This is an archived page , no further development is anticipated ====== Pi Maker ====== This a guide for making Raspberry Pi OS systems using the Pi-Maker in the Fabrication Lab ===== Using the PiMaker ===== We cover making custom video looper images for video playback or simple digital signage. You can also make the standard pi images. {{page>facilities:fablab:equipment-custom:pimaker:video_player&link&firstseconly&readmore}} [[facilities:fablab:equipment-custom:pimaker:signage_player]] See [[facilities:fablab:equipment-custom:pimaker:video_specifications]] for a spec sheet on file formats. See [[facilities:fablab:equipment-custom:pimaker:case_making]] for instructions on cutting a case ===== Making a Pimaker ===== The pimaker is a re-purposed old desktop computer running Xubuntu 14.04. It is a customised install for making rasperry pi (or any other disk image) using a basic rough and ready script GUI. ===== Video Looper for RPi 3 ===== So there were issues with the RPi 3 and the image we have on the pimaker box. I've had to build a new image and adjust some of the scripting to make it work. I also loaded the files onto the SD Card and eliminated the step with the USB Stick (as the USBs that QM have for QANZAC don't register on the RPis; weird. I used [[http://www.timschwartz.org/raspberry-pi-video-looper/|Tim Swartz's RPi Video Looper Image]] which seems to work fine the the RPi 3. I made a change in the startvideo.sh (used nano startvideo.sh) modifying the omx setting listed in the (somewhere in the bottom third of the script) from -o hdmi to -o local, which switches the sound playback to the 3.5 jack. * //#/usr/bin/omxplayer -r -o hdmi $FILES${vids[$current]}// **to** * //#/usr/bin/omxplayer -r -o local $FILES${vids[$current]}// After finalising this, ran the RPi Config and expanded out the file system to make use of the whole disk * //sudo raspi-config// (then follow the instructions). From the terminal used the following command line to copy files; * //cp /mnt/usbdisk/filename.mp4 /home/pi/video// * //sudo reboot// Pull the USB at end of shutdown and the RPi is good to go.