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[SpaceRat]

Hi!

The size of the OpenWebif package will increase by 1.4 MB if OpenPLi doesn't do something like this too:
https://github.com/o...9742b9ea29d60e3

1.4 MB is nothing for a box with 256 MB or more of flash, but a lot for boxes with 64 MB or 128 MB.

With
enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg
you will have WebTV support for Google Chrome, without it you won't.
That's all, so that package can safely be made an option.

[SpaceRat]

Alternatively, freeze at commit 0a3cfe5881c18cdcfacbd97db61caeeaa252bbb6 for a while

[fairbird]

Yes...I have seen this a month ago

When I built openpli5 I got large image then I make comparison between packages to openpli4 OpenWebif and openpli5 and I have seen more extra packages on openpli5 such as (distutils 1.3MB) (ensurepip 1.7MB) ..

[SpaceRat]

The space gain between OpenWebif 0.4.9 and 1.0.x wasn't really huge.
It was just today by 1.4 MB (extracted: 2.3 MB)

jbleyel seems to be bored, he's quite active lately.

VXG was my idea but not necessarily on a live branch *g*

[littlesat]

Thanks for communicating that this new feature needs more memory... Offer a merge request on oir github please...

[SpaceRat]

Just because it's you asking ...
https://github.com/O...e-core/pull/130

But as I mention there: Try ASAP!
I just copied the mattering lines from our git, but we build OWIF differently.

[SpaceRat]

If everything works ok, you will get
10.11.2016 23:31 1.222.448 enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif_1+git2293+de0c876-r0_all.ipk
10.11.2016 23:31 1.419.044 enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg_1+git2293+de0c876-r0_all.ipk

where
10.11.2016 23:31 1.419.044 enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg_1+git2293+de0c876-r0_all.ipk
is the additional package with just the VXG Media Player Plugin for Chrome (Server part).

Yes, it's larger than the whole rest of OWIF. No problem e.g. for a Vu+ Duo², but a major problem for a box with just 64 MB or even 128 MB of flash.

[littlesat]

Thanks for forwarding the merge request...! Very appreciated...

 

I think this is a nice added feature... (when a box has enough memory of course...)

Edited by littlesat, 11 November 2016 - 11:32.

[WanWizard]

Merged by @littlesat

[littlesat]

but a major problem for a box with just 64 MB or even 128 MB of flash. 

These boxes are indeed "limited".... 

[MastaG]

Thank you SpaceRat, confirmed working on my DM800Se.

[_HarmeN]

The webtv part is not working here in chrome, also when i stream something its not visible in the tuner status on the web interface, only when i switch the tuner on and zap to a channel it is

[Robinson]

Hi,

What is the advantage of this new feature compared to regular streaming through OpenWebif?

I am not familiar with VXG.

By the way, I wonder if it will overload the flash in ET9000.

[SpaceRat]

Well, if you are using VLC for streaming and WebTV with Firefox or IE, it's actually about the same, just without the download of a playlist file and opening that inside an external app first.
Some people might prefer the way WebTV works (Especially when they rarely use streaming), others might prefer the old way of streaming (Which of course still works).

About the tuner state:
The E2 API is very limited when it comes to providing these informations and the PLi way of streaming even bypasses this limited API, so there is no chance of getting a truely accurate tuner state there.
So you will probably only see true recordings and live TV there.

VXG is to Chrome what VLC used to be and still is for Firefox and IE (Chrome disabled the NPAPI, thus locking out VLC).

If you use Chrome and want to give it a try, you can install enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg and use Web TV with Chrome in the way as you do with Firefox using the VLC plugin.
In case you do not use Chrome or you do not care about WebTV, you do not need enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg.

About flash size:
enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg uses 2.3 MB extracted, so if you have like 5 MB flash or more free, you can give it a shot. If you have less, I would suggest you let it be, having no space left in flash can have bad effects.

[SpaceRat]

The webtv part is not working here in chrome, also when i stream something its not visible in the tuner status on the web interface, only when i switch the tuner on and zap to a channel it is

You need to install the enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg package for WebTV to work in Chrome.

Also note that Chrome blocks "mixed content" entirely, you can not open the OWIF using https and have Web TV ( Which is using http) working at the same time.

So for WebTV to work in Chrome:
1.

opkg install enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg

2. Use http to access the box' web interface (You will also need to install the browser plugin the first time you use Web TV)

[_HarmeN]

Updated list of available packages in /var/lib/opkg/openpli-mips32el.

root@et10000:~# opkg install enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg

Unknown package 'enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg'.

Collected errors:

 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package enigma2-plugin-extensions-openwebif-vxg.

root@et10000:~#

[WanWizard]

Was merged today, so will be in the image tomorrow...

[SpaceRat]

"Web TV" in Google Chrome using VXG Player (Note that we have no influence on the water mark):


"Web TV" in Firefox using VLC Player (Sadly I had to use a different station for this screenshot *g*):

[athoik]

@SpaceRat,

Something that sometimes I would like to have, is a stream link under Television -> Current.

[SpaceRat]

Then create a pull request for that