On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 7:44 AM dx25 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok. > > For the video server, I was able to get minidlna to see my is:video folder, > and dlna clients seem to play the videos just fine. However, I did have to > run minidlna under the same user as perkeep mount. Seems there are fuse > options that can be set in Bazil.org/fuse to allow the mount to be accessible > to other users. Also no thumbnails right now, and only filename based -- > would be nice if there was a way to pass along DLNA metadata but not sure > what's involved there.
I don't see a way for Perkeep to pass metadata to DLNA clients without being a DLNA server itself, short of directory heirarchy through minidlna. > I might make a write-up about the whole setup, it took quite a bit of > fiddling to get up and running. > > > > > On Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 3:08:48 AM UTC-5, eric wrote: >> >> Super cool! >> I'd be interested to get something like that merged. Would you be up >> for submitting a patch (https://perkeep.org/code#contributing)? Even >> if you don't want to finish it up, it's a starting point. >> I'm pretty familiar with the fs module and would be happy to review. >> >> I noticed there's support for persisted searches (namedSearch in >> https://github.com/perkeep/perkeep/blob/7f17c0483f2e86575ed87aac35fb75154b16b7f4/pkg/search/predicate.go#L695), >> would be cool to make them show up as search/name/ dirs, although >> there's no UI currently for creating them. >> >> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 3:20 PM dx25 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Nice, now it seems to be working. >> > >> > On Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 4:55:34 PM UTC-5, mathieu.lonjaret wrote: >> >> >> >> Probably because search queries have a default max number of returned >> >> results. You should be able to get an unlimited amount by specifying a >> >> Limit of -1 in your query. See >> >> https://perkeep.org/pkg/search#SearchQuery. >> >> >> >> On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 23:34, dx25 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I've been trying out Eric's magic directory idea, using the "recent" >> >> > and "at" implementations as a guide. I was able to get it working >> >> > (sort of) -- within the new "search" subfolder, I can do something like >> >> > cd "after:\"10-01-2017\" and is:image", and get a directory back with >> >> > the right results, except that it seems to max out at 201 results for >> >> > some reason. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 4:32:36 PM UTC-5, mathieu.lonjaret wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 00:26, Eric Drechsel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Hi Dave, >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:56 PM dx25 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I finally got around to looking at this video server idea again -- >> >> >> >> as Mathieu suggested, I created a folder in web UI and moved all >> >> >> >> video files to the folder. Now when pk-mounted, the new folder is >> >> >> >> not visible in "roots" unless I manually set the camliRoot >> >> >> >> attribute to it, and none of the videos are visible within unless I >> >> >> >> set, say, a camliPath:filename.mp4 attribute on the folder >> >> >> >> permanode. Mathieu, you mentioned adding a custom handler. As I >> >> >> >> look through the source, I see a number of other blobservers, but I >> >> >> >> have no clue how to use them or what they are for. I'm assuming >> >> >> >> that was how were suggesting I deal with this camliRoot/camliPath >> >> >> >> problem? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The other idea I had was an approach similar to how >> >> >> >> <pkmount>/recent folder is working. Within that folder, I can see >> >> >> >> filenames for some recently added stuff, apparently without the >> >> >> >> need for these redundant camliPath: attributes (since the fileName >> >> >> >> is stored with the blob content for the videos). Was curious to >> >> >> >> see how this actually populates the /recent folder, but was unable >> >> >> >> to locate the implementation. >> >> >> >> >> >> As Eric said, if you want to see how the magic of pk mount works, it's >> >> >> all in pkg/fs. But honestly if you want things to show up as files in >> >> >> pk mount, I maintain that it's probably easier to do a bit of glueing >> >> >> and scripting on top of things, to add the relevant camliRoots and >> >> >> camliPaths to your permanodes, than to hack a new "magic directory" in >> >> >> pkg/fs. Dealing with fuse stuff isn't easy imho. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Mathieu, you mentioned adding a custom handler. As I look through >> >> >> > the source, I see a number of other blobservers, but I have no clue >> >> >> > how to use them or what they are for. I'm assuming that was how >> >> >> > were suggesting I deal with this camliRoot/camliPath problem? >> >> >> >> >> >> The other idea I had mentioned earlier is also harder than the very >> >> >> first option, but probably not as hard as inventing new things in >> >> >> pkg/fs. But it still requires you to understand what typically happens >> >> >> to a blob when Perkeep receives it, with regard to how the conditional >> >> >> blobserver only passes it to the indexer if it is a schema blob, then >> >> >> how the indexer treats it depending on what kind of mutation it is, >> >> >> etc. My very rough idea was that you could add your own custom piece >> >> >> in the middle that does the job of creating the camliPaths and >> >> >> camliRoots somewhere along the line, when e.g. the indexer sees it is >> >> >> a video file. But again, that is pretty involved too, and wouldn't be >> >> >> a very adaptable/reusable mechanism, so all in all, probably not a >> >> >> very good idea. >> >> >> >> >> >> > The mapping of nodes to filenames happens starting at >> >> >> > https://github.com/perkeep/perkeep/blob/7f17c0483f2e86575ed87aac35fb75154b16b7f4/pkg/fs/recent.go#L104 >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Any idea where I should look for it? As I was saying in my >> >> >> >> original post, it seems like what I'd really want here is to write >> >> >> >> my own alternative implementation of /recent (called, e.g. >> >> >> >> /videos), that makes all uploaded videos available. I was able to >> >> >> >> successfully add a "is:video" search parameter that uses the mime >> >> >> >> type prefix, but that's as far as I've gotten. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> So, any ideas on what direction to go next? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > fs.RecentDir is a good template for a search-backed directory. It >> >> >> > seems like it might be appropriate to make RecentDir just an >> >> >> > instance of a fs.SearchDir type. RecentDir doesn't have any tests >> >> >> > but SearchDir should. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I'd want to see a new "/search" node that implements Lookup() to >> >> >> > take a filename-escaped search string and return a new SearchDir >> >> >> > node similar to how fs.root implements hash-based permanode lookup >> >> >> > here:https://github.com/perkeep/perkeep/blob/7f17c0483f2e86575ed87aac35fb75154b16b7f4/pkg/fs/root.go#L136) >> >> >> > since that would provide users with a way to perform searches >> >> >> > through the filesystem. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I've also considered adding support for persisting searches as >> >> >> > permanodes, which would behave as directories. This would require >> >> >> > changes in a few modules but would take perkeep in the direction of >> >> >> > end-user programming which I think makes a lot of sense for >> >> >> > single-tenant self-hosted applications (tiddlywiki for example). >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 9:11:21 AM UTC-6, >> >> >> >> mathieu.lonjaret wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> It does not necessarily have to be manual though. The simplest (but >> >> >> >>> least efficient) way I can imagine to automatize it would be to >> >> >> >>> make a >> >> >> >>> program monitoring new things being added to your Perkeep (a >> >> >> >>> camtool >> >> >> >>> search call for recent items, being run regularly, for example), >> >> >> >>> and >> >> >> >>> when detecting when one of these new items is a video, it would >> >> >> >>> add it >> >> >> >>> to the mounted camliRoot. >> >> >> >>> You could also add a custom handler which does that within >> >> >> >>> Perkeep. In >> >> >> >>> the same way the cond blobserver (pkg/blobserver/cond) is used to >> >> >> >>> add >> >> >> >>> a blob to the index only if it is a schema blob. But that is a bit >> >> >> >>> more involved than the above. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 15:55, dx25 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > Sorry, that was worded poorly. My hope was to avoid creating a >> >> >> >>> > folder, and then every time phone uploads something, manually >> >> >> >>> > adding that to the folder. Sounds like for now that's the way >> >> >> >>> > to do it though. >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 6:26:57 PM UTC-6, >> >> >> >>> > mathieu.lonjaret wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 00:51, dx25 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> > >> >> >> >>> >> > Hi, >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> Hello, >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > I have been using the android app on Perkeep to upload photos >> >> >> >>> >> > and videos from my phone to a perkeepd instance I run >> >> >> >>> >> > locally. I'm also running Plex Media Server on that same >> >> >> >>> >> > machine, and would like it to serve up the videos I've added >> >> >> >>> >> > to Perkeep. My first thought was to run pk-mount as a >> >> >> >>> >> > service, pointing Plex there, and hopefully everything would >> >> >> >>> >> > just work. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> Yes, in theory that should work. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > However, I can't figure out how to access content uploaded >> >> >> >>> >> > from the phone via pk-mount. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> Have you seen https://perkeep.org/cmd/pk-mount/ ? >> >> >> >>> >> What step are you blocked at exactly? >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > Ideally I would create a search that finds all videos (e.g. >> >> >> >>> >> > "format:mp4", although this appears not to be supported now), >> >> >> >>> >> > and then be able to mount that search directly in pk-mount. >> >> >> >>> >> > Is something like this possible? >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> No, I don't think you can do that kind of thing for now. You >> >> >> >>> >> can only >> >> >> >>> >> control whether you want to only mount a subset via the second >> >> >> >>> >> argument of pk-mount. So what you can actually do pretty >> >> >> >>> >> easily, is to >> >> >> >>> >> gather (after you searched for them) all your videos under a >> >> >> >>> >> common >> >> >> >>> >> root. Then you mount that very root with pk-mount. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> hth, >> >> >> >>> >> Mathieu >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> >> >> >>> >> > Google Groups "Perkeep" group. >> >> >> >>> >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >> >> >> >>> >> > it, send an email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >>> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > -- >> >> >> >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> >> >> >>> > Google Groups "Perkeep" group. >> >> >> >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >> >> >> >>> > it, send an email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> >> >> Groups "Perkeep" group. >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> >> >> >> send an email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/perkeep/1b38a8f6-d118-4951-9ae7-dbd87ffe1a07%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> > best, Eric >> >> >> > eric.pdxhub.org >> >> >> > >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> >> > Groups "Perkeep" group. >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> >> >> > send an email to [email protected]. >> >> >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/perkeep/CAGTxtWiNUbSG_m4mLYqHsPfinxaVqUGB29G2J%2Bjr5VZuYrUTYA%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> > Groups "Perkeep" group. >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >> > an email to [email protected]. >> >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/perkeep/3f330c68-61b2-48a3-9c80-0489a839d503%40googlegroups.com. >> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Perkeep" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/perkeep/3ffb2f72-8c98-4e8e-90f4-69e514009184%40googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> best, Eric >> eric.pdxhub.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Perkeep" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/perkeep/0f6ead92-6fcd-4f25-ae51-4bf23b1a0387%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- best, Eric eric.pdxhub.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Perkeep" group. 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