Features » History » Version 42
Leonid Protasov, 01/21/2018 10:12 PM
1 | 41 | Leonid Protasov | h1. Movian 5.0 - List of features |
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2 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
3 | 25 | Leonid Protasov | h2. Supported platforms |
4 | 25 | Leonid Protasov | |
5 | 42 | Leonid Protasov | * RPi v1 v2 v3 Zero |
6 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * PS3 |
7 | 33 | Andreas Smas | * Linux |
8 | 33 | Andreas Smas | * Mac OS X |
9 | 33 | Andreas Smas | * Android |
10 | 40 | Andreas Smas | * "Google Chrome App":https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/movian/nmgfcbigejokjgholnnnipegblickgnp |
11 | 25 | Leonid Protasov | |
12 | 1 | Andreas Smas | h2. File browsing |
13 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
14 | 25 | Leonid Protasov | * Local file system |
15 | 37 | Andreas Smas | * On PS3 and RPi external USB drives (including NTFS) are automounted with read/write support |
16 | 12 | Leonid Protasov | * Reads content and can play files from compressed ZIP and uncompressed RAR archives |
17 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * "SMB / CIFS":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block - "Windows shares" |
18 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * "FTP":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol - File Transfer Protocol |
19 | 21 | Andreas Smas | * "UPnP/DLNA":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPnP |
20 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * "WebDAV":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV |
21 | 34 | Andreas Smas | * Torrent client - can directly play audio/video file over bittorrent protocol as well as browsing the torrent file and playing torrent files via magnet links |
22 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
23 | 1 | Andreas Smas | h2. Video streaming |
24 | 3 | Andreas Smas | |
25 | 26 | Leonid Protasov | * HTTP - direct file playing over HTTP/HTTPS protocols |
26 | 27 | Leonid Protasov | * "HLS":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming - HTTP Live Streaming. For multi bit rate streams Movian will select optimum stream based on available bandwidth. Streams with internal as well as external multitrack audio are supported. |
27 | 3 | Andreas Smas | * "RTMP":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol - Streaming protocol used for Flash players. |
28 | 3 | Andreas Smas | * "HTSP":https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Htsp - Streaming of Live TV from "Tvheadend":https://tvheadend.org |
29 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
30 | 18 | Andreas Smas | h2. Audio streaming |
31 | 18 | Andreas Smas | |
32 | 18 | Andreas Smas | * Icecast / Shoutcast |
33 | 18 | Andreas Smas | |
34 | 3 | Andreas Smas | h2. Plugins |
35 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
36 | 29 | Leonid Protasov | Movian supports plugins installed from a centralized repository. Some of the more popular plugins are Youtube, Navi-X, Twitch.tv, Opensubtitles, SVT Play. |
37 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
38 | 23 | Andreas Smas | For the full list of available plugins see "this link":/plugins/movian. |
39 | 5 | Andreas Smas | |
40 | 5 | Andreas Smas | Plugins are, by default, automatically upgraded when a new version is available. |
41 | 5 | Andreas Smas | |
42 | 30 | Leonid Protasov | Developing plugins is easy. See the [[PluginDevelopment]] wiki page for details. |
43 | 5 | Andreas Smas | |
44 | 3 | Andreas Smas | h2. Unified search |
45 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
46 | 1 | Andreas Smas | Searching using the toolbar on the home page will search in all installed plugins that support searching. |
47 | 5 | Andreas Smas | |
48 | 5 | Andreas Smas | h2. In-application automatic upgrades. |
49 | 22 | Andreas Smas | |
50 | 38 | Andreas Smas | On PS3, Mac OS X and RPi Movian can upgrade itself. In addition, on RPi it can also upgrade the entire "STOS operating system":/projects/stos. |
51 | 6 | Andreas Smas | |
52 | 6 | Andreas Smas | The user can select to upgrade form three different tracks (In Settings -> General): |
53 | 6 | Andreas Smas | |
54 | 6 | Andreas Smas | * Stable - Most stable version. |
55 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * Testing - Upgraded approximately bi-weekly depending on changes made and risk for severe bugs in the master branch. |
56 | 5 | Andreas Smas | * Bleeding Edge - Tracks master branch. Every commit made by the development team is a new release. Could be very unstable from time to time. |
57 | 3 | Andreas Smas | |
58 | 3 | Andreas Smas | h2. File formats |
59 | 3 | Andreas Smas | |
60 | 25 | Leonid Protasov | * All formats supported by libav can be played. For instance, MKV, MOV, AVI, M2TS, etc. For a full list see "here":http://libav.org/general.html#Supported-File-Formats-and-Codecs. Currently Movian uses libav version 11. |
61 | 3 | Andreas Smas | |
62 | 3 | Andreas Smas | h2. Codecs |
63 | 3 | Andreas Smas | |
64 | 3 | Andreas Smas | * See "libav's list":http://libav.org/general.html#Video-Codecs for supported video decoders |
65 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * See "libav's list":http://libav.org/general.html#Audio-Codecs for supported audio decoders |
66 | 22 | Andreas Smas | * In addition to this Movian can also play various game music formats (not available on all platforms) |
67 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
68 | 1 | Andreas Smas | h2. Hardware accelerated video decoding |
69 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
70 | 31 | Leonid Protasov | * PS3: Accelerated H.264 (up to level 4.2), MPEG-2. PS3's cell codecs do not support hardware accelerated playing of: HEVC/H265, H264 profile > 4.2, H264 High 10 (10bit), VP6, VP8, VC1/WMV9. Movian tries to play those anyway (ie decodes by using CPU). But the success varies to sound only or blackscreen when reframes/resolution are high. |
71 | 20 | Leonid Protasov | * RPi: Accelerated H.264 High 10 Profile (up to level 5.0), MPEG-4 (DivX, XviD), MPEG-2 (needs license), VC-1 (needs license). GPU accelerated VP6, VP8 (SD resolutions only), MJPEG, Ogg Theora (up to 720p) |
72 | 8 | Leonid Protasov | * Linux: Accelerated H.264 using VDPAU (NVIDIA cards only) |
73 | 8 | Leonid Protasov | * OS X: Accelerated H.264 |
74 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
75 | 1 | Andreas Smas | h2. Audio output |
76 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
77 | 20 | Leonid Protasov | * PS3: Multi channel audio streams are re-encoded to 6 or 8 channel DTS/AC3 or whatever end device supports (Limitation of PS3 LV2 operating system) |
78 | 15 | Leonid Protasov | * Linux: Digital passthrough of DTS, AC3, E-AC3. For PCM output up to 32 bit 192kHz is supported depending on source content. Discrete multi channel output is also supported. |
79 | 24 | Andreas Smas | * RPi: Pass thru over HDMI. Or software decoded 8 or 2 channel PCM output. |
80 | 39 | Andreas Smas | * Other: Stereo output, multichannel audio is down-mixed. |
81 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
82 | 1 | Andreas Smas | h2. Built-in metadata lookup |
83 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
84 | 3 | Andreas Smas | * Artist and Album graphics are looked up using "last.fm":http://last.fm |
85 | 3 | Andreas Smas | * Movie metadata (including posters) are looked up via "themoviedb.org":http://themoviedb.org |
86 | 3 | Andreas Smas | * TV shows (including posters) are looked up via "thetvdb.org":http://thetvdb.org |
87 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * Metadata lookup can be turned on/off per folder. (Default on) |
88 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * Options exist for user to choose if multiple results are available. A custom search query can also be entered. |
89 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
90 | 1 | Andreas Smas | h2. Supported subtitle formats (External files) |
91 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
92 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * DVD Subtitles and VOBSUB |
93 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * ASS/SSA |
94 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * SRT |
95 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * SUB (Microdvd) |
96 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * TTML |
97 | 18 | Andreas Smas | * MPL |
98 | 18 | Andreas Smas | * TMPlayer |
99 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * Automatic code page detection using language heuristics |
100 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * On the fly decompression of .zip files and .gz files containing subtitles |
101 | 1 | Andreas Smas | |
102 | 2 | Andreas Smas | h2. Network services |
103 | 3 | Andreas Smas | |
104 | 2 | Andreas Smas | * Built in HTTP server available on port 42000. Currently this is mostly used for diagnostics and has HTTP control API. |
105 | 14 | Leonid Protasov | * Built in FTP server. This is default disabled but can be enabled in Settings -> Network |
106 | 1 | Andreas Smas | * RPi (STOS) has included SSH server which can be enabled/disabled from Movian UI. |
107 | 35 | Andreas Smas | * RPi (STOS) has included Avahi service which allows to discover devices running Movian by using DNS name "movian.local":http://movian.local/ |