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RandomVideo

shell scripts to play a random video
polls big button (buzzer) in left of lounge door
polls 2-way-switch left from big button (buzzer)

Usage instructions

Buzzer commands

button press (2s delay between presses) start or stop video
switch up turns on "On Air"-mode (stops video and doesn't open new videos, button locked)
switch down turns sound on, volume rises slowly and can be stopped with button press
turn switch back from down to center position slowly decreases volume, it can be stopped when switch turned down again

Install instructions

crontab entries

*/15 * * * * cd ~/RandomVideo; ~/RandomVideo/RandomVideo.sh cron
@reboot cd ~/RandomVideo; ~/RandomVideo/buzzer.sh & pid=$!; while ! ping -c1 git.chch.it>/dev/null; do sleep 1; done; git -C ~/RandomVideo/ pull; kill -9 $pid; ~/RandomVideo/buzzer.sh

fstab entries

UUID=DAE9-9682 /mnt/video vfat defaults,users,ro 0 1

Filelist

RandomVideo.sh

Plays a random video file

buzzer.sh

polls buzzer and 2-way-switch
volume control
controls video playback
controls "On Air"-mode

onair.mp4

placeholder videofile for "On Air"-Message

config.json

configfile with all config parameters

volumetest.sh

testscript for ramping soundcard output volume
reads volume value from amixer
not a necessary file

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Licence

All stuff in this repo is licenced under Unlicence.
current onair.mp4 is excluded and a placeholder!