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Configure Raspberry PI to loop a video
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| # Raspberry PI 3B | |
| # OS Version: Debian Buster (Raspberry PI OS Legacy) | |
| # Configure your PI then open a terminal | |
| # here you should set your preferences, I usually start HDMI in safe mode | |
| sudo nano /boot/config.txt | |
| # paste below script in videoloop file, source: https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/135908-loop-a-single-video-on-a-raspberry-pi | |
| sudo nano /etc/init.d/videoloop | |
| ##### SCRIPT START ##### | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| ### BEGIN INIT INFO | |
| # Provides: omxplayer | |
| # Required-Start: | |
| # Required-Stop: | |
| # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 | |
| # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 | |
| # Short-Description: Displays video file in a loop using omxplayer | |
| # Description: https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/135908-loop-a-single-video-on-a-raspberry-pi | |
| ### END INIT INFO | |
| # Video (replace with the path and file name of your video) | |
| video_path=/media/pi/USBKEY/output.mp4 | |
| #---- There should be no need to edit anything below this line ---- | |
| # Start displaying the video loop | |
| case "$1" in start) | |
| screen -dmS videoloop sh -c "omxplayer -o both $video_path -b --loop --no-osd" | |
| echo "Video Playback Started" | |
| ;; | |
| # Stop displaying video loop | |
| stop) | |
| sudo killall omxplayer.bin | |
| echo "Video Playback Stopped" | |
| ;; | |
| # Restart video loop if it died | |
| repair) | |
| if !(ps -a | grep omx -q) | |
| then | |
| screen -dmS videoloop sh -c "omxplayer -o local $video_path -b --loop --no-osd" | |
| echo "The Video is now running" | |
| fi | |
| ;; | |
| *) | |
| echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/videoloop {start|stop|repair}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| ##### SCRIPT END ##### | |
| # make the script executable | |
| sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/videoloop | |
| # setup a cronjob to restore the video if there's any problem | |
| crontab -e | |
| ##### CRON LINE ##### | |
| */4 * * * * /etc/init.d/videoloop repair | |
| ##### EO CRON LINE ##### | |
| # I increase GPU memory to 128 here | |
| sudo raspi-config | |
| # Update the system and install omxplayer and screen (used by the script) | |
| sudo apt update | |
| sudo apt upgrade | |
| sudo apt install omxplayer | |
| sudo apt-get install screen | |
| # Autostart the video, add below lines before "exit 0" | |
| sudo nano /etc/rc.local | |
| ##### RC CONFIG ##### | |
| sleep 10 | |
| /etc/init.d/videoloop repair | |
| ##### EO RC CONFIG ##### | |
| # reboot ;) | |
| sudo reboot |
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