pi_video_looper

An application to turn your Raspberry Pi into a dedicated looping video playback device. Can be used in art installations, fairs, theatre, events, infoscreens, advertisment etc...

Easy to use out of the box but also has a lot of settings to make it fit your use case.

If you miss a feature just post an issue here on github.

new in v1.2.6

• added ntfs and exfat support for the usb drive

new in v1.2.5

• hello_video now has an internal loop counter, so there will be no gap between each iteration of a video (also no wait_time)
• wait_time is skipped if the playlist is starting for the first time
• use generic application name

new in v1.2.4

• hello_video returns with no_hello_video option for install.sh in case building should fail again

new in v1.2.3

• add _repeat_Nx to any file to have the file repeated N times before playing the next file

new in v1.2.2

• option for wait time between videos
• added enable.sh

new in v1.2.1

• option for displaying an image instead of a blank screen between videos

new in v1.2.0:

• reworked for python3
• new copymode
• removed hello_video
• countdowntime setting
• keyboard control (quiting the player)

copymode explained:

when a usb drive with video files is plugged in, they are copied onto the rpi. (with progress bar)

to protect the player from "hostile" drives a file must be present on the drive that has a filename as defined in the password setting in the ini file (default: videopi)

there is also a setting that controls, if files on the drive should replace the existing files or get added. this ini setting can be overruled by placing a file named "replace" or "add" on the drive. the default mode is "replace"

Note: files with the same name always get overwritten

notable things:

• you can have one video repeated X times before playing the next by adding _repeat_Nx to the filename of a video , where N is a positive number

  • with hello_video there is no gap when a video is repeated but there is a small gap between different videos
  • with omxplayer there will also be a short gap between the repeats

• if you have only one video then omxplayer can also loop seamlessly (and wth audio)

trouble shooting:

• nothing happening (screen flashes once) when in copymode and new drive is plugged in?
  • check if you have the "password file" on your drive (see copymode explained above)

how to install:

sudo ./install.sh