Android Question iptv application idea/question

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

Dear community friends

I am asked for a friend to create a iptv application

The app has to work with a m3u list and the possibility to zapp through channels.

My question is i do found some media player libs options on the forum

But any idea how i can create buttons to skip to next channel in the m3u list while playing a channel
Most media libs open a installed media player and you have to stop the player to choose a next channel

But i want to press like << or >> for next channel (best would be in the opend player but that seems not to work in the available media libs. (Think that comes because the player opens the channel and not the whole list)

Is this possible or is a example on te forum that looks a bit like my question ?

Thnx in advance

 

[Cableguy]

You can overlay the buttons directly over the player...
Add a keyboard listener to catch the keys even if the player has the focus...

 

[moster67]

You could try one of these videoview/videoplayer wrappers:
-videoview (standard Android videoview present in Audio-library)
-vlcb4a
-vitamio5
-FFMpeg_b4a

You could embed the videoviews in your app and position a panel above which permits changing channels without exiting the videoview screen.

 

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

That is indeed a good idea thnx for tip m8

 

[aidymp]

You seem to be in the very same field as me! Kodi, streaming, and emulation!

I made your above app, and have the channel logos appear when you press a key, you scroll though them and then select one, the logos hide and the channel plays, however I never used a list, I used a db and php

 

[moster67]

With a panel positioned above, you can easily create an OSD (OnScreenDisplay) from where you can show a list where users can
change video-source, handle volume etc...
Here are some screenshots from an old app I wrote ages ago....

 

[aidymp]

With a panel positioned above, you can easily create an OSD (OnScreenDisplay) from where you can show a list where users can
change video-source, handle volume etc...
Here are some screenshots from an old app I wrote ages ago....



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Ooh! thats you? Great app! I know who to ask now for a future project i was looking into!

Thanks

Aidy

 

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

Look good my programming not as good as you hehe but i am trying

 

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

With a panel positioned above, you can easily create an OSD (OnScreenDisplay) from where you can show a list where users can
change video-source, handle volume etc...
Here are some screenshots from an old app I wrote ages ago....



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Can i ask wich libs did you use ?

 

[moster67]

Didn't use many, mostly standard pre-installed B4A-libraries except for the video-library for which I used an old wrapper of mine of Vitamio (a previous version).

 

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

Didn't use many, mostly standard pre-installed B4A-libraries except for the video-library for which I used an old wrapper of mine of Vitamio (a previous version).

Is your source from this app public available ?

 

[moster67]

Sorry, it is not. I have licensed the app to a company and the license agreement is still valid. Maybe one day in the future....

 

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

Ah ok thnx no problem will dig in to the osd option you said thnx m8

 

[DonManfred]

Sorry, it is not

Maybe some code snippets what you did there to realize this? Out of curiosity

 

[moster67]

If Ricardo wants, he can upload or send me by PM a part of his project dealing with OSD and then I can see if I can share some tips based on my experience.

Just had a look my old code - and I noted I had to use a special code-snippet before loading many layouts because Erel changed the behaviour of the autoscale. I remember this as if happened yesterday because this app has numerous layouts and the idea that I had to to modify them all was driving me crazy. I think this is the only time Erel made some changes to B4A that actually broke something in old code. However, the below code-snippet fixed it a run-time:

Dim jo As JavaObject
    jo.InitializeStatic("java.lang.System").RunMethod("setProperty", Array As Object("autoscaleall_old_behaviour", "true"))

 

[Ricardo Bunschoten]

Thnx i still have to start with the code just drawn on paper what the app must do will work on it soon if i get stuck on something i will put a message here

Thnx for the support