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103 lines
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# FreePassport-C Media Player
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FreePassport-C Media Player is a low-dependency SDL2 + FFmpeg application inspired by the interactive program guides used on older Cisco and Scientific Atlanta Explorer cable boxes. It turns a local media library into a fullscreen-first virtual cable system with live-seeking channels, a retro guide, and broadcast-style on-screen overlays.
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## Features
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- Live-TV epoch clock based on `time(NULL)`
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- 200 ms black-screen channel tuning delay
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- Fullscreen and guide modes
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- 5-row Passport-style guide with a 90-minute timeline
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- Background decoder thread with a bounded frame queue
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- Automatic channel discovery from `./media`
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- Randomized per-channel schedules on each launch
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- Fullscreen channel banner, theme picker, and about panel
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## Layout
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- `src/` - application, UI, channel scan, and playback code
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- `media/` - channel video files
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- `guide-ui.jpg` - visual reference used for proportions and palette
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## Controls
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- `Up` / `Down` - surf channels
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- `Tab` - toggle guide
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- `Enter` - tune selected channel from the guide
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- `Left` / `Right` - browse guide time
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- `0-9` - direct channel number entry
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- `i` - show current channel info
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- `a` - toggle about panel
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- `b` - toggle theme picker
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- `f` - toggle fullscreen
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- `Esc` - exit guide or quit the app
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## Build
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Install development packages for SDL2, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_image, and FFmpeg headers before building.
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Typical Debian or Ubuntu packages:
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```bash
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sudo apt install build-essential libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-image-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libavutil-dev
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```
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Then build and run:
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```bash
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make
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./passport-c-media-player
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```
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## AppImage Build
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To create a portable AppImage with the included packaging script:
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```bash
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make appimage
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```
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The AppImages for `0.1` are built on Debian 13 using `linuxdeploy` and the repository's included scripts. The build automatically detects your architecture and produces the appropriate AppImage:
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- **x86_64**: `FreePassport-C-Media-Player-0.1-x86_64.AppImage`
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- **ARM64/aarch64**: `FreePassport-C-Media-Player-0.1-aarch64.AppImage`
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Users can run it directly:
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```bash
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./FreePassport-C-Media-Player-0.1-x86_64.AppImage
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# or on ARM devices:
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./FreePassport-C-Media-Player-0.1-aarch64.AppImage
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```
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For a fully portable setup, create a `media/` directory in the same folder as the AppImage and add your channel videos there. The AppImage will automatically detect and load channels from this directory.
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## Media
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The player scans `./media` for channel directories. Each subdirectory is treated as one channel, and the supported video files inside it are shuffled into a randomized schedule for that channel on each launch.
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Optional metadata can be provided with `description.txt` inside each channel directory:
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```txt
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name=Reading
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number=56
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description=Books, documentaries, and reading-focused programming.
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```
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Example layout:
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```txt
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media/
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reading/
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description.txt
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01-intro.mp4
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02-feature.mp4
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computers/
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description.txt
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01-chronicles.mp4
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02-demo.mp4
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```
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## Fonts
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The UI tries `BigBlueTermPlus Nerd Font` first, then falls back to common Linux monospace fonts.
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