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Montag, 16. April 2018, 15:13

Offline exe for client (without server)

Hi All,

Can anyone advise if we can export our Virtual Tours to an exe or similar?
I have a client who will need to view offline and without the server running. Is this possible?

Many thanks

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Montag, 16. April 2018, 16:44

I already done this (quite long time ago) by using the flash version of the tour : you embed all the file in the .swf and it can be read locally (obviously, with flash previously installed on the machine)... but i don't really know if this solution is still working now.
http://photo.maelbathfield.net/

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Montag, 16. April 2018, 19:49

Hi,

using the simple 'tour_testingserver' (could be renamed into any name) is no option?

Otherwise you could use Electron or NW.js to build standalone offline applications - especially NW.js is easy here - just point to the tour.html in the package.json and done. The only disadvantage with them is the filesize (~80MB) and the lot of files.

Best regards,
Klaus

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Dienstag, 17. April 2018, 12:56

Thank you both for your reply and advise, i will give the them a go and let you know how i get on.

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Dienstag, 17. April 2018, 13:33

Hi Klaus.

I have no knowledge of this process, if at all possible could you point me to a tutorial or images showing how to point to the tour.html in the package.json.


Would be appreciated. many thanks.

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Mittwoch, 18. April 2018, 12:05

Hi,

okay, here step by step for Windows:
  1. download NW.js here: https://nwjs.io/
  2. extract it anywhere
  3. build a tour using the MAKE VTOUR droplet
  4. copy the 'vtour' folder into the extracted nwjs folder
  5. create a 'package.json' file inside the 'nwjs' folder with any texteditor with the following content:

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    {"name":"My tour", "main":"vtour/tour.html"}

  6. click the nw.exe to start the tour (the nw.exe could be renamed if you want)

Best regards,
Klaus

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Mittwoch, 18. April 2018, 15:06

Many thanks Klaus,


I'll give this a go and let you know how i get on.

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Mittwoch, 18. April 2018, 17:16

Hi Klaus,

Ive created the .json file Using a json file editor, please see my images attached.

And placed it in the correcr location.

however this does not create a new .json file. when i press the existing .exe nothing happens?
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Mittwoch, 18. April 2018, 21:22

Please follow the instructions exactly ;-) - the file need to be named 'package.json' - no other name will work!

And you don't need a 'json' editor, any text editor will do!

For more information about the package.json' file from NW.js please see also here:
http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/References/Manifest%20Format/
In that file settings like the window size, the icon and so could be added.

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Sonntag, 8. Juli 2018, 10:00

Zitat von »klaus.krpano«

Hi,

okay, here step by step for Windows:
  1. download NW.js here: https://nwjs.io/
  2. extract it anywhere
  3. build a tour using the MAKE VTOUR droplet
  4. copy the 'vtour' folder into the extracted nwjs folder
  5. create a 'package.json' file inside the 'nwjs' folder with any texteditor with the following content:

    Quellcode

    		 
    1

    {"name":"My tour", "main":"vtour/tour.html"}

  6. click the nw.exe to start the tour (the nw.exe could be renamed if you want)

Best regards,
Klaus
This was great. What is the process for Mac OS?

Thanks!

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Sonntag, 8. Juli 2018, 12:39

I, too, would love to know whether a similar procedure exists for MacOS, to build an App that can run offline.

Wasn't there an App that can turn any website into an App? Just looked for it, and it's called "Fluid ". Might that be a way to do it?

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Sonntag, 8. Juli 2018, 13:14

well, I just tested my own theory, installed Fluid , and executed the resulting Mac app, and couldn't believe my eyes when my pano came up in a resizable window, fully functional.

is this only working for me, or can another Mac user confirm thatthis Pano also opens up and runs successfully on their machine?

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Sonntag, 8. Juli 2018, 15:52

Zitat von »jeremyfukunaga«

This was great. What is the process for Mac OS?

Copy the package.json and the vtour folder into a folder named 'app.nw' and then copy that folder into the 'nwjs.app/Contents/Resources/' folder of NWJS.

See also here:
http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20User…ackage-your-app

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Montag, 9. Juli 2018, 06:51

Thank you so much!!

Best,

Jeremy

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Freitag, 20. Juli 2018, 13:30

Thanks all,

Finally had some time to re-visit and test. Worked fine.

Now to create an Krpano based android app!

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Donnerstag, 27. September 2018, 22:03

Please, Has somebody tried with a project that contains videos? Videos file could not be loaded with this NWJS solution but it works fine with krpano testing server or uploaded in webpage.

Any idea?

Best regards,
Fernando

EDIT: See http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Deve…prietary-codecs

Enable Proprietary Codecs
Due to the license issue, the prebuilt binaries of NW.js doesn t support proprietary codecs, like H.264. So you can t play MP3/MP4 with audio and video tags with prebuilt NW.js. To enable those me...

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Freitag, 28. September 2018, 11:02

Hi,

yes, either replace the FFmpeg binaries for MP4 support or use a free video encoding like WebM.

Best regards,
Klaus

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Freitag, 28. September 2018, 15:50

Thanks Klaus,

Then, for windows user, to install the FormatFactory or similar software and convert to webM format any video. All solved.

Best regards,
Fernando

EDIT: The conversion quality mp4 to webM with FormatFactory is very bad. *thumbdown*

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Dienstag, 12. Februar 2019, 20:30

on which browser engine will this solution work?
i want to pack the tour in an app that will work with HTC Vive (using Firefox with WebVR support for example)

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