Questions tagged [omxplayer]
Omxplayer is a video player specifically made for the Raspberry Pi's GPU.
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Missing subtitles when playing live stream with OMXPlayer
When playing the following live stream from NRK with OMXPlayer, no subtitles can be displayed: https://nrk-live-no.akamaized.net/nrk1/muxed.m3u8?adap=small #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-...
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Playing random Videos with omxplayer (PIR) [closed]
I am trying to do the following: I connected a PIR-Sensor to my raspberry pi to detect motion. If there is motion detected my pi should play random videos from the folder "videos" (about 20-...
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Splash video for 64-bit Raspian (alternative to omxplayer)
I have RPi Zero 2 with 64-bit Bullseye installed. I am using it for a kiosk application. I want to play an intro (splash video) during boot. The tutorials I read use omxplayer. But when I run the ...
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omxplayer repository package for bullseye
I'm trying to get a hardware accelerated playback of H264 videos, e.g. the Big Buck Bunny sample. I have deb http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ bullseye main deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/...
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Getting omxplayer to play through a HiFiBerry DAC
First, I know a thing or two about the Pi, but the audio system is still a complete mystery to me, so please be patient with my ignorance. After installation of a HiFiBerry DAC, omxplayer does not ...
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Custom Boot Animation/Video
Is it possible to make a custom boot animation with VLC player like you used to be able to with omxplayer? I've tried omxplayer as I did years ago but it looks like it's now being phased out and isn't ...
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omxplayer runs at startup - unable to close it
I've got myself in a spot of bother on my PI4. I set up omxplayer to play a video on repeat at startup not realizing that I wouldn't be able to interact with it - meaning I cannot close it. I've tried ...
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launch OmxPlayer from ssh in loop, will close when ssh disconnect
I'm quite new to raspberry, all I need to do is to play a video in loop from a local ssh connection. These are my step: start the Pi in Cli (so no x server but command line) with network open my ...
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Omxplayer not always starting with rc.local
I have trouble with my Raspberry Pi 4B configuration. I prepared RPI to work with TV - it turns on the TV and switches active source to HDMI1 with cec-client. After turning on the TV it should start ...
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Play an audio stream (internet radio) and start again automatically after Wi-Fi reconnects
I have a working Python script that streams an internet radio station with Omxplayer. The script restarts Omxplayer if Omxplayer stops, such as when the internet signal is lost and reconnects. ...
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omxplayer silent mode no-osd
sorry for the stupid question, I have to use Raspberry for a video installation but don't know a thing about. I do'nt want the osd, I read here that i have to write --no-osd somehow but I use Terminal ...
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omxplayer - how to force elapsed-time:total-time display during pause
I want videos played via omxplayer to display elapsed-time:total-time on screen when paused, and then go back to just showing the video when playing. I have "searched" until I'm blue in the ...
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Raspberry Pi Audio - Can not get 5.1 Surround Sound Audio to output to HDMI
I have an applications where I need to do the following on a Raspberry Pi (3, 4, and/or Zero) running the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS: Play an AC3 file with 5.1 audio over HDMI. Play an MP3 or ...
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Start Python Script on Startup
I am having trouble getting what seems like a simple task to work. I have created a Python file that I want to begin on startup. I have followed the steps for rc.local and init.d found here. To test ...
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Mimic omxplayer behavior with VLC
I'm trying to mimic the behavior of omxplayer file.mp4 --loop using VLC since omxplayer is going to be deprecated soon. The use case is a splash screen on an environment without X. The closest ...
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