# How to add MJPEG Stream Viewer package to Scheduled Player

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**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/how-to-add-mjpeg-stream-viewer-package-to-scheduled-player/1369 "2025-10-13T19:23:38Z")\
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I’ve had another look, and it’s difficult to see what I need to do without documentation or a dedicated development Pi on-hand.

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From what I can figure:

`tile.js` seems to want to:

- contain a template for the settings when you click on a scheduled player item

`tile.lua` seems to want to:

- contain logic for rendering onto the screen
- return `M` with
  - `M.task(starts, ends, config, x1, y1, x2, y2)` implemented (whatever the arguments mean)
  - maybe `M.data_trigger(path, data)` and other functions are supported(?)

some examples of `tile.lua` and `tile.js` are here:

- [https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/weather](https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/weather)
- [https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/frab](https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/frab)
- [https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/scroller](https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/scroller) (broken… no `tile.js`?)
- [https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/twitter](https://github.com/info-beamer/package-scheduled-player/tree/master/twitter)

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can you only develop on a pi? can you develop on a raspbian virtual machine? the answer to these questions is not obvious to me.

Some links I have been reading to figure things out:

- dev info: [https://info-beamer.com/doc/building-packages](https://info-beamer.com/doc/building-packages)
- some info on `tile.lua`: [https://community.info-beamer.com/t/documentation-on-creating-scheduled-player-plugins/1035/4](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/documentation-on-creating-scheduled-player-plugins/1035/4) and [https://community.info-beamer.com/t/infoscreen-for-sports-club/959/4](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/infoscreen-for-sports-club/959/4)

It was also not obvious whether `tile.lua` could re-use `lua` code/logic from `node.lua`, or if they are completely separate items (are the functions in node.lua available? I feel maybe not? I have no idea).

Finally, to be “importable”, presumably there is some sort of specification (in `json`?) of “this package can be used in scheduled player”.

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As I said, I’m happy to do work to add scheduled player support, but it seems difficult to develop packages unless you have a dedicated Pi device for development, and you understand a lot of undocumented stuff. I would appreciate guidance, but without it: I’ll probably set up a Pi in the near future for development and just throw stuff at it until it sticks…

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