QuasiTV 1.2

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QuasiTV adds a much needed admin user interface which can accessed via a web browser.  I am not a web developer so I chose a platform called Flutter to develop the admin UI which lets me code everything in Dart (which is also new to me but much better than writing something in javascript).  Visually the UI is fairly rough but it should be very functional.  Over time as I get better with flutter I will hopefully be able to improve how it looks.

In this first iteration of the admin UI, I mostly just recreated the functionality available using the in app channel editor along with a few new capabilities not available in app.  Creating and editing channels using this UI is much easier and less time consuming then trying to do it with a remote on your TV.

To enable the admin ui, go to the settings -> web admin -> check enabled.  The web address should display on screen that you can connect to with any web browser.

Channel List

The main page of the admin ui will show a list of all the current custom channels.  There is a refresh button on the toolbar to manually force a list update and a floating action button to add new channels.  Each list entry also has a trash icon that can be used to delete the channel.


Channel Details

Click on any channel to open up the channel details page.  All the shows and movies will be listed in scheduling order.  Click and drag on the 3 bar icon (hamburger menu icon) to reorder when the movies/shows will be scheduled.  The floating action button will allow you to add new shows/movies to the channel.  In the toolbar, the edit icon will allow the channel to be renamed and the scheduling block size to be set (min/max episodes).  The reschedule button will wipe the schedule for the channel and do a full reschedule.  Finally, the save icon will save all changes.


Search

The search UI is used for adding new shows / movies to a channel.  Right now shows and movies are grouped together, but I would like to have 2 separate categories in the search results at some point in the future. Click whatever shows you want added (multi select supported) and then click the floating action button to add to the channel.


QuasiTV 1.2.0 (2021/11/10):

  • Increased resolution of TV / Movie posters
  • Add number at end of new channel name if channel name is already in use
  • Another fix for playback getting stuck at end of show / movie
  • Added ability to add a device name (Settings -> Device Name)
  • Channel import list will show device name/IP if listing channels for more than once QuasiTV instance
  • Added web admin ui (enable in settings -> web admin)
  • Web Admin: Added ability to change show / movie schedule order
  • Web Admin: Added ability to reschedule a channel
  • Web Admin: Set Min/Max Consecutive Episodes per channel
  • Updated android sdk level to 30

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