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adafruit / pi_video_looper

Application to turn your Raspberry Pi into a dedicated looping video playback device, good for art installations, information displays, or just playing cat videos all day.
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step-by-step guide for updating pi_video_looper #207

Closed SamVimes78 closed 8 months ago

SamVimes78 commented 8 months ago

Can you please add a guide to the readme (and maybe also on the adafruit homepage) on how to check what version of pi_video_looper is installed and how to upgrade to the latest version?

tofuSCHNITZEL commented 8 months ago

the upgrade path is the same like for an installation - you just need to remove the cloned pi_video_looper folder first

SamVimes78 commented 8 months ago

This information is certainly very useful for someone that knows how git works.

Let's just assume i don't. And maybe one or two others that installed the video looper by following the instructions on the adafruit homepage also don't...

tofuSCHNITZEL commented 8 months ago

okay point taken - but these people should maybe try to understand the bare minimum of what they are doing, even if they are just following a recipie... its like wanting to drive a car without knowing how to fuel it - eventually this will become a problem

tofuSCHNITZEL commented 8 months ago

added update steps to the readme - if you think it should include more / other stuff please let me know

SamVimes78 commented 8 months ago

Thanks for that! But I think it has to be sudo rm -rf pi_video_looper

It's a bit inconvenient to lose the video_looper.ini. But I know THAT much about the usage to set up everything again. And if a new version adds new functions to the .ini it may be good to reset it.

Maybe you could add sudo cp /boot/video_looper.ini /boot/video_looper.ini_backup to the guide just to give people a chance to look up their old settings.

SamVimes78 commented 8 months ago

FYI i added an answer to the closed issue.Am 20.12.23, 11:35 schrieb Tobias Perschon @.***>:

added update steps to the readme - if you think it should include more / other stuff please let me know —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: @.***>

tofuSCHNITZEL commented 8 months ago

Thanks for that! But I think it has to be sudo rm -rf pi_video_looper

It's a bit inconvenient to lose the video_looper.ini. But I know THAT much about the usage to set up everything again. And if a new version adds new functions to the .ini it may be good to reset it.

Maybe you could add sudo cp /boot/video_looper.ini /boot/video_looper.ini_backup to the guide just to give people a chance to look up their old settings.

done. thanks for the info!