VLC HTTP Interface or alternative control

[zinger5]

I'm trying to work out a way to allow me to have a video which plays on a loop but by giving a user input will move to a second video and then, once that video completes, return to the original loop video. I'd like to achieve this without needing a button attached to GPIO. Is there a way to enable either a keyboard button press to achieve that, or a remote command sent over SSH or similar?

I wondered if using VLC's HTTP Interface might be an option but, whilst I can get it to show if I start a second VLC instance over SSH (using -I http --http-password foo) when I add that to mp4museum.py it doesn't seem to work. Adding the HTTP Interface as a secondary interface allows me to open the HTTP Interface on a local machine but it doesn't seem to pick up the playing file or allow remote control.

Many thanks, Joe

[JuliusCode]

Dear Joe,

my apologies for the late reply, had a busy week.

regarding your project, i would suggest to change the python script to reflect your needs. there is a function that will be called by the event listener for gpio, but you could change or add to that code to react to keyboard (or serial, or http) input.

with a „loop.mp4“ and „second.mp4“ and the quit/skip button you would have the kiosk mode you want.

best, Julius.

[zinger5]

Thanks Julius - much appreciated. I'll see if I can figure out how to make that work!

All the best, Joe