#OMXPLAYER FILE TIME LOADING INSTALL#
#OMXPLAYER FILE TIME LOADING PC#

#OMXPLAYER FILE TIME LOADING PC#

So using Notepad++ we can do it on the pc - use the NppFTP plugin (click the cog, go to profile settings to setup a SFTP connection to the pi - type hostname -I.on the pi to get its IP address). It's nice not to have to edit the python on the pi as the editor is a bit 1960's. # Kill the `omxplayer` process gracefully. # fail the first time you run it, currently in the # This will start an `omxplayer` process, this might Then we should be able to do this from python Lots of stuff should pass by and the omxplayer wrapper should be installed. Then change to the python-omxplayer-wrapper folder and run Make a git folder (mkdir git) and cd git, then get it with

#OMXPLAYER FILE TIME LOADING INSTALL#

However our end goal is harder than this because we want to control omxplayer from a program, so that the video control software can send 'start' and 'next track' commands to the player.įor this we will use the omxplayer wrapper by Willprice.įrist need to install git so we can get it from github should play the media file on the hdmi output. I used the IP address of the drive.Īdd the following line to the bottom of the file (assume nas is the folder on the NAS drive you want to mount) Then edit the fstab file to connect the NAS drive. Make a folder that the drive will map to: mkdir sjnserver Hokay, so for the next step we will mount the church NAS drive as a drive on the Pi so that we can access the video files. (if you get a message the display is not found, and you have definitely enabled the SPI, see this link: $ sudo apt-get install python-pifacecadĪt this point you should be able to write a little python program to talk to the display.Ĭad = pifacecad.PiFaceCAD() # create PiFace Control and Display objectĬad.lcd.backlight_on() # turns the backlight onĬad.lcd.write('Hello, world!') # writes hello world on to the LCD Make sure you are using the lastest version of Raspbian: Then you can login with Putty or something. In Jessie this is an option Boot options ->Console Autologin.

While we are in config, we need the pi to login automatically and run the python automatically. While you are in there you might like to enable the SPI pins so it can talk to the display In enable SSL to allow you to login without a keyboard attached. NB: Use Raspbian Jessie for this not the latest version, which no longer has the libraries for the Piface display. (Only seems to fit the original Pi B so a good job I had one lying around).Ĭreate a card with the Raspbian Lite OS on it (don't need fancy graphical desktop for this) - using Etcher application to create the card. The unit will play video clips over the network from the church server (Synology NAS box) and will be controlled over the network from the video control system.ġ Case for the unit. The video output will use the main HDMI out so a small LCD display is used to show what the unit is doing. You can buy these but they are £500 ish.Ī raspberry pi is just the ticket for this sort of thing and you can make a nice player for about £40. For our church broadcast system (see here) we needed a playout box to play video clips out to the internet (service intro sequence and ending, mainly).

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