Introduction

This article aims to help you set your media player's automatic start-up for different use cases.

Prerequisites

This article assumes that the basic setup of the devices has been completed and the device is configured to use Orchestrate, USB, or DHCP to receive any necessary configuration settings.

The article also assumes that the 25.6.2411.1R firmware is installed and that you understand the use of Amino INI configuration settings so you can edit and apply INI configuration parameters to your media player.

Summary

Welcome Screen

From the 25.6.2411.1R firmware, and onwards, the Welcome Screen will always be displayed if the parameter tvapp.package_id is not defined.

Use cases

Channel Zapper

To auto-start the Channel Zapper upon boot please add the following parameters:

tvapp.package_id=zapper
webapp.lineup_json=<paste JSON body content here>

or

tvapp.package_id=zapper
webapp.lineup_url=<paste JSON file url here>

Application

To auto-start any application upon boot please add the following parameter:

tvapp.package_id=<paste app's ID here>

You can find the app's ID in Orchestrate by going to Manage, Software - Manage Android Apps:

Alternatively, you can use the remote control by pressing the Menu button, System, Application Management:

Web Browser

tvapp.package_id=browser
webapp.homepage=<insert the webpage link here>

Reboot the media player for the changes to take effect.

References 

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