omxplayer download & install

[Peterjay]

I've just got my RP up and running but there is no media player. How do I get omxplayer and how is it installed. thanks Peter

[dom]

Use the Raspbian “wheezy” from here:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
and it is pre-installed.

[Peterjay]

Use the Raspbian “wheezy” from here:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
and it is pre-installed.

I must be a bit thick, but I've got wheezy but can't find OMX. Where is it located.

[Peterjay]

I must be a bit thick, but I've got wheezy but can't find OMX. Where is it located.

[ghans]

Just enter omxplayer into the command-line. (LXTerminal / xterm)

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man omxplayer

gives help.

ghans

[Peterjay]

Brilliant, I've got it playing a film through my HDMI, but there is no sound from the TV, only through headphones. Also I've no control of the video from the keyboard or mouse. How do I stop/start/pause etc.

[Mauste]

Installing / upgrading: "sudo apt-get install omxplayer" (in the command line / terminal)
Usage: omxplayer [options] [file]

Option examples:
-h = shows all the options (recommended to do)
-o hdmi = audio through hdmi
-t on = subtitles on
--align center = subtitles show on the center
--align left = subtitles show on the left

Usage examples:
1) oxmplayer -h
- This lists the options.

2) omxplayer -o hdmi -t on --align center myvideo.mkv
- This would give you audio through hdmi (TV) and the file would start playing with subtitles located at the middle of screen.

Controls:
p / space = Pause
q = Quit
s = Toggle subtitles on/off
o = Goes forward a lot (probably a chapter)
numpad - (minus) = decrease volume
numpad + (plus) = increase volume
1 = Fast forward(?)
2 = Fast forward (faster)
Arrow Up = Skip a chapter forward
Arrow Down = Go back a chapter
Arrow Right = Skip a bit forward
Arrow Left = Go back a bit
Might be some more, but that should be enough

Important:
1) Your command line (terminal) has to be active on the background for the keys to register. For example you can't pause the video if you have clicked outside the terminal.

2) The file has to include subtitles within the file in order to toggle them on/off or use the "-t on/off"-command. You can't drag and drop like in some other programs. You can insert the subtitles to the file by using mkvmerge
("sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix").

PS: Omxplayer and XBMC are the only programs that can handle videos because of hardware accelerated GPU. XBMC requires a completely different distribution (for example Raspbmc, OpenELEC or Xbian). Also, XBMC is a media-center-focused so you can't do all the "normal operating system"-things with it in the GUI-environment. On the other hand, XBMC gives a very enjoyable media-experience (it is more in the lines of what you were expecting from omxplayer... and then some. No command line needed). If your Raspberry Pi's purpose is to be a media-center, then I would recommend installing Xbian on your SD-card (Xbian has clearly the best performance in my opinion).

[haydster7]

Hi, just a quick question on the usage of omxplayer.
I have found multiple sites that enable the launch of the player via the file manager using an omxplayer.desktop shortcut in /usr/share/applications/ with the contents as follows
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=OMXPlayer
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;
Exec=omxplayer -o hdmi %f
Terminal=true
Icon=emblem-video
http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com.au/201 ... a-gui.html

I have tried this and it has not worked but I cannot find anyone else reporting the same issues. (It is reported as working on the RPi)

I hope this is in the right section... thanks.

[Mauste]

Hi, just a quick question on the usage of omxplayer.
I have found multiple sites that enable the launch of the player via the file manager using an omxplayer.desktop shortcut in /usr/share/applications/ with the contents as follows
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=OMXPlayer
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;
Exec=omxplayer -o hdmi %f
Terminal=true
Icon=emblem-video
http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com.au/201 ... a-gui.html

I have tried this and it has not worked but I cannot find anyone else reporting the same issues. (It is reported as working on the RPi)

I changed Execute-line to first open lxterminal and then insert the command "omxplayer -t..." for the file. This works perfectly for me.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=omxplayer
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;
Exec=lxterminal --command "omxplayer -t on --align center %f"
Icon=emblem-video

You might want to add "-o hdmi" after omxplayer if you want audio through HDMI (and remove "-t on --align center" if you don't need them).

[diegoram]

Sorry guys, i'm really rookie.
I was tryring to play a movie and I used "omxplayer -o hdmi -t on --align center file_name" and there are no sound, even tough the video starts with no problems.
Any Idea?

[KenT]

128 MB of RAM for the GPU might be required.

[jojen]

Hello guys,
if anyone is interested to play a html5 videos on a raspberry pi, you can take a look at this manual: http://lin.jojen.de/?p=32 It is a little pythen server to start the omxplayer and a userscript to replace the video tag to a "nativ application link"

Have fun ...
Jojen

[gomako]

I use omxplayer as outlined in this post straight from the command line you get booting up (not from xterm).

http://stevenhickson.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... -line.html

I am a n00b too, and it helped me get audio out of my pi through hdmi. It plays pretty much everything nicely (including mkv, which look great!)

So I used:

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alias play='omxplayer -r -o hdmi'

to make an alias of the omxplayer stuff and use it like this:

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play mygreatmovie.avi

Hope that helps!

[Super-Nathan]

I have a problem. When building new PiBang images, I have discovered that omxplayer is not in the repos. What happened to it?

http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/o/

[ToryGW]

Use the Raspbian “wheezy” from here:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
and it is pre-installed.

When I follow that link, it takes me to a Raspbian version called 'STRETCH", not "WHEEZY"

[rpdom]

When I follow that link, it takes me to a Raspbian version called 'STRETCH", not "WHEEZY"

That's what comes of reading a five year old post. When that was posted, Wheezy was the current version of Raspbian. Now it has been replaced by Stretch.

[jamesh]

Wow, incredible thread necro.

The downloads page is here, and contains the latest installs. I suspect that is what you need.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/