Today we're making available another preview of the forthcoming Player for Linux.
This new version supports downloading and processing the schedule from the CMS and is for the first time long-running, so it will switch between layouts as dictated by the CMS schedule. Overlay and command schedules are not supported.
Very nice to hear you’re making progress on this guys!
I am getting this error thought after layout has been dowloaded
“Player failed to start: /resources/2.xlf(470): unexpected end of data”
Is it normal to see the 0.4 is not displaying fullscreen ?
For now all the video files are crashing the OS, is there something to install to make it work more fluently ? VLC installation seems to not change anything.
Has the layout been downloaded if you look in 2.xlf? If not, check your SENDFILE_MODE setting in the CMS. It must be Apache or Nginx - and the webserver configured for that appropriately - for this version to work with your CMS.
0.5 will have support for CMS instances that use the legacy download mode.
I have not made any modification on the cms (docker) but I will check those points.
What it makes me think there is a video files issue is that when the layout provides only pictures or any web contents (pages, texts or else), everything is downloaded and playing correctly.
If you’re using Docker with Xibo 1.8.12 CMS then you don’t need to make any modification - it’s already correctly setup for you.
I’m not seeing the same crash here with the nvidia binary drivers, and others have managed to run on Intel hardware without issue.
Please try the upcoming 0.5 which I know has a fix for one video related issue. If it’s no better, then we may need some more detailed information from you so we can replicate it.