Web Browser
by info-beamer.com

Play web content

This is a full featured chromium based browser runtime to show web content and optionally images/video in a scheduled playlist. The browser can also be embedded into a selection of other info-beamer packages to show web content within those packages.

Due to how the browser is integrated with the rest of the system, this package is currently limited to Pi4 and later Pi models. The Pi3 and Pi Zero 2W might work too, but dues to memory constraints the result might not work well. Get in contact if you're interested in testing this out regardless.

Unlike the older Fullscreen Browser package, this browser runs natively within info-beamer and when used as a plugin can be freely combined with other content like images or videos. It also respects the configured video mode and supports output on both HDMI displays.

Use within other packages

HD Image/Video Player V2 beta

by Florian Wesch <fw@info-beamer.com>

Displays images and videos in a rotation (Preview)

Learn more..

Have a look at this package if you want to show web content together with other images and videos.

JavaScript automation

Certain pages require custom actions after loading. Most of those can probably automated using a short JavaScript snippet that is run in the context of the page/iframe. The Script feature allows you to do just that. Have a look at

https://community.infobeamer.com/t/full-screen-browser-with-login/166

for some discussion of how all that works.

Releases

Version 130.1

• Updated Chromium version to 130.
• Reworked browser-worker to spawn single browser process ready to handle more pages and potentially share cache across multiple requests. Loading pages should be faster now.
• Added web inspector support (ssh port forward 9222, then open chrome://inspect)
• Reworked package configuration UI and included first template script.
• Support specifying browser language.
• Reload browser on config change so settings changes get immediately applied.

Version 129.2

• Shader effects need latest OS (at least version 241010)
• Added ability to also play image/video content
• Added setting fixed browser scale like FullHD, independent from screen resolution

Version 129.1

• Added more transition effects

Version 129

• Update chromium version
• Added scripting support

Version 126.3

• Added timezone support
• Hide irrelevant node settings if embedded in another package.