Plugin: MP2Extended (2 Viewers)

[FreakyJ]

The target of this plugin is to bring the MPExtended API to MP2. A big "thank you" goes to the original MPExtended Developers. I reused parts of their code in this plugin.

The first version implemements most of the TvShow part from the MAS.

Installation:
Copy the folder into the Plugin dir of the MP2-Server

Spoiler: Changelog

01.10.2022 (attached installer)

• Many transcoding realted changes, details here: GitHub - brownard/MediaPortal-2 at WIP_MP2Extended_Transcoding

17.12.2015 (linked installer needed as base version)

• OnlineVideos integration
• User Authentication using Digest Auth (default User: admin Password: admin )
• User Management: /MPExtended/DebugAccessService/html/ShowUsers (User Authentication must be activated)
• Settings Management: /MPExtended/DebugAccessService/html/ShowSettings
• jquery integration for User and Settings Management (www folder, looks like chaos but ordered in the solution)
• reworked error pages
• smaller bug fixes
• probably something more?!

14.11.2015 (linked installer needed as base version)

• Fixed URLs in the dorumentation
• Hacked ReadSettingFromDatabase in

14.11.2015

• Fixed image file paths with special characters causing errors (thanks @henso )
• Fixed file accessor could be mistaken for a network accessor (thanks @henso )
• Fixed subtitle extraction not supporting impersonation (thanks @henso )
• Fixed DiskSpaceInformation
• Fixed ExtractImage
• Fixed GetMediaInfo
• added FileName to BaseRecordingBasic
• Added initial support for partial HLS transcoding (thanks @henso )
• Fixed a lot of impersonation errors (thanks @henso )
• added GetMovieActorCount
• added GetMovieActors
• added CreateScheduleDetailed
• fixed CreateSchedule to support titles
• added EditSchedule
• Added internal Api Documentation: http://[ IP ]:[ PORT ]/MPExtended/DebugAccessService/html/GetApi (still WIP)
• Added preliminary support for live streams (thanks @henso )
• Improved handling of images based subs (thanks @henso )
• Subtitles now synced to partial transcodes (thanks @henso )
• Added startstream support (thanks @henso )
• Added support for using profile name as profile Id (thanks @henso )
• Added stopstream support (thanks @henso)
• Fixed wrong audio Id was used (thanks @henso )
• some minor clean ups and fixes

31.10.2015 (linked installer needed as base version)

• Fixed Thumbs for Recordings

29.10.2015

• changed the settings handling (thanks @henso)
• second try to fix the impersonation error (thanks @henso)
• fixed a threading issue in GetArtworkResized and GetArtwork
• audioId in StartStream... can now be null
• added more detailed program information

25.10.2015

• Implemented all MAS FileSystem functions
• Improved speed for TVE3 in EPG search (couldn't test this)
• GetLocalDiskInformation for TAS and MAS
• implemented GetActiveCards
• huge improvement in streaming support (big thanks henso!!)
• Added a nice looking error page

24.10.2015 (linked installer needed as base version)

• One can now get all streaming sessions
• Added some FileSystem functions from MAS
• Added Recording Disk Space information from TAS
• throw less exceptions while trying to get Artwork

22.10.2015

• Fixed the aspect ratio problem
• new TAS functions (especially Radio & Schedules) and basic EPG search -> needs improvement)
• removed some ToDos

18.10.2015

• Basic work to implement HTTP-Authentication (MediaPortal.Common needs to be replaced)
• Extended TAS (especially Schedules and Recordings)
• Bug Fixes + Speed improvements

15.10.2015

• Some basic WSS implementation (includes transcodes Streaming to the client, Profiles might need some tuning)
• Some Speed improvements
• TAS implementation: includes EPG and RTSP Timeshifting to the Client (no Transcoding)

08.10.2015

• added an image cache for resized images
• moved some redundant code to base classes, still wip
• added missing Picture api functions -> GetPictureSubCategories just returns an empty list

07.10.2015

• started adding TAS functions
• started to implement Streaming (WSS)
• small bug fixes

06.10.2015

• added a bung of nee API calls
• fixed some smaller bugs

Important Note: To get the full functionality a reimport is necessary! This can be triggered from within the GUI. No need to delete and readd the Media Source, just trigger a reimport.

 

[MrTechno]

Is the source on a branch in GitHub? I have some MPExtended code from a long time back which could talk to MP2 which might move things further along.

 

[FreakyJ]

Is the source on a branch in GitHub?

Just pushed
https://github.com/FreakyJ/MediaPor...emoteForMP2/MediaPortal/Incubator/MP2Extended

 

[johanj]

I add my wishlist for MPExt here instead in the WifiRemote thread

Movies:

MediaAccessService:
GetMoviesBasic
GetMoviesDetailedByRange
GetMovieDetailedById
GetExternalMediaInfo
GetMovieGenres

StreamingService:
GetArtworkResized
GetMediaInfo


Music:
MediaAccessService:
GetMusicGenres
GetMusicArtistsDetailed
GetMusicAlbumsBasicForArtist
GetMusicAlbumBasicById
GetMusicTracksBasicForAlbum
GetMusicTrackBasicById
GetExternalMediaInfo

Music playlists:
GetPlaylists
CreatePlaylist
DeletePlaylist
AddPlaylistItem
AddPlaylistItems
ClearAndAddPlaylistItems

StreamingService:
GetArtworkResized
GetMediaInfo

 

[pünktchen]

And of course the complete TAS [emoji1]

 

[MrTechno]

@FreakyJ you don't seem to depend on MPExtended. Is this a separate codebase that exposes the same web API i.e. you don't need to run MPExtended service?

 

[FreakyJ]

Exactly! I thought the amount of time needed is the same, but you can get it installed by using the pluginmanager later.
I reused the interfaces.

 

[johanj]

MrTecho, whats your thoughts regarding separate codebase or connection to MPExtended?

 

[johanj]

What is the base url to MP2 webserver? Can you give example url to the getservicedescription?

 

[FreakyJ]

What is the base url to MP2 webserver?

Start the MP2-Server and open the server.log
you should see a line like this:

[2015-10-05 16:17:33,992] [5642 ] [Main ] [INFO ] - ResourceServer: Started HTTP server (IPv4) on address 0.0.0.0 at port 26405

This gives you the port. You can define e fixed port here:
C:\Users\All Users\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Config in the MediaPortal.Common.Services.ResourceAccess.Settings.ServerSettings.xml
changing:

Property Name="HttpServerPort">
    <int>26405</int>
  </Property>

You should have a 0 there, I already changed my config^^

IP is your computer IP, the rest is teh same as in MPExteded:
192.168.178.26:26405/MPExtended/StreamingService/stream/GetArtworkResized?provider=0&artworktype=2&mediatype=3&id=857d3c03-d053-4b27-86a7-8690a1cc0cd9&maxWidth=6000&maxHeight=2000&borders=FF0000