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StevenHickson / RPiVideoLooper

Video Looper for the Raspberry Pi
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Reducing Install Size a bit more #7

Closed RichShumaker closed 9 years ago

RichShumaker commented 9 years ago

So I wanted to shrink the install a bit more from 3.7GB So I started with Minibian - https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/ I started from scratch as the first version was unstable. Below is the updated method I used. At the end of creating this when I rebooted I now get a login BUT there is also video glitching like Green writing happening every 5 - 10 seconds. I tested the hardware with another install and the hardware worked fine so the install I created has the glitching.

  1. Use Minibian to image an SD memory chip
  2. Install Raspi-config - apt-get install raspi-config 2a. I had to manually resize the first time - IF YOU DO NOT INSTALL THIS FIRST YOU WILL TOO
  3. Use raspi-config to Expand the GPU to 128mb
  4. Reboot Happens Automagically after you leave raspi-config
  5. apt-get update
  6. apt-get upgrade
  7. Reboot
  8. Create User adduser pi - Install all the Looper Software into the correct folders
  9. Install Git - apt-get install git
  10. Install OMX Player - apt-get install omxplayer
  11. Install fbset apt-get install fbset
  12. Move to the Pi Directory before you clone the respository
  13. Clone Steven Hickenson's Directory `git clone https://github.com/StevenHickson/RPiVideoLooper
  14. Install Steven Hickenson's Looper 14a. Remove the tag from the Install Script #update-rc.d videoloop defaults - I used Filezilla to FTP and update the script - You could use VI but Nano is not installed 14b../install.sh`
  15. Need to create/home/pi/videos and put videos into it
  16. must install NTFS as that is what is used for the USB apt-get install ntfs-3g
  17. changing autostart.sh to 755 as I could not get it to start when I tried as a stand alone file(I think the error is because I did not have a video folder) - ./autostart.sh: line 6: Starting: command not found Here is the code at line 6 service videoloop start
  18. NEED TO update everything again 18a. apt-get update 18b. apt-get upgrade
  19. Reboot
  20. installed rpi-update apt-get install rpi-update
  21. rpi-update
  22. Copied fstab from the original looper image /dev/sda1 /media/USB ntfs-3g defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 0
stucksubstitute commented 9 years ago

Minibian sounds interesting. Yes, creating a pi user sounds like a good idea. Also I suspect you might have to install USB drivers, as those are probably not included in Minibian.

RichShumaker commented 9 years ago

Thanks @stucksubstitute, I am in a world of hurt now as things were looking great then they took a turn for the worse after a bit. So I am going to restart from scratch and try to rebuild slightly differently. When I built it the first time as I found a problem I would fix it. Now that I have fixed a bunch of issues and see a better way to build it(cough cough - Pi User sooner), I will be trying that. Once I get to the end I will look for issues and fix any new issues. Probably have a third go at it.

I updated everything so install Number 2 and it has issues as well that I will start working on.

I am starting to figure this out. I had to 755 autostart.sh to get it to run. Then after doing that line 6 throws up an error ./autostart.sh: line 6: Starting: command not found Here is the code at line 6 service videoloop start You NEED VIDEOS in the `home/pi/videos' folder - The Install Script does NOT add them - Once I added them when I rebooted it worked!!!!!

The Log In Screen is now showing up between each video - This is a known issue with OMXPlayer that I read about and I think there is a work around but I need to research that. Now I need to work on the USB memory stick being added to the system. If that gets done then I have completed the install - Only 17 lessons learned

RichShumaker commented 9 years ago

I have everything but USB working so I created a disk image to see how BIG or small it would be. Since it was a 2GB chip the image is 2GB but the zip file is 1.14GB so that is about 1/3 the original size of the videoloop. Still have the blank screen showing up at the command line and no USB as I said.

RichShumaker commented 9 years ago

USB worked once I copied the fstab line from the original image file for the USB. Instructions above are updated. Here is the image file location - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2w97gVYBA8wYWNxQm1pVUFYSG8/view?usp=sharing From 3.7gb to just under 1gb compressed, WooHoo. It will fit easily on a 2GB card and I think everything works from the original. U: root P: Raspberry - Default for Minibian Also U: pi P: Raspberry - Default created in Minibian based on Raspbian Base install and Looper Install

stucksubstitute commented 8 years ago

I'm now testing setting up https://github.com/adafruit/pi_video_looper which seems to run well on Jessie Lite. No hiccups, except I had to manually install omxplayer. Currently installing it on a 2GB SD card as a master.