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I have a question....
I have been searching for an answer to this but I am falling short of what I need and hoping one of you can help me. I am writing a program to store information on my movie collection, maybe you have seen it on my site https://applebitemedia.com/media-organizer.php ... maybe not. Anyway.... I have a computer with server hooked up to my television. I would like to link the movie file to an external hard drive and not a server folder. I want it to open in an external program like VLC and not in a browser. I am reading that Linux security will not allow this. If I store the files on a server folder, the file will open and play in a browser. This is not bad, but not really the way I envisioned this program working. I would like to movie to open full screen so it fills up the entire viewing space on the screen, like watching anything else on the television and not have a browser or the programs menu. Is there a way around this? The program is still in development and very basic but free for download. Would work for porn movies too.... since they play in the browser anyway.... just saying. :winkwink: Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! Thanks :thumbsup |
By "external drive" , are you reffering to local drive of user ?
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Why not just use something like Kodi or Plex and save yourself the ball ache.
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There is a similar program out there that is no longer supported that actually will pull data from IMDB and fill in all the form fields which is really nice, but it's in PHP5 and will not work on my server using PHP7. The only thing it does not pull is the movie cover. But that program will not link to the movie file and play it. The auto fill would be nice. Data entry is boring LOL. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW: Do any of you think Python could do this? It is a machine language but I do not know it at all. It is a language I would like to learn but time can be limited. Thank you for the responses. I would really like to get this worked out. |
Does your TV support DLNA?
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yea like k0nr4d said, you need to mount that drive. if you know the IP of the server, selinux is disabled, you can call it from anywhere on the network. you can open ip addresses in vlc. then you just need a simple directory list linking the movie to the location on your network. this is how servers and sites work, so its good stuff to learn.
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I also found out that this Linux system I am running and it's kernel require SELinux. When it's disabled, I can only access the computer in recovery mode. I cannot get the 4k resolution in recovery mode. I tried to install an SELinux graphical interface to see it I could just disable certain features or areas however that crashed my system to where I could only boot in recovery mode. I actually had to restore from a backup file to get my system back to regular mode. I am running Linux Mint 19.3 Trisha. It's built off Ubuntu and Debian. I am not sure if that helps or not. I did try to uninstall SELinux, however it was trying to remove several programs such as app-armor, wine, samba and many others. I may not be able to do this with straight PHP or via the server. I may have to look into python or see if I can use a combination of both. There has to be a way to do this. Especially in today's technological world we live in. It's just a matter of finding the right combination. This is one of those things that will keep nagging at me until I get it worked out :1orglaugh |
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If it's a 2019 LG tv just install Mezzmo on your PC and call it a day. DLNA server that collects movie box images/posters and auto-transcodes when needed.
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https://videojs.com/getting-started/ # |
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Looks like I cannot use this... Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: [email protected] I can change the OS on that computer... not that big of an issue, I just have Apache2 and MySQL on it.... but I would like to know if this opens up to fill the entire screen. If is doesn't then it will not work for me. I like the want VLC opens to fill the entire tv screen. Thanks in advance for the help. |
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I have been wanting to learn Python this might be a good project to start with. |
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the video on this page is using videojs. it has fullscreen.. https://screencast.porncms.com/?mb=V...hsNXQzczhvNA== # |
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It is all PHP/HTML. Feel free to look at the code, I offer this for free. It's very basic, nothing to brag about yet. It is already outdated with PHP 7.2 and the removal of mcrypt. There is a work around for that but I have not gotten around to changing the code yet. This is a hobby for me so I have not really been focused on it. But with all the downtime I have right now, I thought I could invest some time in it to keep me occupied. I can check on StackOverflow and see what I can find in their Python forums and see about converting this over. If nothing else, I already have the database built with all the information entered for my collection... I hope to be able to use that or incorporate it into the new code. |
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drop this into an html page, change MY_VIDEO to the path of your video, and load the page in the browser on your tv. Code:
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This is my vision: I want to look through my collection for something to watch. Once found, I just want to hit the play button and have it open VLC. I like VLC because of the additional features such as a graphic equalizer, which would be useful not only for movies but music as well. Quote:
Thanks for all the help. I do appreciate it! Everyone :thumbsup |
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