Aerial Screensaver for offline use?

[francisdeiv]

Hi there!
I really love your screensaver but I have one major problem. The internet here in Philippines is really really slow. I'm using a windows pc btw. I've seen here that you can download the .mov files and aerial automatically finds the downloaded video but doesnt seem to work on my pc.
#55
Also it wont start a preview or start at all if there is no internet connection. So itll be really helpful to have that offline feature! Thanks mate! Have a good one! :)

[kathampy]

Same problem. The JSON file doesn't seem to be cached. Thus the screen saver gets stuck on a black screen if the Internet is down. Sometime there is no way to quit either. I've had to reset my PC since I simply couldn't exit the black screen.

[cDima]

@kathampy I think we can cache the json file as well, an update it a bit later after starting.
I don't think it's possible to support full offline mode, we can't redistribute the videos from Apple.

[kathampy]

It just needs to work offline after an initial cache is created.

[provalinf]

Hello,
Same problem in France, I do not have the internet everywhere I go with my laptop, and at home the connection is very bad (less than 1 mb / s).
If possible, the cached videos should be reserved for offline use, and after that will be perfect!
Thanks again for your great work.

[cDima]

@kathampy @provalinf @francisdeiv i've added downloading and caching of the entities.json file for offline use; the next release should work now without internet connectivity after the initial download.

[asuryadi]

Hi,
I am having the same issue. My home internet has a download quota - so running this screen saver will over blow my data quota.... However, already see nearly all the videos to be cached.

Is it possible to set the setting to "offline" mode so it'll just play the cached videos only without absorbing any of my data?

Many thanks

[cDima]

Offline mode would be a good idea, if it can switch automatically for example... How will you know if it's in offline mode or not, only from settings?

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[asuryadi]

Hmmm, automatic would be great. However, having the user set it would be good. For example, i am online but i would like the screensaver to go 'offline' so my download is not interrupted

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On 26 Mar 2017, at 13:38, Dmitry Sadakov ***@***.***> wrote: Offline mode would be a good idea, if it can switch automatically for example... How will you know if it's in offline mode or not, only from settings? On Sat, Mar 25, 2017, 8:42 PM asuryadi ***@***.***> wrote: > Hi, > I am having the same issue. My home internet has a download quota - so > running this screen saver will over blow my data quota.... However, already > see nearly all the videos to be cached. > > Is it possible to set the setting to "offline" mode so it'll just play the > cached videos only without absorbing any of my data? > > Many thanks > > — > You are receiving this because you were assigned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#94 (comment)>, or mute > the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AADl3doTb9G6nKrgOzuT4qtxO0hQuKtIks5rpbSMgaJpZM4LYAOb> > . > — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[amaan6999]

@cDima I know that the option has been added, yet with the internet connection disabled, I cant seem to get the aerial screensaver started. Even though everything has been cached locally :(
Is this still being worked on?

[jonathonwpowell]

A manual caching of all the files is in the works, hopefully it will be in the next release

[Knaledge]

What is the status of this @cDima / @jonathonwpowell ?

On Kodi 17.6 (and 18 alpha 2), FireTV Stick 4K:

• Aerial is defined as the screensaver
• "Use local files only (avoid external requests)" is enabled
• "Disable checksum verification" is enabled
• Download folder is defined
• Download folder is "/storage/emulated/0/Movies/"
• Downloaded videos: London, Hong Kong

However, with the above configuration in place, the following occurs:

• Non-local videos are streamed/played (e.g. Shanghai, New York City, etc.)
• Occasionally, the screen goes black (and stays black) - and Kodi becomes unresponsive

Each of those two issues have been opened after 94 (this issue) was opened - yet each has been closed as a dupe to this issue (94). However, there seems to be no further progress on this issue (94).

What is the ETA?

[Landius]

Since this repo haven't update for so long, I've turn to another software that perfectly solve this problem:
Video Screensaver

[joerchnet]

Video Screensaver has no options, no multiscreen support, no cropping on widescreen, and so on... but works.

[cbermar]

When I try to download one of the movies manually, it complains about site not being trusted because of CA - https://sylvan.apple.com/Videos/comp_DB_D011_C010_PSNK_DENOISE_v19_SDR_PS_20180914_SDR_2K_AVC.mov.
"This site is not secure"

[teevc]

@kathampy I think we can cache the json file as well, an update it a bit later after starting.
I don't think it's possible to support full offline mode, we can't redistribute the videos from Apple.

That's technically incorrect, as distribution and usage of files happens asynchronously.