Installation

Installation

Requirements

• An Enigma2 box running OpenViX or a compatible image.
• A Python 3 based image.
• Free space for the cache database (see Cache Database); by default it lives in /etc/enigma2.

Packages

The package is enigma2-plugin-extensions-moviecockpit. It is architecture independent (all) and depends on:

Package	Why
python3-requests	Python libraries
enigma2-plugin-skincomponents-componentscockpit	Skin converters, renderers and sources
enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-mountcockpit	Bookmarks and mount handling
enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-cachecockpit	SQL cache and file manager
enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-jobcockpit	Background jobs for file operations

CacheCockpit in turn depends on python3-sqlite3. The package manager installs and removes these automatically; there is nothing to install by hand.

Optional plugins

These are not pulled in by MovieCockpit. Install them if you want the feature:

Feature	Plugin
Movie info (TMDB) from the list	TMDBCockpit
Mediathek download from the info screen	MediathekCockpit
Trashcan clean-up and archiving at shutdown	PowerCockpit

Installing

Install the package with your usual method (feed, opkg install, or the plugin installer). When it finishes it asks you to restart Enigma2. The restart is required: MovieCockpit hooks the PVR / VIDEO key while the session starts.

First start

1. Press PVR / VIDEO in TV mode, or start MovieCockpit from the plugin menu.
2. On the very first start the cache database does not exist yet. MovieCockpit waits until the mounts are known and then scans every movie directory. A spinner is shown and the list fills as the scan finishes. Key 8 opens the file operations progress screen.
3. Later starts reuse the database and open at once.

The bookmarks are taken from Enigma2's own movie directories (config.movielist.videodirs) the first time the plugin runs. Change them afterwards with the Bookmarks function (see Storage and Network).

Taking over the PVR / VIDEO key

MovieCockpit replaces the movie list of the info bar. It registers with a higher weight than other movie list plugins, so it also wins when EnhancedMovieCenter or a similar plugin patches the same hook.

Removing

Remove the package with the package manager. The removal script deletes the plugin directory /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/MovieCockpit. The cache database (moviecockpit.db) and your recordings are not touched. Delete the database by hand if you want it gone.