Here’s a quick tip for today.<\/p>\n
If you’ve got a few spares Raspberry Pis lying around (like I do) then sometimes they can come in handy as a portable media player. However, given that I don’t know the capabilities of the television with which the Pi will be used (at the bare minimum it has HDMI) then I am left guessing whether or not things like using the remote control will work.<\/p>\n
To save messing around,\u00a0I decided to configure OSMC on the\u00a0Pi to autoplay\u00a0a single video located on a USB stick. This is how you do it:<\/p>\n
import xbmc<\/p>\n
xbmc.executebuiltin( “PlayMedia(\/media\/[labelofusbstick]\/[path]\/[videofilename])” )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You’ll need to replace [labelofusbstick]<\/strong>\u00a0with the volume label of the USB stick, [path]<\/strong>\u00a0with the folder structure where the video is located, and [videofilename]<\/strong>\u00a0with the\u00a0filename of the video.<\/p>\n
After you save the file, reboot your Raspberry Pi and when it boots up again it should launch straight into the video!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s a quick tip for today. If you’ve got a few spares Raspberry Pis lying around (like I do) then sometimes they can come in handy as a portable media player. However, given that I don’t know the capabilities of the television with which the Pi will be used (at the bare minimum it has … <\/p>\n