Rapid Mock

A simple media display system for running videos and images on dual monitors.

only tested in macOS only

Features

• Display synchronized media content on two separate monitors
• Support for images (jpg, png, jpeg) and videos (mp4, webm, ogg, mov, m4v)
• Simple keyboard controls for navigation
• Automatic video looping
• Full-screen mode

Installation

Prerequisites

1. Install Go (Golang)

   • For macOS:

     brew install go
     

   • For Windows: Download and install from golang.org

   • For Linux:

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install golang
     

2. Verify installation:

   go version
   

Setup

1. Clone this repository or download the files

2. Create data directories:

   mkdir -p data/a data/b
   

3. Add your media content:

   • Place videos/images for the top monitor in data/a/
   • Place videos/images for the bottom monitor in data/b/

Usage

Option 1: Run with Go

1. Run the application:

   go run main.go
   

Option 2: Run with Docker

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t rapid-mock .
   

2. Run the container:

   docker run -p 8080:8080 -v $(pwd)/data:/app/data rapid-mock
   

   This mounts your local data directory to the container so it can access your media files.

Opening the Application

Open browsers on the respective monitors:

• Top monitor browser: http://localhost:8080/a
• Bottom monitor browser: http://localhost:8080/b

Controls

• Click anywhere: Advance to next media pair
• f: Toggle fullscreen
• Arrow Right: Go to next media pair
• Arrow Left: Go to previous media pair
• r: Reload media files from directories
• 0: Reset to the first media pair

Notes

• Media files are sorted alphabetically
• Both displays are synchronized to show the same index of content
• Ensure both data/a and data/b have the same number of files for best results