MMM-Podcast don't show/load the latest video

cruunnerr

Re: MMM-Podcast dont´t show the latest video

Hey,

i installed the MMM-Podcast module and it works as it should. I can send a notification or simply press a button, and the video starts playing. Unfortunately its the same video since 3 days. I use the default feedURL (Tagesschau in 100 sek.)

I looked into the Podcast folder with an ftp-program an it says that the video.mp4 was created today at 05:05 am. But its the same video as 3 days before ?!?!?!

I looked at the website of this feed, and there are still newer videos. Maybe someone got the same problem or an idea and can help.

this morning i typed “pm2 flush”.
this evening i checked pm2 logs and it says:

TypeError: this.socketNotificationReceived is not a function
    at Timeout._onTimeout (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Podcast/node_helper.js:32:32)
    at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:232:11)
    at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:202:5)

My config:

{
                        module: 'MMM-Podcast',
                        config: {
                                updateVideoHours: 5,
                                updateVideoMinutes: 5,
                                feedurl: 'http://www.tagesschau.de/export/video-podcast/webxl/tagesschau-in-100-sekunden/'
                        }
                },

thank you :)

cruunnerr

Okay… false alarm. Just forget it, it’s working now :D Sorry

doubleT

No internet connection? ;)

cruunnerr

no, but i am new to programming so it was hard for me to find out.
after i checked the pm2 log again i just gave it a try…
Because it says “this.socketNotificationReceived is not a function”

i needed to change a line in the node_helper.js

default one:

else if(this.loaded){
                                omx.play("modules/MMM-Podcast/video.mp4", {audioOutput: 'local'});
                        }
                        else{
                                setTimeout(function(){this.socketNotificationReceived(notification, payload)},2000);
                        }

i changed line 32 to this:

else if(this.loaded){
                                omx.play("modules/MMM-Podcast/video.mp4", {audioOutput: 'local'});
                        }
                        else{
                                setTimeout(function(){self.socketNotificationReceived(notification, payload)},2000);
                        }

i think, that the download of the video.mp4 wasn’t set to “finished” from the script, so a new video would never be downloaded.

Anyhow it works now, but i noticed that the “updateVideoHours” function in the config.js has no effect at all.
The video has been downloaded several times this day (i think 3-4 times).
But thats ok for me, as the video file is updated also 3-4 times from the website. :)

cruunnerr

ok… i am dumb :(

i realized that the video only was downloaded a few times, cause my Mirror restarts all the time. The watchdog module recognized a few Heartbeat timeouts and restarts every time.

So maybe i need to do some troubleshooting first ^^

doubleT

Ah, debugging. Welcome to the live of a developer. Good luck.

MrCoffee

Hi,

I am not sure if I should open a new topic, but somehow it fits here as well.
My MMM-Podcast does not show any video at all.
I use the default feedURL like shown above.

Is it correct that the modul does not show anything on startup or is there a picture of the linked video shown?
I do not have MMM-Button installed, but it should work with “http://IP:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=BUTTON_PRESSED” as well.
Sending the command my browser says “success” but nothing happens. It always shows nothing.

Can anyone help?

Thank you.

Mr.Coffee

fox

@MrCoffee
Did you get it running?

Bild Text

MrCoffee

@fox
No. Unfortunately not.
I don´t know what the issue is. The area were the module should be, is just black.
Nothing happens.

fox

@MrCoffee
I tried also to debug this, but my error.log dont give me any information.

MrCoffee

@fox
Thats interessting. I just realized your screenshot above.
In my case it does not show anything.
Can you please post the part of your config?

Where do I find the error.log?

Thanks

cruunnerr

did you guys install the omxplayer correctly?

check it like this:

cd MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Podcast

omxplayer -o hdmi video.mp4

this should play the video.

I am not using a header, so my module isn’t shown on the MM, too. I think that is correct.

MrCoffee

@cruunnerr
Thanks for helping us.
I tried the code. The player doesn´t show a video but says “have a nice day” in the command line.
I reinstalled it with

sudo apt-get purge omxplayer
sudo apt-get install omxplayer

Unfortunately it does not help. It is still “have a nice day”.
Any further ideas?

MrCoffee

@cruunnerr
I just tried another video just to be sure: omxplayer /opt/vc/src/hello_pi/hello_video/test.h264
This time it does show some text, but still no video.
The text is:
Video codec omx-h264 width 1920 height 1080 profile 77 fps 25.000000
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay:0

However it does not quit. There is no “have a nice day” but it still shows nothing.

MrCoffee

@cruunnerr

So after a couple of days I gave it a new try.
You were close to the solution. I did not install the dependencies right.

For all with the same issue, you have to read the instructions better than I did:

Navigate into your MagicMirror’s modules folder and execute git clone https://github.com/ptrbld/MMM-Podcast.git. A new folder will appear navigate into it. --> which means navigate into MMM-Podcast.
Execute npm install to install the node dependencies. --> in the folder MMM-Podcast, install the omx-manager and omxdirector (see dependencies).
3. Install omxplayer. --> However, I already had the newest version installed.

Now it works fine. And it is pretty awesome.

Thanks for helping me.

Mr.Coffee

justjim1220

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