https://github.com/linuxluigi/raspberrypi_video_loop
https://github.com/linuxluigi/raspberrypi_video_loop
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/linuxluigi/raspberrypi_video_loop
- Owner: linuxluigi
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-02-28T08:20:41.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-02-28T17:22:27.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-11T05:56:12.382Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 25.4 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# RaspberryPi_video_loop
## About
A Python Script witch autostart with the Pi and play videos in an endless loop.
The playlist depends on the files in the selected directory.
## Prepare Raspberry Pi
### Download Image
Use the Raspbian Image, I recommended a lite version.
Download @ https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
### Copy Image on SD Card with Linux
```bash
sudo dd if=path_of_your_image.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M && sync
```
### First log into your Pi
```bash
ssh pi@raspberrypi
```
Default User: ```pi```
Default Password: ```raspberry```
### expand filesystem
At first expand you SD Card disk size.
Officially Documentation about ```raspi-confi```: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/raspi-config.md
```bash
sudo raspi-config
```
Don't forget to reboot your Pi
```bash
sudo reboot
```
### Change User Password
```bash
passwd
```
### Update the pi
```bash
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get -y autoremove
```
### Activate auto security Updates
This will update your Pi daily with important security updates.
```bash
sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades
sudo echo 'APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
sudo echo 'APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
sudo echo 'APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
sudo echo 'APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
sudo echo 'APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
```
## Optional: install Resilio Sync
[Resilio Sync](https://www.resilio.com/) is an decentralized private cloud Software.
To easy update the video Playlist from your computer or smartphone.
```bash
wget https://download-cdn.resilio.com/stable/linux-arm/resilio-sync_arm.tar.gz
tar xfvz resilio-sync_arm.tar.gz
sudo mv rslsync /usr/bin/
rm LICENSE.TXT
rm resilio-sync_arm.tar.gz
```
Create a service for reslio sync
```bash
sudo nano /etc/init.d/rslsync
```
And add the following content.
```bash
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: /usr/bin/rslsync
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: start reslio sync as a damon
# Description: start reslio sync as a damon
### END INIT INFO
# Actions
case "$1" in
start)
# START
/bin/su - pi -c "/usr/bin/rslsync --webui.listen 0.0.0.0:8888"
;;
stop)
# STOP
pkill rslsync
;;
restart)
# RESTART
pkill rslsync
/bin/su - pi -c "/usr/bin/rslsync --webui.listen 0.0.0.0:8888"
;;
esac
exit 0
```
* Make the service executable
* Add start stop service
```bash
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/rslsync
sudo update-rc.d rslsync defaults
sudo reboot
```
To start, stop & restart resilio use:
```bash
sudo service rslsync start
sudo service rslsync stop
sudo service rslsync restart
```
To check if resilio sync is working fine, use ```ps -ef | grep rslsync```
```bash
root 371 1 3 14:52 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/rslsync --webui.listen 0.0.0.0:8888
pi 666 636 0 14:53 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto rslsync
```
## Install RaspberryPi_video_loop
```bash
sudo apt-get install python-dbus
sudo pip install --upgrade --force git+git://github.com/linuxluigi/RaspberryPi_video_loop.git
```
## create a config
Create the file ```/etc/RaspberryPi_video_loop.conf``` with your directory path into it.
Important, the dir path have to end with a ```/``` !!
```bash
sudo sh -c "echo '[Dir]' > /etc/RaspberryPi_video_loop.conf"
sudo sh -c "echo 'dir = /home/pi/Videos/' >> /etc/RaspberryPi_video_loop.conf"
```
### Add RaspberryPi_video_loop to autostart
Create a service for RaspberryPi_video_loop
```bash
sudo apt-get install xterm
```
```bash
sudo nano /etc/init.d/video_loop
```
And add the following content.
```python /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/raspberrypi_video_loop```
```bash
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: /usr/bin/omxplayer
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: start video_loop
# Description: start video_loop
### END INIT INFO
# Actions
case "$1" in
start)
# START
/bin/su - pi -c "/usr/bin/video_loop"
;;
stop)
# STOP
pkill video_loop
;;
restart)
# RESTART
pkill video_loopa
/bin/su - pi -c "/usr/bin/video_loop"
;;
esac
exit 0
```
edit /etc/kbd/config and set BLANK_TIME=0 and POWERDOWN_TIME=0 then run /etc/init.d/kbd restart.
* Make the service executable
* Add start stop service
```bash
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/video_loop
sudo update-rc.d video_loop defaults
sudo reboot
```
To start, stop & restart resilio use:
```bash
sudo service video_loop start
sudo service video_loop stop
sudo service video_loop restart
```
Add before ```exit 0``` the start script ```/bin/sleep 15 && /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/raspberrypi_video_loop &```
To test if the script is working fine reboot your pi ```sudo reboot``` and use
```ps -ef | grep python``` witch will print something like:
```bash
pi@raspberrypi ps -ef | grep python
root 2055 1 10 13:47 ? 00:00:01 python /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/raspberrypi_video_loop
```