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* [http://yadis.whisperingvault.net/projects/yadis/wiki YaDIS], see specific paragraph below
  
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Revision as of 15:17, 19 December 2012

Dune HD Max

Current firmware: 111122_0159_beta

Official Links:

Forums:

News:

Misc Links:

Tuning

DSF

See http://scottjohnson.org/wiki/Dune/Hacking for:

  • packing/unpacking DSF
  • compile your own software
  • make your own binary DSF

See here for misc utilities

optware

Why not being able to do sth like apt-get on the Dune to install many packages? (not tried yet)

Telnet

telnetd binary is already in the firmware, you just need to activate it, e.g. by using dune_service_telnetd.dsf

To start always telnetd at startup: 

touch /config/telnetd

You should see now on bottom right of the screen /setup/information: DEBUG MODE

IP control

No UPnP controllable, but much better IMHO, a specific HTTP protocol easy to implement and very complete.
See below for an Android application implementing it for a remote control.
Here is an HTML file implementation for controlling from any browser.
here is a Chrome extension doing the same.
Here is a pretty complete application for Windows.

dune_folder.txt

This is a mechanism allowing easy UI customization.
Third party softwares exporting to that format:

AAI image format

Official description: AAImageGen-README.txt and tool AAImageGen.exe
Alternate project: aaimageviewer with read/write support

Renaming harddrive

By default the internal HDD gets a name based on a UUID à la DuneHDD_6db00183_3f29_4474_ae8a_6b27fbf24304, which is not easy to handle when you want to access it via e.g. Samba.
Drop a dune_folder.txt file on the root of the HDD with as content the shortcut name you want, e.g.: 

storage_name = DuneHDD

Then reboot, the shared drive will now be seen as DuneHDD

Internal storage

Some functions and BD Live require an internal storage. This can be defined on a specific partition of the HDD but it's easier to keep a separate disk for that and be able to swap HDDs without worrying about the internal storage. The Dune HD Max has an extra USB port on the main board under the HDD rack metallic plate so we can plug a small 2Gb flash drive there and forget it.
Make sure it's empty otherwise the system will refuse to use it for internal storage (you can still erase everything from the UI then try to reconfigure it as internal storage)
Internal storage is mounted as /permanentfs

Video

See http://hdlandforum.fr/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1049
My TV supporting all modes, I've setup mode 1080p 50Hz and auto framerate 24/50/60Hz

FlashLite apps

Streaming TV

To test streams, one can use the IP control protocol: 

wget -O - "http://dune/cgi-bin/do?cmd=start_file_playback&media_url=http://stream02.gtk.hu/bptv"
wget -O - "http://dune/cgi-bin/do?cmd=start_file_playback&media_url=http://80.249.172.28/autonomia"
wget -O - "http://dune/cgi-bin/do?cmd=start_file_playback&media_url=mms://vipmms9.yacast.net/bfm_bfmtv"

One can create a bookmark such as this one to tell the Dune HD device to play the current URL: 

javascript:document.location='http://dune/cgi-bin/do?cmd=start_file_playback&media_url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)

If you use NoScript Application Boundaries Enforcer, you need to add an exception before "Site LOCAL" in the ABE preferences 

Site dune
Accept ALL
Deny


This will work only if the URL is the direct link to the video file.
If you want it running with e.g. Youtube you need first some URL extractor.
One way is to use a Firefox extension such as Unplug.
So you can use first Unplug to get the media URL then use this javascript bookmark.
Hopefully Unplug is opensource so we can get the sources and patch them to add directly a "Open in DuneHD" method: 

diff --git a/unplug@compunach/chrome/content/display/download.js b/unplug@compunach/chrome/content/display/download.js
index 6454d30..af644ab 100644
--- a/unplug@compunach/chrome/content/display/download.js
+++ b/unplug@compunach/chrome/content/display/download.js
@@ -580,6 +580,18 @@ UnPlug2DownloadMethods.add_button("open-tab", {
        group : "open"
 });
 
+UnPlug2DownloadMethods.add_button("open-DuneHD", {
+       avail : (function (res) {
+               return (res.download.url ? true : false);
+       }),
+       exec  : (function (res) {
+               UnPlug2SearchPage._win.location = "http://dune/cgi-bin/do?cmd=start_file_playback&media_url="+encodeURIComponent(res.download.url);
+       }),
+       obscurity : 100,
+       css : "open open-over",
+       group : "open"
+});
+
 UnPlug2DownloadMethods.add_button("open-new", {
        avail : (function (res) {
                return (res.download.url ? true : false);
diff --git a/unplug@compunach/chrome/locale/en-US/strings.txt b/unplug@compunach/chrome/locale/en-US/strings.txt
index 6356ced..b72e0a4 100644
--- a/unplug@compunach/chrome/locale/en-US/strings.txt
+++ b/unplug@compunach/chrome/locale/en-US/strings.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ save_to_directory=Save to Folder
 dmethod.open-tab=Open in a new tab
 dmethod.open-tab.a=t
 dmethod.open-tab.tip=Open in a new tab.
+dmethod.open-DuneHD=Open in Dune HD
+dmethod.open-DuneHD.a=d
+dmethod.open-DuneHD.tip=Open in Dune HD.
 dmethod.open-new=Open in a new window
 dmethod.open-new.a=n
 dmethod.open-new.tip=Open in a new window.

IPTV

To test streams, one can use the IP control protocol: 

wget -O - "http://dune/cgi-bin/do?cmd=start_file_playback&media_url=udp://@239.255.1.138:2276"

I get the BelgacomTV IPTV via a separate network so the idea is to access it via eth0 while the regular network remains the Wi-Fi one.
Once the Wi-Fi connection is active, we ca do the following to be able to use the multicast IPTV network on eth0: 

route del -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 2>/dev/null
route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0 2>/dev/null

Streaming radio

Custom GUI skins

GUI skins can be switched via the setting "Setup / Appearance / Skin", or via "B" RC button on the main screen (and also via "ZOOM" RC button on any screen).

Plugins

Multi-region

I didn't try yet but by playing DVD iso files I got the following experience: a first message telling me that the region was not ok, a kind of mini-reboot and then the DVD file played properly. To be investigated.
dune_service_region_switch.dsf, to change: press 4 times on "Mute" then quickly on 1, 2 or 3 for region A, B or C

Zappiti

Done by HD Land
There is an ipad version too, for Android see below for a compatible app.
The only bemol is that it's a Windows-only program (as all the other alternatives I think) so I'm using it in a Virtualbox with Windows 7.
I had issues with v2.3.1094.0 so I'm currently using v2.1.2735.100
Note that since v2.3.1097 HD Land is restricting its program for French people who didn't buy their Dune HD via HD Land. For others there is a possibility to get licensing key if they prove they live and bought their product out of France. Maybe a good time to start looking at yaDIS...

Config

Some notes on my config (just for myself to remember) 

Dossier de configuration: F:\@zappiti\@db  (F: virtualbox shared /media/MyBook2/@dune)
Dossier de partage: F:\@DuneHDD-mirror ou Z:\   (Z: \\dune\DuneHDD)
Nouveau dossier films:
  F:\@DuneHDD-mirror\films               
  Réécrire en: storage_label://DuneHDD/films

Zappiti works on a local copy of my movies collection and links are rewritten when exported to the Dune HD as the movies are also present locally on its HDD

Exported index

The exported index (_Zappiti/ and Zappiti_Resources/) has then to be copied on the Dune HD and the Android tablet for a faster rendering
Options:

Probably the best option. Very easy to install (cf link above) and to use. It's a patched version that creates modules for each mounted resource
To get modules names: 

$ rsync dune::
DuneHDD        	Dune storage named DuneHDD

To push Zappiti data: 

$ rsync -av --delete ...DuneHDD-mirror/_Zappiti          dune::DuneHDD
$ rsync -av --delete ...DuneHDD-mirror/Zappiti_Resources dune::DuneHDD

Note that if you try to copy Zappiti indexes from a locally attached drive via the Dune interface you can easily reach the maximum of 9999 files in _Zappiti. Better to initiate the copy via a telnet session.

Using rsync to push indexes to the Android tablet (rooted, using SSHDroidPro & rsync binary): 

$ rsync -av --delete ...DuneHDD-mirror/_Zappiti          root@tablet:/sdcard/Zappiti/
$ rsync -av --delete ...DuneHDD-mirror/Zappiti_Resources root@tablet:/sdcard/Zappiti/

Mangling database

If you want to move or rename files or folders, Zappiti wants to scrap them again and disregard the old entries.
To avoid that, you can edit directly the sqlite database.
Just a little problem: the database is encrypted by using ASP .NET connectionstrings (cf possible implementation [Using http://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki here]).
So we'll follow [ http://www.mpcclub.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-27073.html this howto]:
Open 

C:\Program Files (x86)\HDLand\Zappiti\Zappiti.exe.config
<connectionStrings>
   <add name="Entities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Models.Models.csdl|res://*/Models.Models.ssdl|res://*/Models.Models.msl;provider=System.Data.SQLite;provider connection string="data source=D:\Works\NETil\Works\Companies\HDLand\DuneMediaManager_b1\DuneMediaManager\Data\database.db;password=BLABLA"" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
 </connectionStrings>

Here password is BLABLA.
Get Sqlite2009 Pro Enterprise Manager, again a Windows stuff but no much option to use this .NET encryption (sth with RSA but still using a symmetric password, no idea what this means) 

- Open database
- select RSA & provide password

Then you can make your SQL queries, e.g. 

UPDATE 'Media' set Path=REPLACE(Path, 'F:\', 'F:\@DuneHDD-mirror\');
UPDATE 'TVShowFolder' set Folder=REPLACE(Folder, 'F:\', 'F:\@DuneHDD-mirror\')

yaDIS

Video notes

To identify video files: Mediainfo, available in Debian as mediainfo & mediainfo-gui
MKV tools (mkvmerge, mkvinfo, mkvextract): mkvtoolnix & mkvtoolnix-gui in debian

I had issues to play some 1080p mkv. Remultiplexing them with a newer version of mkvmerge seems enough to fix the issue: 

mkvmerge -o new.mkv old.mkv

Dune HD has no problem handling latest mkvmerge versions with metadata compression, the problem seems to be specific to some older versions of mkvmerge.

Still, there is one type of video codec apparently not supported, flagged as "VfW compatible" (Video for Windows) by mkvmerge, mediainfo tells us it's actually codec V_REAL/RV40 == RealVideo 4.0 aka RealVideo 9

To merge 2 avi files (e.g. if the movie was splitted in 2 CDs), use avimerge: 

avimerge -o new.avi -i old-cd1.avi old-cd2.avi

Android

  • Dune Media Controller, supports the IP control protocol and the dune_folder.txt structures, a perfect complement to Zappiti.

Can work on remote index but much better if it has a local copy of the index (Zappiti indexes are huge)

Tests

Read tests

Internal HDD: 79MB/s
External HDD USB: 21MB/S (write to internal: 13MB/s)

HDNetwork

It is available only if the player license includes “HDNetwork” option; this can be checked in the player menu Setup > Information. If the “HDNetwork” option is purchased, all the basic player functionality remains available.
This looks like what could be found in conference centers, controlling many screens at once. IMHO you can already achieve the same with the IP control protocol. Probably it's sold as an expensive bundle for those specific customers.


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