Boot a raspberry Pi into VLC

crontab

SHELL=/bin/bash
MAILTO=""
@reboot $HOME/monitor boot >> "$HOME/log/monitor.log" 2>&1
*/1 * * * * $HOME/monitor >> "$HOME/log/monitor.log" 2>&1

monitor

#/bin/bash
PROG="VLC_STARTER"
IP=""
ID=""
PASS=""
export DISPLAY=:0
[ "$1" = "boot" ] && STARTUP_SLEEP=60
MUTEX="/tmp/$PROG.running"
exec 9>"$MUTEX"
flock --exclusive --nonblock 9
[ $? -eq 0 ] || exit    # Somebody has stolen the lock!
# Sleep some time till the network and the system clock are stabilized
[ -n "$STARTUP_SLEEP" ] && {
    echo "Waiting the system becomes stable" >&9
    echo "Waiting the system becomes stable "
    sleep $STARTUP_SLEEP
    STARTUP_SLEEP=
}
vlc -f rtsp://${ID}:${PASS}@${IP}/Streaming/channels/101

Inspired by https://gist.github.com/kndt84/7a6984a0ee0b85db1a7c5c5de495283e