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Which program plays videos? - Paul Lenz - 28th Mar, 2016 08:29 PM
I can not find out which program plays videos under xbian/kodi. Which program do I have to start if I want to play a video from the command line?
My idea is a video player which plays all videos which are stored on a memory stick. I want no playlist, no remote control, nothing. I only want to write a small Perl script which collects a list of all videos on the memory stick, creates a random order and plays all videos. Therefore I need a command line call for the video player.
RE: Which program plays videos? - rikardo1979 - 28th Mar, 2016 08:59 PM
(28th Mar, 2016 08:29 PM)Paul Lenz Wrote: I can not find out which program plays videos under xbian/kodi. Which program do I have to start if I want to play a video from the command line?
My idea is a video player which plays all videos which are stored on a memory stick. I want no playlist, no remote control, nothing. I only want to write a small Perl script which collects a list of all videos on the memory stick, creates a random order and plays all videos. Therefore I need a command line call for the video player.
in this case you do not need Kodi but bare OS like headless Raspbian.
By running Kodi you just wasting resources...
RE: Which program plays videos? - Paul Lenz - 28th Mar, 2016 11:35 PM
(28th Mar, 2016 08:59 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote: in this case you do not need Kodi but bare OS like headless Raspbian.I gave it a try and it works. There is omxplayer which does what I want. Thanks!!!
By running Kodi you just wasting resources...
RE: Which program plays videos? - rikardo1979 - 29th Mar, 2016 12:12 AM
(28th Mar, 2016 11:35 PM)Paul Lenz Wrote:(28th Mar, 2016 08:59 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote: in this case you do not need Kodi but bare OS like headless Raspbian.I gave it a try and it works. There is omxplayer which does what I want. Thanks!!!
By running Kodi you just wasting resources...
same player is used in Kodi, but if you not going to use gui it is better you use lightweight OS
RE: Which program plays videos? - f1vefour - 29th Mar, 2016 03:07 PM
There is a standalone omxplayer, I use it all the time. Just shutdown Kodi and use omxplayer, you must install it first of course.