Helix media activity

Helix "Watch & Listen" Media Activity

These release notes relate to the "Watch & Listen-1.xo" release of the activity. Currently, the activity is bundled with the Helix media engine all in one package for easy installation. Eventually this engine, and they python bindings providing access to it will be moved to a location allowing easy access from any activity.

Helix "Watch & Listen" Media Activity Version 1 Usage Notes

Please refer to this screen grab of the activity running:

https://olpc-player.helixcommunity.org/images/thumbScreenShot.png

Starting at the upper left and going right you have the following buttons and function:

• Back button, this seeks the clip back 1/20 of its duration.
• Play/pause button.
• Stop button.
• Forward button, this seeks the clip forward 1/20 of its duration.
• Progress bar (non-clickable, non-dragable), this shows the current time and total duration of the clip.
• Open File button.
• Open Location button, this allows you to type in streaming links.

Helix "Watch & Listen" Media Activity Version 1 Release Notes

Here is a list of bugs and limitations of the current implementation.

• Green tint over controls while playing video. This is a hardware issue, as noted in the hardware release notes, and should be resolved in the next revision of the hardware.