Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Ghost Overlay / OMXPlayerTransparency
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Idk if the player supports video with alpha, but you should try to use a video including alpha channel.
It can be hard to find so i created a test-video that you can try in the most common codecs that can handle alpha-channel:
Cineform /w Alpha:
https://we.tl/NIwKGsVqyaDynxHD /w Alpha:
https://we.tl/6qkW4517W2Proress4444 including Alpha (I think this one wont work, but worth a shot):
https://we.tl/TQXCoiaJd5If it works and you need to isolate a black video and you are not sitting on any video-editing video just let me know and i can look at it.
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@Nystro0m No luck so far. I appreciate you taking the time with the test videos. Looks like OMXPlayer’s layer and alpha functionality can’t recognize an actual alpha layer. I think OMXPlayer treats alpha as a generic term for the player’s overall transparency. I’ll do a little more digging. In the meantime, I’ve dropped the transparency to about 80/255 (31%-ish), and it’s a good enough balance between “ghostly” and keeping the modules functional.
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@Reotch2 How to make this module and Ghost Video where is come from? Thanks for answer.
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Please give some more detail on how you put this together! I have tried to do it for quite a while but the video is always choppy and does not look good. And what hardware are you using, I assumed my Raspberry Pi was just too slow for video…
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@Reotch2 Have you tried to make the position of the module behind the modules, or play it as a background? So the other modules is on top?
In that case you dont need any alpha.
Position the module with OMXPlayer:
fullscreen_belowAlso this module may help with that, if you could trigger the module with PIR:
https://github.com/brobergp/MMM-htmlvideo -
@nobita @jasondreher So… I’m not what they call a “coder”… haha. I wish I knew how to write javascript, but the best I can do is re-purpose everyone else’s modules. Put simply, I looked into using an I-Frame, or MMM-Podcast, but had trouble referencing a local video file. After having NO success adding a video player module, I decided to run a transparent full-screen video on–top of the magic mirror page, which actually worked better than I hoped. Although the black portions of the video dim the modules slightly, the way the white portions interact with the modules beneath it adds a certain cool-factor.
After some trial and error… I did the following:
- Bought the “Ghostly Apparitions” DVD at a local thrift shop. Amazon link
- Combined the highest resolution vertical scenes into a single m4v.
- Edited the node_player.js for MMM-PIR-Sensor to include omxplayer. This ensures that when the screen is activated, the video is played with the appropriate flags.
exec(“/opt/vc/bin/tvservice --preferred && chvt 6 && chvt 7”, null); exec(“omxplayer ~/Videos/Ghost.m4v --alpha 80”) - Alternatively, you can just modify the start script to continuously loop the ghost video of your choosing.
If you need any further details, feel free to ask. But again, I’m a tinkerer… and I’m sure there are 1000 better ways to do this, but this works for me.
-Rich
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@Nystro0m I’ll definitely give this a shot. I’m using a local file and previously had issues because of JS sandboxing. Not sure how I missed this module, this may be what I’ve been looking for. I’ll report back if it works.
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@Nystro0m said in Ghost Overlay / OMXPlayerTransparency:
@Reotch2 Have you tried to make the position of the module behind the modules, or play it as a background? So the other modules is on top?
In that case you dont need any alpha.
Position the module with OMXPlayer:
fullscreen_belowAlso this module may help with that, if you could trigger the module with PIR:
https://github.com/brobergp/MMM-htmlvideo@Nystro0m Is there a workaround to reference a local file? I’m running the same issue I did with MMM-Podcast.
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@jasondreher Running a pi3, no overclock.
