There was a post on the old forum with a link to an updated fork of the old depreciated front end. I am using that with CasparCG 2.1, and it seems to work fine with everything I have tried thus far. Can we reach out to the guy who posted that and get that reference back? The download link he provided is still good, and I can post it if that is appropriate. He claimed that it was updated to support all the new xml in 2.0.7.
That is something I did a couple of years back when I still used the frontend myself. It should be correct for 2.0.7, anything newer and it may not quite match up for everything but a majority of the config is the same
The code for it is at: https://github.com/julusian/casparcg-frontend
And download link: https://download.guild.tv/casparcg/CasparCG_Server_207.exe
At least the font-path is missing in the front end if using 2.1 or 2.2.
Since I still run 2.0.7 and just accasionally tested 2.1 (mainly to test PSD-producer) I haven really checked out the rest of the differences.
I think the Frontend is a very important part of the CasparCG and I would love if it would be integrated in all future versions of CasparCG Server.
The problem is the frontend is written in c#, so it isn’t compatible with linux. Development efforts really should focus on stuff that is cross platform. I may be converting our workstation to linux once I get all the html templates finished so we can stop using software that requires windows. If so, I may write a front end in c++ with the Qt libraries for the interface. That can also allow the addition of a system tray icon.
Or use node/electron.
Linux compatability is something I have been thinking about for a while with the frontend, but I would also like it to support running on headless linux.
Personally, I think it should be done in node.js. It could then easily be run either as a service with a webui, or with electron as a more traditional program. It would also make it much easier for others to contribute to and modify for any custom requirements.
Writing something like this in node+electron is very easy, I was something that could easily form the base for this the other week https://github.com/nrkno/tv-automation-casparcg-launcher
That looks like a great start. A webUI would be awesome. I would have to learn a a new language/environment to help with code, but I have some friends that do that type of development for a living. If that launcher had a minimize to system tray option, I might even think of running it instead of the old front end on windows. It will definitely be a part of our linux installation.
Our current machine also doubles as an editing and encoding machine, so being able to hide the program from the desktop is important.
if i may vote i shoud say a webui !!
probally integrated into scanner.
Hi Julusian, I couldn’t find the frontend exe file for windows? did you take it out? Can please I get it again?
Thanks
Is anyone still interested in a webUI Front End? I have an app that runs casparcg, TSR Bridge, Broadcast Conductor, Superconductor and anything else you want in slots with a web UI. If there is interest it wouldn’t be that hard to reimplement the old front end functions in it. It is an electron app that collapses to the system tray and serves a web UI.
Has anyone used this one? Looks like it is windows only.