Bug #1230
closed
Disable omxplayer key bindings in AutoKiosk mode.
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Description
The command to start omxplayer in VideoFE in AutoKiosk mode should include the following option.
--no-keys Disable keyboard input (prevents hangs for certain TTYs)
This may better allow VideoFE's key_press() handler to perform properly for skipping videos, adjusting volume, etc.
It's likely that this feature may be something we ALWAYS want to enable so that VideoFE can handle these features through dbuscontrol.sh instead.
Related issues
Updated by Hammel about 2 months ago
It looks like the change should go into <videofe>/data/videofe.cfg.kiosk. Change this line
player:mp4 mkv m4v avi mov:omxplayer.bin -r %sto this line
player:mp4 mkv m4v avi mov:omxplayer.bin --no-keys -r %sThat should disable omx from intercepting key strokes, allowing vfe to catch them instead.
Updated by Hammel about 2 months ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
- % Done changed from 0 to 40
Manually verified that adding that option to the cfg file does prevent omxplayer from exiting with ESC in AutoKiosk. No other keys do anything either.
So now we need to enable key handling in VideoFE (RM #1227) to see if we can have it send dbus messages based on keystrokes (or screen touches).
Updated by Hammel about 2 months ago
- Related to Feature #1227: Need keyboard support for volume up/volume down. added
Updated by Hammel about 2 months ago
Note: changing this for kiosk modes is done by updating <videofe>/data/videofe.cfg.kiosk.
Updated by Hammel about 2 months ago
- % Done changed from 40 to 80
Tested on RM #1227 and is working. Code will be committed with that issue.
Note that the use of --no-keys might need to be restricted to AutoKiosk. Current implementation will be in Kiosk too.
Updated by Hammel about 2 months ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Closed
- % Done changed from 80 to 100
This is tested on non-AutoKiosk systems and the old mechanism is still in place while AutoKiosk works with --no-keys.
Code tested, committed and pushed.
Closing issue.