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Media Player Configuration

The configuration can be changed during the setup of the Media Player or it can be changed manually by editing the config.ini file.

MQTT

  • host - broker ip address
  • port - broker port
  • keepalive_mqtt - mqtt client keepalive delay (causes problems if greater or equal to 60)
  • username - broker username (credentials)
  • password - broker password (credentials)
  • name - name that the monitor will appear as in the system
  • register_topic - topic used to send registration message
  • transport - mqtt transport method (options are 'tcp' or 'websockets')
  • keepalive_logs_delay - delay between keepalive log messages (see message protocol)
  • keepalive_logs_topic - topic to send the keepalive log messages

MediaPlayer

  • default_template - template to be used when no rule is being displayed
  • savings_mode - attemt to blank screen when no rule is being displayed (please see here before using it)

Logging

  • log_file - file to store the log messages
  • log_level - logging level (options are 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL')

Savings Mode

If this active, when no rules are being displayed, it calls xset dpms force off to blank the screen. This might not work on some screens and it also does not working if the screen blanking is turned off in the raspberry pi. More info here.