Headweb OpenSource

Hi, welcome to our open source site. We currently only got one tarball of sourcecode, but we will expand this site further in the future with more content.

Download

Download the code here:

• headweb-frontend-0.4.2.tar.gz

Getting started

• We have done some minor modifications to vlc, download vlc 0.8.6d source and apply our patch. See "VLC downloading and patching" for more information. Vlc is not required for the frontend to run. But dvd video playback doesnt work without it, unless you hook another video player into the frontend.
• Download xulrunner 1.9.0.x here.
• The backend (Not opensource) can be found inside the client packages on headweb. Link

VLC downloading and patching

wget http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/0.8.6d/vlc-0.8.6d.tar.gz
wget http://opensource.headweb.com/patch/vlc-0.8.6d-headweb.patch
tar xfz vlc-0.8.6d.tar.gz
cd vlc-0.8.6d
patch -p1 < ../vlc-0.8.6d-headweb.patch

Running the backend

<path-to-headweb-backend-executable> --ca-path=<path-to-ca.pem> --web-root=<path-to-web-directory>

Using a browser to communicate with the backend

After starting the backend, use your web browser and enter "http://localhost:10001" and login with your headweb account.
Buy movies as usual with your browser. The downloads can be found on "http://localhost:10001/client.html".

Using the headweb frontend to communicate with the backend

As you will see, the headweb frontend is nothing but a gloryfied web browser.. Start the frontend like this:

<path-to-xulrunner-executable> --app <path_to_application.ini>

Questions?

For any constructive input, please send an mail to opensource@headweb.com
Please note: Further support is not available at this time.