MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM

[AgP42]

@lukas1760 : Normaly yes, any html/css/javascript file can be executed.

Did you test to be able to confirm that it works ?

[AgP42]

@smassy

the configuration of MMM-SmartWebDisplay seams ok

I don’t know the module MMM-Assistant2, is it this one : https://github.com/eouia/MMM-AssistantMk2 ?
If not, can you send me the link on it’s documentation ?

To be able to send a new url to display to the MMM-SmartWebDisplay, the configuration has to be exactly like that :
{notification: “SWD_URL”, payload: {url:[“https://magicmirror.builders/”]}}
This line means : send to the system a “notification” (it is a MagicMirror mecanism) with the topic “SWD_URL” (so my module knows that this notification is for him), and then you have to send a “payload” (extra infos) with the URL you want to use.

Does that helps ? If yes please let us know the solution !

Bye,
AgP

[smassy]

@AgP42

Thank for answering! :-)

Yes the Assistant is https://github.com/eouia/MMM-AssistantMk2

I will test with your recommendation and let you know if I’m able to make it work.

See ya!

[smassy]

@AgP42

Good news, I was able to make it work thanks to you! But…there is a but… The youtube link with autoplay is not working :-(

This simple url
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGwWNGJdvx8?autoplay=1

Will give you ‘video unavailable’ error, remove the autoplay tag and it will show (not play).

Trying to find out how to make it work and I will post my config as soon as I get the hang of it.

See ya!

[sdetweil]

@smassy are you on version 2.8.0?
We put a fix in for video not autoplay

[smassy]

@sdetweil

Ok I finally got that you were talking about magic mirror, yes it’s 2.8.0. But does it affect smartwebdisplay? I thought the module was independent.

[sdetweil]

@smassy well it’s MMM-smartwebdisplay, so I assume it’s a module for MagicMirror.

[smassy]

@sdetweil

Yes, I restarted my Pi and normal link is playing video now
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGwWNGJdvx8?autoplay=1

~~My playlist is still not working
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0-rG98j2DWE?list=PLa51J4RKCoTXCfr-qubj2FUgPADypF3Gk?autoplay=1~~

scratch that it’s working!!! :-) something must needed a refresh in the services

[Chris62]

Hi

I am not able to get anything to display using my own url in this module. The default config urls work fine but not mine. I am trying to display a video feed from a D-Link camera using a url in this format - http://user:password@ipaddress:port/video/mjpg.cgi. This works fine from this camera when pasted into any web browser but not in my mirror. Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Chris.

[AgP42]

Hi @Chris62 ,

unfortunately it is not easy, this is due to safety mechanisms of iframes that prevent to send password…

Personally I just removed the password of my camera :face_screaming_in_fear:

But you can try some cleverer solutions, search google for “iframe password” or “iframe authentifaction” and you can try to get some clues.
Here is one answer that I found interesting : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15639280/basic-authentication-for-a-url-in-an-iframe

If you find a way, please let us know !
(and if it include some change on the code, I can also implement it, but so far I didn’t find any technical way…)

Good luck !