Make Your Own Digital Signage with a Raspberry Pi
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Kiosks and Digital Signage are pretty common sights at conferences, grocery stores, airports, and, well, just about everywhere! I was recently given the challenge to make a digital sign for a local non-profit organization using simple easy to come by components. In this video I will walk you though the very simple process of creating a digital sign for setting on a table at a public event to help provide awareness about your organization. This project used an old Raspberry Pi 3B+ a used DVI monitor from a thrift shop and a few parts I had on hand.
mpv
mpv.io/manual/master/
mpv.io/installation/
linux command to copy lxsession
cp -r /etc/xdg/lxsession ~/.config/
add to /boot/.config.txt after adding button between pin 5 and ground
dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown
add to ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
mpv -fs --ontop --no-border --image-display-duration=5 --loop-playlist=inf /home/pi/stuart_slidesho
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Thanks for posting this. Hoping to use this at the next retro computer convention as digital signage.
@StuartPatterson
Ай бұрын
You are very welcome!
Great, straight forward and clear information. Thanks for posting! At the beginning of your video you mentioned more advanced packages that you considered overkill for your project. What were those packages? I'm interested because we're thinking about digital signage for conferences as well, but we may want to add interactivity or explore other options.
@StuartPatterson
Ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful. So, the more advanced packages I looked at that had a free option where: Screenly, PiSignage, PosterBooking, and Info-Beamer. I did not look too deeply into those because the non-profit I was helping needed it to be simple and without future costs. Even though, I believe all of those have free options, I was worried about supporting them in the future. The solution I used was easy and I left some readme files if I have to address issues in the future.
Working on my own digital signage software !! Got tired of dealing with yodeck and others that use the raspberry pi platform.. I have it running on 4 and 5 models and also working on install scripts to have it run on Debian
@StuartPatterson
Ай бұрын
Cool!
Is configuring the on/off switch to auto restart necessary if the Pi already has a power switch? Or this only for version older than Raspberry Pi 5 (which is what I am currently using)?
@StuartPatterson
8 күн бұрын
You don't need the on/off switch if your pi already has one.
@LNProfessor
8 күн бұрын
@@StuartPatterson Wow, that was fast, thank you. It's not auto running the slides when I reboot the pi. Is there a way to start the slideshow process with a command from the terminal?
@StuartPatterson
8 күн бұрын
@@LNProfessor Yes, in the video description I give additional information including the commands. To start it you and type mpv -fs --ontop --no-border --image-display-duration=5 --loop-playlist=inf /home/pi/your_slide_folder
what software? i get to the website i chose the version i want but then i get confusing choices and i cant figure out how to download Debian is the closes to raspberry pi
@StuartPatterson
Ай бұрын
I cover that in the video starting at 4:37 Does that answer you question? I ended up using MPV.
@StuartPatterson
22 күн бұрын
@@jcw232000 mpv.io/installation/ Hopefully that will help you get what you need. Sorry for complexity. I also updated the video description to include the link.