MPlayer in this case), to act on the correct page index.

Come to think of it, I also would need the keyword suspended or resumedin the payload, in order to know what to do.

Any thoughts on this ?

Best regards,

E.J.

[sdetweil]

@evroom sorry, don’t quite understand

your module would support the suspend/resume functions and be called at each appropriately

MMM-pages calls hide and show

there is also a ‘different’ way to configure pages

use an arbitrary name for each page

and then add that to the classes of the modules you want on that page
see https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-pages?tab=readme-ov-file#class-based-configuration

[sdetweil]

@evroom

from my SampleModule.js

	// system notification your module is being hidden
	// typically you would stop doing UI updates (getDom/updateDom) if the module is hidden
	suspend: function(){

	},

	// system notification your module is being unhidden/shown
	// typically you would resume doing UI updates (getDom/updateDom) if the module is shown
	resume: function(){

	},

[sdetweil]

@evroom my MMM-SleepWake uses an external trigger to cause modules to be shown/hidden (screen saver where the screen won’t turn off)

I provide a commandline command to interact with the module…
i use a webcam with the motion project daemon to trigger show/hide

[evroom]

@sdetweil
Yeah, this module is kind of in my foster care.
I did not come up with the code; only made some tweaks and made it available.
There is not suspend or resume to been seen in the code.

But I will study the stuff you mentioned and will try to implement that.

Thx.

[evroom]

As a workaround, I will make it a requirement to put the MMM-Player on the first page (page index 0).
When I receive 0, then I will start streaming, otherwise I will stop streaming.
That seems to work.

[evroom]

@sdetweil
Short question:

There are 2 versions of MMM-pages:

https://github.com/edward-shen/MMM-pages
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-pages

They seem in-sync, but which one would be the preferred one to take?

[sdetweil]

@evroom the core function is the same
i added the ability to have different page display times

i wrote the doc on the fixed page name approach

as you are using a notification now
just move that to suspend (same as index=0)
and the resume wakes you back up

[plainbroke]

@sdetweil
He has the MMM-MPlayer working in pages and I am now using pages and MPlayer in my main MM.
Kinda of cool to be able to show a RSTP camera or 2 again…

[sdetweil]

@plainbroke cool

[mvrlogins]

@evroom said in MMM-pages - how to know which page index my module has?:

As a workaround, I will make it a requirement to put the MMM-Player on the first page (page index 0).
When I receive 0, then I will start streaming, otherwise I will stop streaming.
That seems to work.

Hi

Trying to use the mmm-mplayer module with mmm-pages, and it works fine, as you say, when the page index is 0.

However, I’d like to use it to only show video when called via notification

I have a single main page (without mplayer) - that shows all the time - and a single hidden page (with mplayer) to be shown when called via notification and then return the the main page with another notification.

I can’t currently implement this. Any ideas?

Thanks very much

[sdetweil]

@mvrlogins why not? what triggers the notification??

button, command , …

you could prove this with the MMM-CommandtoNotification module

[mvrlogins]

@sdetweil

I’m using MMM-Remote Control

The issue is that the video is shown all the time on page0.

I have 2 pages set up with MMM-Pages

• 1 page to be shown all the time
• 1 hidden page to be shown only when called.

The video needs to be on the hidden page. If I put classes : “hidden_page” under MMM-Player, the video feed shows on the page0 regardless.

The hidden page, when called, shows only the header fro MMM-Player and is otherwise blank

The page calling works fine with MMM-RemoteControl

 {
        module: "MMM-pages",
        config: {
            rotationTime: 1000 * 20, // rotate every 20 seconds
            modules: [
                ["page1"],           // class name for page 1
            ],
            fixed: ["fixed_page"],
            hiddenPages: {
                "Doorbell": ["doorbell_page"],
           
            }
        }
    },

and

{
	module: 'MMM-MPlayer',
        classes: "doorbell_page",
        disabled: false,
        position: "top_left",
        header: "MPlayer",
	config: {
	  useTwoWindows: true,
	  layout: 'column',
	  monitorAspect: 0,
	  rotate: -1,
	  windowSize: { width: 640, height: 480 },
	  windowPosition: { x: 5, y: 225 },
	  streamInterval: 30000,
	  streams: {
		window1: [
		  'rtsp://10.0.1.1:7447/gv9eHrB9yZyPhgvN',
		],
		window2: [
		  'rtsp://10.0.1.1:7447/D89zTJyDwN8YtKix',
		  
		]
	  }
	}
},

[mvrlogins]

Only thing I can think of right now is to put the video on page0 and the rest on page1

and then use a combination of the PAGE_CHANGED and PAUSE_ROTATION notifications to get what I want

Or is there a way to permanently pause rotation?

Then I can only use the PAGE_CHANGED call to get to the page I want

would the below disable rotation?

rotationTime: 1000 * 0,

[sdetweil]

@mvrlogins i believe so. but you should have been able to send the notification for the named hidden page

“SHOW_HIDDEN_PAGE”, “Doorbell”

right?!

[mvrlogins]

@sdetweil said in MMM-pages - how to know which page index my module has?:

@mvrlogins i believe so. but you should have been able to send the notification for the named hidden page

“SHOW_HIDDEN_PAGE”, “Doorbell”

right?!

Yes, the notification works fine.

But mplayer does not show up on the hidden page, only on the main page

[sdetweil]

@mvrlogins hm, that makes no sense as the MagicMirror operations are the same

[sdetweil]

@mvrlogins i opened this issue
https://github.com/evroom/MMM-MPlayer/issues/4

try my fork

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
rename the existing folder out of the way
git clone https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-MPlayer

change the page config to have the hidden page and the
remote_control notification

I submitted this change to the module for inclusion, depending on your results.

[mvrlogins]

@sdetweil said in MMM-pages - how to know which page index my module has?:

@mvrlogins hm, that makes no sense as the MagicMirror operations are the same

Maybe something to do with mplayer itself, not the module MMM-Mplayer?

[sdetweil]

@mvrlogins no, i fixed in my fork