*Updated 4/27/12* Plugin: VideoScreensaver

[KAD]

Sorry, I forgot this was for the wdtvext version.

I suspect the way to prevent the video from starting on paused content is by modifying the script, right?

yep,

the quick way is to edit 2 files VideoScreensaver.plugin.js & VideoLoop (found in /bin)

find this in the .js

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if (this.State === "PAUSED_PLAYBACK" ) {


delete these 4 lines directly below it

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res = executeCmd("upnp-cmd Stop", this.debug.Lib);
res = executeCmd("upnp-cmd Stop", this.debug.Lib);
res = executeCmd("play \"" + MyScreensaver + "\"", 3);
res = executeCmd("upnp-cmd SetPlayMode REPEAT_ONE", this.debug.Lib);


you'll also need to make similar edits to VideoLoop

find

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if [[ "$STATE" != "PLAYING" && "$STATE" == "PAUSED_PLAYBACK" ]] ; then
      upnp-cmd Stop
      upnp-cmd Stop
      play $VIDEO
      config_tool -c CONTINOUS_PLAY=true
elif [[ "$STATE" != "PLAYING" && "$STATE" != "PAUSED_PLAYBACK" ]] ; then


delete the first 5 lines above
change line 6 from elif to if

btw, if anybody needs to see loggin from VideoLoop it's found at /tmp/VideoLoop.log

and a question for all of you. I thought about this VideoLoop script I did
with some edits it could be provided as a standalone script for sequencing or randomizing playback of any file type

but the only other use case I can think of is music playback, WD does not correctly randomize music playback,

KAD

[mad_ady]

It's better than just music.
Somebody was asking a few weeks ago about the possibility of playing mixed content in a playlist - e.g. music, folowed by a video, followed by some image(s).

Your approach could do it. Coupled with a simple WEC for loading m3u files, it should be a great standalone solution.

P.S. I'm still using slimvideoscreensaver and I made the changes there.

[KAD]

ok, I'll work on a stand alone version

my current thoughts on a stand alone version
I still haven't worked out image sequencing, .jpg .png etc, - device state stays in "PLAYING"
so the current version pulls the first image only because Loop criteria for starting next image is never met
settings can be WEC configurable
start could be done from WEC or with wdtvext (I'm thinking the next version of wdtvext, we can place start up option in the options menu on screen)
there's 2 ways to stop the loop, both require sending system cmds 1. killall VideoLoop 2. config_tool -c CONTINOUS_PLAY=false
also I have little to no experience working with m3u, but would guess we just need to read then parse the file contents to build the array

KAD

[mad_ady]

Yup, m3u is a simple text file holding the path to the media you want to play:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U

I did a simple m3u parser as part of the cantio UMSP plugin if you're looking for inspiration

Regarding looping images - I suspect it will be more tricky. There must be a conf variable that says what is the image slideshow interval. You could display an image and irinject a BACK event when that timer expires. This would mean your script can move to the next item because the medialogic_pic will exit.

[KAD]

version 1.3 is available