omxplayer command to loop a video forever for use in video art exhibitions

loop_pi_video.sh

#!/bin/bash
# This one-liner script plays a video in an infinite loop on a raspberry pi
# for a video-art exhibition.
# It was written for a video in portrait orientation so the video is rotated 270
# to use up the whole screen (which was also rotated).
# Charles Martin, July 2016

omxplayer -o local --loop /home/pi/video.mp4 --orientation 270

Oh I don't believe! You are save my day.
I'm also using python script and distance sensor for show video from start if someone start looking it

what about looping multiple files? XD

thank you for this. A simple thing to add, but very helpful.
I used this for a digital menu signage. play a video in the background with --layer #, and the menu image on top in another layer. works fantastically

could someone help me ?? mine is not working, it says that local is a invalid syntax

Is there a way to stop the loop inside python. <omxplayer -i> doesn't seem to interrupt it?

@jeffdn2: killall omxplayer.bin

In my case, it finishes playing, seeks 00:00:00 and exits

Great one-liner!

Anyone looking for something that auto-builds playlists, etc, https://github.com/goatface/mplall

Oh I don't believe! You are save my day.
I'm also using python script and distance sensor for show video from start if someone start looking it

@spolischook Any chance you could share your script?

Oh I don't believe! You are save my day.
I'm also using python script and distance sensor for show video from start if someone start looking it

@spolischook Any chance you could share your script?

It was a long time ago. I have no this script anymore, but it was so simple, I believe that you can do the same in a half an hour ;)

@orjanv it read the distance sensor, and if it was changed (the viewer got the headphones) it start a video from start

the viewer got the headphones

@spolischook I see, thanks. I was looking for how to switch between a looping video and to a single video (once triggered) and go back to looped video once the single video was finished. Just curious how you solved that. :-)

@orjanv I think I start a separate process, and I've kill it once I don't need it, and start the new one.

Thanks!!!

Thank you so much! I was looking for this one liner all over the digital realms. Was trying to get my video to work as a screensaver first but this is so much easier and les complicated then it has to be :) 💯

too bad that this isn't a seamless loop.... :/

I don't understand why its so hard to seamlessly loop a video on a pi

too bad that this isn't a seamless loop.... :/

I don't understand why its so hard to seamlessly loop a video on a pi

yeah man.

I've been trying to get a seamless loop to work for like a year but I think I'm getting close maybe? So if I figure it out I'll let you know.

Okay I finally figured out how to loop a video seamlessly with no break, cut, terminal, anything. There is no delay between loops. This was a long process for me but isn't too difficult if someone wants to know how to do it let me know! (no sound just video)

Okay I finally figured out how to loop a video seamlessly with no break, cut, terminal, anything. There is no delay between loops. This was a long process for me but isn't too difficult if someone wants to know how to do it let me know!

I would like to know.

Okay I finally figured out how to loop a video seamlessly with no break, cut, terminal, anything. There is no delay between loops. This was a long process for me but isn't too difficult if someone wants to know how to do it let me know! (no sound just video)

I would also like to know.