- Added pencil edit button to player controls
- Created EditPopup with drawing layer for image annotation
- Drawing tools: color selection (red/blue/green/black), thickness control
- Features: undo last stroke, clear all strokes, save edited image
- Playback automatically pauses during editing
- Only images (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .bmp) can be edited
- Edited images saved with '_edited' suffix in same directory
- Drawing layer with touch support for annotations
- Full toolbar with color, thickness, and action controls
- Added custom half-width on-screen keyboard widget (keyboard_widget.py)
- Keyboard appears at bottom center when input fields are active
- Integrated keyboard in exit popup and settings popup
- Fixed install.sh: added --break-system-packages flag for pip3
- Fixed install.sh: added fallback to online installation for version mismatches
- Removed old Kivy 2.1.0 tar.gz that was causing conflicts
- Keyboard includes close button for intuitive dismissal
- All input fields trigger keyboard on touch
- Keyboard automatically cleans up on popup dismiss
Changes:
- Implement async/await pattern for non-blocking server communications
- Use asyncio event loop integrated with Kivy for smooth UI
- Run playlist updates and feedback sending in thread pool
- Prevent UI freezing during network I/O operations
- Add video error handling and playback state management
- Implement delayed video playback start (wait 0.5s for loading)
- Add video error callback for better error recovery
- Cancel all async tasks on application shutdown
- Process async tasks every 100ms without blocking Kivy event loop
New file:
- convert_video_for_rpi.sh: FFmpeg script for optimizing videos (1080p @ 30fps, H.264)
- Complete Kivy-based signage player application
- Fetches playlists from DigiServer via REST API
- Supports images (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP) and videos (MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, WEBM)
- Modern UI with touch controls and settings popup
- Separated UI (KV file) from business logic (Python)
- Fullscreen media display with proper scaling
- Server feedback system for player status reporting
- Auto-hide controls with mouse/touch activation
- Virtual environment setup with requirements.txt
- Installation and run scripts included
Features:
✅ Cross-platform Kivy framework
✅ Server integration with DigiServer
✅ Media playback with duration control
✅ Player feedback and status reporting
✅ Settings management with persistent config
✅ Error handling and recovery
✅ Clean architecture with KV file separation
