tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post3643274045442341311..comments2024-03-05T10:47:39.661-06:00Comments on Thoughts on Technology: HOWTO: Launch OMXPlayer via a GUIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-67673238894295973372016-01-15T10:00:52.633-06:002016-01-15T10:00:52.633-06:00RE: Omxplayer keyboard controls
Had the same probl...RE: Omxplayer keyboard controls<br />Had the same problem. Found omxplayer had lost focus. I just pressed alt-tab to bring omxplayer in focus and the controls worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-74604453463685918392016-01-09T16:13:34.697-06:002016-01-09T16:13:34.697-06:00I had to do:
sudo chmod +777 /usr/share/applicatio...I had to do:<br />sudo chmod +777 /usr/share/applications/omxplayer.desktop<br />to make it work. Does this make sense?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852076192443782164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-44897372358363658832015-05-26T05:54:40.784-05:002015-05-26T05:54:40.784-05:00Thanks Jeff :)Thanks Jeff :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-12320092884429050402014-05-19T15:16:48.540-05:002014-05-19T15:16:48.540-05:00I mentioned in the post people said it doesn't...I mentioned in the post people said it doesn't seem to work with LXDE. Use sane desktop like Enlightenment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-61381693296075776502014-05-19T13:18:01.091-05:002014-05-19T13:18:01.091-05:00In LXDE it is available from Open With:, but nothi...In LXDE it is available from Open With:, but nothing happens.wwinter86https://www.blogger.com/profile/08822878145578293122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-6156211562938821512013-03-31T15:14:56.138-05:002013-03-31T15:14:56.138-05:00That works fine for me thanks alot for the headscr...That works fine for me thanks alot for the headscratching! I can't however get my keyboard to control any aspect of the OMXplayer playback. It wont pause or stop and start or anything for that matter any suggestions ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-87952694899985000952012-09-04T19:19:16.652-05:002012-09-04T19:19:16.652-05:00Everything works fine on my end I have controls an...Everything works fine on my end I have controls and they respond except when I hit q to quit I get a blank screen and my picture is not full screen. I spent many, many hours trying to resolve this but I have no solution.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900484169474032910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-8953875861797405482012-08-19T14:47:45.281-05:002012-08-19T14:47:45.281-05:00I found a fix to the keyboard control.
Follow this...I found a fix to the keyboard control.<br />Follow this:<br />http://stevenhickson.blogspot.com/2012/08/setting-up-omxplayer-gui-on-raspberry-pi.html<br /><br />You have to run the command in a new terminal window so that they keyboard commands work properly. It's a pretty simple fix.Steven Hicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357497565526525718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-27936911663233212052012-08-16T12:22:37.869-05:002012-08-16T12:22:37.869-05:00Yall should really go file bug reports with the LX...Yall should really go file bug reports with the LXDE folks if this isn't working there. I've only used E17 on my Pi and it works fine there.<br /><br />I've gone and added a note to the post that it may not work with LXDE though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-47913749931453186812012-08-16T10:10:30.004-05:002012-08-16T10:10:30.004-05:00Unfortunately the above didn't work for me. I...Unfortunately the above didn't work for me. I am using Raspian. If I use Jeff's solution the files load and play but I have no keyboard control. I'm guessing this will get fixed in time! <br /><br />Hope it works for other people.Alexander Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915817244646244095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-16681388120459013222012-08-09T16:43:10.511-05:002012-08-09T16:43:10.511-05:00After many hours of head-scratching, I arrived at ...After many hours of head-scratching, I arrived at this for the .desktop file - works for me on Raspbian:<br /><br />[Desktop Entry]<br />Type=Application<br />Name=OMXPlayer<br />Categories=AudioVideo;Player;<br />Exec=lxterminal --command "omxplayer -o hdmi %f"<br />Terminal=false<br />Icon=/usr/share/icons/nuoveXT2/96x96/categories/applications-multimedia.png<br /><br />(Or pick your own icon.)<br /><br />Hope it works for you.ChrisRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-72717460219545405762012-08-08T19:41:33.152-05:002012-08-08T19:41:33.152-05:00The menu animation is new to E and is awful. I'...The menu animation is new to E and is awful. I'm working on disabling/changing it in future updates.<br /><br />As for screen tearing/mouse garbage I haven't seen that/can't produce it myself. Can you please post a screen shot and maybe try a different E theme to see if that fixes it? Your image md5sum was good right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-71075271900123922052012-08-08T19:23:23.003-05:002012-08-08T19:23:23.003-05:00Well, LXDE does not animate menu's in, it just...Well, LXDE does not animate menu's in, it just flashes them up which is more desirable on a slow CPU. <br /><br />But the real culprit of this E17 shell is the buggy mouse arrow behaviour, its trashing the window underneath the cursor and making the cursor image itself jumping and duplicating so i don't even see where to click on and it leaves all sort of garbage on the screen. LXDE does not have this behavior. I still have it on the flashcard, I could make a screenshot if that could help you...Chris VDBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-33500695082359072892012-08-08T17:25:08.980-05:002012-08-08T17:25:08.980-05:00Must be a limitation in LXDE then that it doesn...Must be a limitation in LXDE then that it doesn't support that option in the .desktop file.<br /><br />As for E17 running slowly... It runs just as poorly as LXDE does on my device. The hardware just isn't that powerful - they all run slowly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-56760754306581000012012-08-08T14:13:34.715-05:002012-08-08T14:13:34.715-05:00OK, I flashed this bodhi on my Pi. Looking good. S...OK, I flashed this bodhi on my Pi. Looking good. Strange, no raspi-config on first boot? Which left me with a qwerty layout :-( I need azerty. Ok, ran the raspi-config to fix that. <br />But to my horror I saw this nice looking shell suddenly behaving very buggy, when exploring some config menus. Double mouse cursor, mouse-overs leaving all sort of garbage on the opened panels and on top of that extremely sluggish responsiveness due to all those fancy animations. The pi REALLY needs a lean-and-mean GUI, so I like the Wheezy LXDE shell much more. Due to the erratic behavior I didnt even get to the OMXPlayer trick. Exit Bodhi...Chris VDBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-90993312635668973802012-08-08T13:03:02.767-05:002012-08-08T13:03:02.767-05:00I've got the same problem. If I change Termina...I've got the same problem. If I change Terminal value from true to false I can launch videos but without controls...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-36876903589124001222012-08-07T16:42:10.619-05:002012-08-07T16:42:10.619-05:00Odd. You can see this properly implemented in the ...Odd. You can see this properly implemented in the latest <a href="http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2012/08/bodhis-arm-branch-moves-to-armhf.html" rel="nofollow">Bodhi for Pi release</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-90718622696111362222012-08-07T16:38:54.653-05:002012-08-07T16:38:54.653-05:00Sorry, doesnt work here.
The OMXPlayer icon appea...Sorry, doesnt work here.<br /><br />The OMXPlayer icon appears indeed in the audio&video group, and if I click it directly it shows the black terminal shortly. However If I use a video file with "open with" OMXPlayer, nothing happens. No terminal window appears as well. <br />This video file plays OK when I play it using the command line.Chris VDBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-23625147515860068912012-08-03T16:43:43.751-05:002012-08-03T16:43:43.751-05:00I am working on moving all of Bodhi's ARM rele...I am working on moving all of Bodhi's ARM releases to ARMHF as I type this. Hoping to have images out next week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-32094199139222970612012-08-03T16:40:54.829-05:002012-08-03T16:40:54.829-05:00Jeff, did you hear about raspbian? I'm sure yo...Jeff, did you hear about raspbian? I'm sure you do =)<br /><br />Have you considered 'porting' raspbian tweeks, so BhodiPi can have the same performance? or even more, considering it will use EFL?Widohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475561412787608045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-70467018800157761802012-08-03T15:36:11.471-05:002012-08-03T15:36:11.471-05:00Flymo - unless the Genesi hardware has the exact s...Flymo - unless the Genesi hardware has the exact same decoding chip as the RPI this player won't work there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-5947399404341687142012-08-03T15:34:59.985-05:002012-08-03T15:34:59.985-05:00Thanks, Jeff! Useful info. I'll try to get OM...Thanks, Jeff! Useful info. I'll try to get OMXplayer onto the Genesi smarttop once I get back home. <br />FlymoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com