TV Tuner

pbrunson

Howdy,

Has any added a TV tuner to their setup? I would like to add one to play the news in the morning.

Thanks

evroom

I got streaming from a Linux SAT receiver with enigma2 working, using the module MMM-RTSPStream-
But you will need to supply a bit more information than rather ‘a TV tuner’.

pbrunson

I will have to look at that, thanks, but the tuner is something like this -> http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_hvr955q.html

My other idea is to just use a TV as the monitor. Might make things easier.

Cr4z33

@evroom said in TV Tuner:

I got streaming from a Linux SAT receiver with enigma2 working, using the module MMM-RTSPStream-
But you will need to supply a bit more information than rather ‘a TV tuner’.

I am upping this because this is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

I’ve got a Vu+ Duo² and I want to include a streaming frame into my next coming MagicMirror project.

Can you tell me if I have to setup the wanted channels into the config script or if I can switch them live by i.e using Google Assistant?

At the end of the day I just want to choose between 2-3 news TV channels and 3 radio channels. :)

evroom

@Cr4z33
Please find below an example for streaming from an Enigma2 box.
The most important line is the url.
The other lines are custom-made for my 2 camera streams.
The url is taken from VLC, which I use to stream SAT TV to my PC.

A few remarks on what I experienced:

For Raspberry Pi, you may need the MPG2 license in order to be able to stream the satellite TS stream.

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model 3 and omxplayer can only handle 1 TS stream, as it appears to be the case.
And a maximum 3 RTSP camera streams.
Perhaps more powerful HW can handle more.

I did not look into the possibility of choosing between streams / channels.
This needs some additional programming or even forking the code to make it specific for TS streams.

Hope it helps.

config.js :

{
  module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
  disabled: false,
  position: "middle_center",
  header: "Axis Security Monitor",
  config: {
    autoStart: true,
    rotateStreams: false,
    moduleWidth: 900,
    moduleHeight: 364,
    localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
    remotePlayer: 'none',
    showSnapWhenPaused: false,
    remoteSnaps: false,
    stream1: {
    name: 'SAT-TV',
    url: 'http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:2B66:3F3:1:C00000:0:0:0:', // ZDF HD
      protocol: "tcp",
      width: 590,
      height: 332
    },
  }
},

Cr4z33

@evroom said in TV Tuner:

@Cr4z33
Please find below an example for streaming from an Enigma2 box.
The most important line is the url.
The other lines are custom-made for my 2 camera streams.
The url is taken from VLC, which I use to stream SAT TV to my PC.

A few remarks on what I experienced:

For Raspberry Pi, you may need the MPG2 license in order to be able to stream the satellite TS stream.

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model 3 and omxplayer can only handle 1 TS stream, as it appears to be the case.
And a maximum 3 RTSP camera streams.
Perhaps more powerful HW can handle more.

I did not look into the possibility of choosing between streams / channels.
This needs some additional programming or even forking the code to make it specific for TS streams.

Hope it helps.

config.js :
{
  module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
  disabled: false,
  position: "middle_center",
  header: "Axis Security Monitor",
  config: {
    autoStart: true,
    rotateStreams: false,
    moduleWidth: 900,
    moduleHeight: 364,
    localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
    remotePlayer: 'none',
    showSnapWhenPaused: false,
    remoteSnaps: false,
    stream1: {
    name: 'SAT-TV',
    url: 'http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:2B66:3F3:1:C00000:0:0:0:', // ZDF HD
      protocol: "tcp",
      width: 590,
      height: 332
    },
  }
},

Thank you for your precious reply as I was just going to PM you asking exactly for that information!

I still have to see what the Google Assistant integration can do with channels switching, but it wouldn’t be so bad at the end if I will be able to see only one channel. :)

Going to try it in the next few hours when I finally get all the stuff needed for the smart mirror.

Cr4z33

So I got everything running (but HD channels).

Now @evroom (or @shbatm ) do you know if there is a way to get rid of the white frame under the video streaming? :grimacing_face:

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evroom

Hi,

I remember it took me quite a while to have it to my likings (size and position of the window(s)).
The width and height of the stream defines the size of your video.
The width and height in the config defines the place of the stream and what you actually see.
A bit difficult to explain.
Works like a “sjabloon”, template.

Could you show your MMM-RTSPStream config settings and also a part of the ‘pm2 logs MagicMirror’ output ?
Where it says: “Starting stream stream1 with args: [”.

evroom

Hi,

Try this:

# vi /home/pi/MagicMirror/css/custom.css
:
:
.MMM-RTSPStream .innerWrapper {
  border-style: none;
}

# pm2 restart MagicMirror

I would still try to have the video window and the module window overlap each other, as it perhaps may influence the position and aligning of other modules.

Cr4z33

@evroom said in TV Tuner:

Hi,

I remember it took me quite a while to have it to my likings (size and position of the window(s)).
The width and height of the stream defines the size of your video.
The width and height in the config defines the place of the stream and what you actually see.
A bit difficult to explain.
Works like a “sjabloon”, template.

Could you show your MMM-RTSPStream config settings and also a part of the ‘pm2 logs MagicMirror’ output ?
Where it says: “Starting stream stream1 with args: [”.

{
		    module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
		    position: "bottom_right",
		    // header: "Sky TG24",
		        config: {
		        autoStart: true,
		        rotateStreams: false,
		        rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
		        moduleWidth: 390,
		        moduleHeight: 219,
		        localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
		        remotePlayer: 'none',
		        showSnapWhenPaused: false,
		        remoteSnaps: false,
		        stream1: {
		            // name: 'Sky TG24',
		            // url: 'http://192.168.1.6:8001/1:0:1:5:7918:217C:EEEE0000:0:0:0:',
		            name: 'RAI 3 TGR Puglia',
		            url: 'http://192.168.1.6:8001/1:0:1:D4B:8800:13E:EEEE0000:0:0:0:',
		            // name: 'RAI 3 HD',
		            // hdUrl: 'http://192.168.1.6:8001/1:0:1:2191:5:13E:EEEE0000:0:0:0:',
		            protocol: "tcp",
		            frameRate: 'undefined',
		            width: 390,
		            height: 219,
		            }
		        }
		},

Hmm for some reason the log looks empty. :thinking_face:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs MagicMirror --lines 100
[TAILING] Tailing last 100 lines for [MagicMirror] process (change the value with --lines option)

Cr4z33

@evroom said in TV Tuner:

Hi,

Try this:
# vi /home/pi/MagicMirror/css/custom.css
:
:
.MMM-RTSPStream .innerWrapper {
  border-style: none;
}

# pm2 restart MagicMirror
I would still try to have the video window and the module window overlap each other, as it perhaps may influence the position and aligning of other modules.

Sorry I am still a Linux/Raspberry noob so I couldn’t figure out how to edit custom.css with that script.
However this is how it looks right now:

/*****************************************************
 * Magic Mirror                                      *
 * Custom CSS                                        *
 *                                                   *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl           *
 * MIT Licensed.                                     *
 *                                                   *
 * Add any custom CSS below.                         *
 * Changes to this files will be ignored by GIT. *
 *****************************************************/

 body {
 	
 }

Last but not least thank you very much for your support! :flexed_biceps_medium-light_skin_tone:

PS for the forum admins: for some reason I am not getting emails for new replies although I am subscribed and the spam folder is empty!

evroom

@Cr4z33,

You can put the code end the end of the file, so after the body stuff.
If you are not familiar with vi, you can use nano:

$ nano /home/pi/MagicMirror/css/custom.css

I have made some changes in the body part, to change the screen margins, etc.

body {
       margin: 10px;
       height: calc(100% - 10px);
       width: calc(100% - 10px);
}

Cr4z33

@evroom a-ha alright thanks!

el97

Im not sure if the request is solved or not but could this be something that can help you along the way? :)
https://pimylifeup.com/news-raspberry-pi-tv-hat/

Cr4z33

@el97 maybe it could help the OP, but certainly not me as I already have a TV system (Vu+ Duo²) to be used. ;)

richland007

@pbrunson I read your post and it peaked my interest … the other guys have it easy with the Linux sat boxes that can stream directly Like Enigma Vu+… They brought me back memories of the DreamBox i had when i was living in Europe :) i used to stream all content i could get to my office.

Anyhow here in USA i have a media center server centrally located that has a TV tuner… an internal Hauppauge card, of which i was only using its AV input to catch a quad view feed of my security cameras. Than through an instance of Yawcam (https://yawcam.com/) web-server I will take that tuner input and i would display that though MMM-iFrame on the MM.
(first of all it took me forever to find out what the rtsp streams of my SecCam DVR were but once i found them than i did not want to clog my RPi into processing those individual rtsp streams so the quad view works just fine)

So your post of watching the news actually pushed me to utilize the actual tuner part of the card and stream the news also to my mirror in the morning (granted that there would be no channel changes but whatever you have left it at from the previous use)

Although Yawcam would let you stream the tuner feed just fine (and for my case there is also a way to run two instances of it one for the tuner and one for an additional USB AV capture card i ordered through Amazon where i would now connect my security cameras quad view) … the catch is that there is no audio support.

But what do I know…by accident i found this on youtube (https://www.contaware.com/contacam.html) it has audio support and lets you use multiple AV inputs on one instance and has a web-server so you can port to it for MM iframes.
I have not tried it yet, cause my usb card for the cameras has not arrived yet, so i may be speaking ahead of myself but i am confident it will work.

Sorry for the long rambling but i think it is an exciting addition to MagicMirror and a great idea on your part.
I hope my findings help you just a bit.
Denis

Cr4z33

@evroom by the way did you find by chance a way to switch channel (i.e by voice command) with the addition of another module? :D

evroom

@Cr4z33, no, sorry, didn’t pursue this as I do not need such a function myself.

Cr4z33

@evroom alright no problem. ;)

AxLed

@richland007 said in TV Tuner:

@pbrunson I read your post and it peaked my interest … the other guys have it easy with the Linux sat boxes that can stream directly Like Enigma Vu+… They brought me back memories of the DreamBox i had when i was living in Europe i used to stream all content i could get to my office.

@richland007
Maybe my new module is something for you:
MMM-Dreambox

Regards

AxLED