Current Web Player’s Limitations
The latest web player currently has some limitations, as shown below. We are working hard to improve the current web player to match the Raspberry Pi player in all playback fields.
Notes:
- The Raspberry Pi Player fully supports all the features below
- The extension is not available on mobile devices.
- Fully Supported Browsers: (to be resolved with developing a web player app).
- Chrome
- Edge
- Chromium
| Feature/Specs | Raspberry Pi | Web Player /Preview | Web Player with extension | Web player with PWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display Media (Images, Videos, Audio, Documents) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Display Apps | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Web Apps | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| – Grafana | ✅ | |||
| – Google Calendar | ✅ | |||
| – Google Slides | ✅ | |||
| – Google Traffic | ✅ | |||
| – Google Analytics | ✅ | |||
| Web pages with x-frame-options or content-security-policy HTTP header | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Autoplay with sound (without human interaction) | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Screenshot support in portal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Volume Schedules feature | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Emergency Alerts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Live YouTube Video/Audio Stream | ✅ | |||
| USB to HDMI Video Capture | ✅ | |||
| HDMI-in Support | ✅ | |||
| 4K | ✅ | |||
| Device Management | ||||
| Remote content change | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Network Configurations Wifi, Ethernet, 4G USB Dongle, Firewall) | ✅ | |||
| Security Configurations (Custom certificates, SSH support) | ✅ | |||
| Screen Resolution (Choose resolution/frequency) | ✅ | |||
| Sound output (choose HDMI/Analog/Auto/Muted) | ✅ | |||
| Advanced Customization (Handle on-screen messages, Advanced Player Directives) | ✅ |