rpi-videoloop

A simple script to loop a video from USB on boot.

Based on this article but modified to work with VLC and USB drive. https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/135908-loop-a-single-video-on-a-raspberry-pi

How to

Step 1

Install VLC and screen

sudo apt install vlc
sudo apt install screen

Step 2

Put script in homefolder (/home/pi). Make it executable with

chmod +x /home/pi/videoloop 

Step 3

Format a USB drive with exFat, or modify the code to other filesystem. Rename video to 1.mp4 and put in the root folder of the USB drive.

Step 4

Put this in cron with crontab -e.

@reboot echo "crontab loaded, waiting 10 sec" && sleep 10 && /home/pi/videoloop start
* * * * * echo "Checking if video has stopped" && sleep 1 && /home/pi/videoloop repair 

That's it.

Reboot it and it should start playing on boot.

Future development

Rewrite script to look for playlist instead of specific file.