Anyway… what I set out to do was to be able to seamlessly play, at least most, protected discs from within the MythTV interface on my Linux PVR. Got pretty close I think…
Here are the basic steps:
#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php
system('killall makemkvcon');
system('(makemkvcon --upnp=0 stream disc:0 --cache=128 --minlength=60 2>&1 >>/var/log/mythtv/bd-makemkvcon.log) >/dev/null &');
$c=1;
while($c<100){
$c++;
// if makemkvcon is ready, exit loop
system("/bin/netstat -nl | grep -q 51000",$ret);
if ($ret==0) $c=100;
system('(osd_cat -p middle \
-f "-adobe-helvetica-bold-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" \
-A center \
-b percentage \
--color="WHITE" \
--percentage='.$c.' \
--shadow=4 \
--text="Loading..." \
-d 1 ) >/dev/null &');
usleep(900000);
}
sleep(1);
// Find titles and details from the web interface
$f=fopen('http://127.0.0.1:51000/web/titles','r');
$titles=array();
if ($f){
while(!feof($f)){
if (preg_match('/\<td\>(?P<title>title[0-9]+)\<\/td\>/',fgets($f),$matches)){
$titles[$matches['title']]['url']="http://127.0.0.1:51000/stream/{$matches['title']}.ts";
$f1=fopen('http://127.0.0.1:51000/web/'.$matches['title'],'r');
if ($f1){
while(!feof($f1)){
if (preg_match('/\<tr\>\<td\>(?<attr>.*)\<\/td\>\<td\>(?<val>.*)\<\/td\>\<\/tr\>/',fgets($f1),$matches1)){
$titles[$matches['title']][$matches1['attr']]=$matches1['val'];
}
}
fclose($f1);
}
}
}
fclose($f);
}
$f=fopen('/tmp/.tmp-bddata','w');
$vlccmd='vlc --fullscreen';
foreach ($titles as $title => $data){
$vlccmd.=" {$data['url']}";
fputs($f,"Title {$data['id']} Duration {$data['duration']} {$data['chaptercount']} chapters\n");
}
fclose($f);
//display details on screen for 10 seconds
system('osd_cat -f "-adobe-helvetica-bold-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -A center --color="WHITE" --shadow=2 --lines='.count($titles).' /tmp/.tmp-bddata -d 10');
unlink('/tmp/.tmp-bddata');
//open vlc
if (count($titles)>0){
system("$vlccmd 2>&1 >>/var/log/mythtv/bd-vlc.log");
}
system('killall makemkvcon');
?>
<button> <type>BD_PLAY</type> <text>Play BD</text> <description>Play a film on BD</description> <action>EXEC ~/bd</action> <depends>mythvideo</depends> </button>
<state name="BD_PLAY"> <imagetype name="watermark"> <filename>watermark/dvd.png</filename> <position>0,0</position> </imagetype> </state>
With a bit of playing around you should then be presented with a loading bar, followed by some details on the various title lengths etc to help you work out which title you want to watch, followed by a vlc window that has all the titles in a playlist… about the best I could do without getting my hands too dirty! Enjoy!
]]>]]># Data from the SNMP Trap #vmwVpxdTrapType = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.301.0", "Unknown") #vmwVpxdHostName = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.302.0", "Unknown") #vmwVpxdVMName = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.303.0", "Unknown") #vmwVpxdOldStatus = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.304.0", "Unknown") vmwVpxdNewStatus = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.305.0", "Unknown") vmwVpxdObjValue = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.306.0", "Unknown") vmwVpxdTargetObj = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.307.0", "Unknown") #vmwVpxdTargetObjType = getattr(evt, "vmwProductSpecific.3.308.0", "Unknown") # Severity if vmwVpxdNewStatus == "Red": evt.severity = 5 elif vmwVpxdNewStatus == "Yellow": evt.severity = 4 elif vmwVpxdNewStatus == "Green" or vmwVpxdNewStatus == "Gray": evt.severity = 0 else: evt.severity = 3 # Component evt.component = vmwVpxdTargetObj # Summary evt.summary = "Trap " + vmwVpxdTargetObj # Message evt.message = vmwVpxdTargetObj + ": " + vmwVpxdObjValue
We very recently moved the termination of this E1/PRI to a Digium card in a box running Asterisk, previously this was done on a Cisco 5300. After a bit of reading it became apparent that someone had already built all that was required to dial out via a Digium PCI card. Oh JOY!
The basics of getting this to work are:
lock
dump
debug
logfile /var/log/pppd
plugin dahdi.so
31
noauth
user test
connect “chat -t 3 -f /etc/ppp/peers/ipnd_chat”
References:
My only guess was that someone had a camcorder/digital still camera that has an IR transmitter/remote control that shares RC codes with the Apple Remote, or someone in the audience had an Apple Remote and was feeling disruptive…either way… weird!
I turned the volume to zero in iTunes and put a strip of gaff tape over the IR receiver on the MBP and it didn’t happen again. Also, I’ve now located the option in System Preferences to disable the IR receiver all together, after all, unwanted music’s through the PA is never a good look.
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Have observed the phenomenon on