Alexandre34
Posts: 21
Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:18 am

killing omxplayer make it zombie !

Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:25 am

Hello.
I have a 'Tales from the crypt' problem:
In a console I lauch a standalone video with omxplayer, try to kill it, but it goes until the end of the movie !

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pi@playerACE:~ $ omxplayer --no-keys --win 580,92,708,164 /home/pi/ftp/VDF1_128_72.avi& > /dev/null
[1] 3703
pi@playerACE:~ $ Video codec omx-h264 width 128 height 72 profile 100 fps 29.970030
Audio codec mp3 channels 2 samplerate 44100 bitspersample 16
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 128x72@29.97 interlace:0 deinterlace:0 anaglyph:0 par:1.00 display:0 layer:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0
^C
pi@playerACE:~ $ sudo kill 3703
[1]+  Complété              omxplayer --no-keys --win 580,92,708,164 /home/pi/ftp/VDF1_128_72.avi
but the movie continue, and at the end of the video, I have

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pi@playerACE:~ $ have a nice day ;)
It seems that omxplayer is very hard to kill....

Do you know how to kill omxplayer if I want to abort the movie ?

gkreidl
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Joined: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:07 pm
Location: Germany

Re: killing omxplayer make it zombie !

Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:03 pm

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killall omxplayer.bin
Minimal Kiosk Browser (kweb)
Slim, fast webkit browser with support for audio+video+playlists+youtube+pdf+download
Optional fullscreen kiosk mode and command interface for embedded applications
Includes omxplayerGUI, an X front end for omxplayer

Alexandre34
Posts: 21
Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:18 am

Re: killing omxplayer make it zombie !

Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:21 pm

Thank you. It works...

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