Configure supervisord to run video_looper on boot.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+omxplayer-dist.tgz*
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]

Adafruit_Video_Looper/omxplayer.py

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class OMXPlayer(object):
         """
         # Stop the player if it's running.
         if self._process is not None and self._process.returncode is None:
-            # process.kill() doesn't seem to work reliably if USB drive is
+            # There are a couple processes used by omxplayer, so kill both
-            # removed, instead just run a kill -9 on it.
+            # with a pkill command.
-            subprocess.call(['kill', '-9', str(self._process.pid)])
+            subprocess.call(['pkill', '-9', 'omxplayer'])
         # If a blocking timeout was specified, wait up to that amount of time
         # for the process to stop.
         start = time.time()

Adafruit_Video_Looper/video_looper.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright 2015 Adafruit Industries.
 # Author: Tony DiCola
 # License: GNU GPLv2, see LICENSE.txt
-import atexit
 import ConfigParser
 import importlib
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import signal
 import time
 
 import pygame
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class VideoLooper(object):
         self._console_output = self._config.getboolean('video_looper', 'console_output')
         # Load configured video player and file reader modules.
         self._player = self._load_player()
-        atexit.register(self._player.stop)  # Make sure to stop player on exit.
         self._reader = self._load_file_reader()
         # Load other configuration values.
         self._osd = self._config.getboolean('video_looper', 'osd')
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ class VideoLooper(object):
         self._extensions = self._player.supported_extensions()
         self._small_font = pygame.font.Font(None, 50)
         self._big_font   = pygame.font.Font(None, 250)
+        self._running    = True
 
     def _print(self, message):
         """Print message to standard output if console output is enabled."""
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class VideoLooper(object):
         playlist = self._build_playlist()
         self._prepare_to_run_playlist(playlist)
         # Main loop to play videos in the playlist and listen for file changes.
-        while True:
+        while self._running:
             # Load and play a new movie if nothing is playing.
             if not self._player.is_playing():
                 movie = playlist.get_next()
@@ -205,14 +205,26 @@ class VideoLooper(object):
             # Give the CPU some time to do other tasks.
             time.sleep(0)
 
+    def signal_quit(self, signal, frame):
+        """Shut down the program, meant to by called by signal handler."""
+        self._running = False
+        if self._player is not None:
+            self._player.stop()
+        pygame.quit()
+
 
 # Main entry point.
 def main():
+    print('Starting Adafruit Video Looper.')
     # Default config path to /boot.
     config_path = '/boot/video_looper.ini'
     # Override config path if provided as parameter.
     if len(sys.argv) == 2:
         config_path = sys.argv[1]
-    # Create video looper and run it.
+    # Create video looper.
     videolooper = VideoLooper(config_path)
+    # Configure signal handlers to quit on TERM or INT signal.
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, videolooper.signal_quit)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, videolooper.signal_quit)
+    # Run the main loop.
     videolooper.run()

install.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Error out if anything fails.
+set -e
+
+# Make sure script is run as root.
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+  echo "Must be run as root with sudo! Try: sudo ./install.sh"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Installing dependencies..."
+echo "=========================="
+#apt-get update
+#apt-get -y install build-essential python-dev python-pip python-pygame supervisor git
+
+echo "Installing omxplayer..."
+echo "======================="
+if [ -f "omxplayer-dist.tgz" ]; then
+  rm omxplayer-dist.tgz
+fi
+wget https://github.com/adafruit/omxplayer/releases/download/2%2F10%2F2015/omxplayer-dist.tgz
+tar xvfz omxplayer-dist.tgz -C /
+
+echo "Installing hello_video..."
+echo "========================="
+git clone https://github.com/adafruit/pi_hello_video.git
+cd pi_hello_video
+./rebuild.sh
+cd hello_video
+make install
+cd ../..
+rm -rf pi_hello_video
+
+echo "Installing video_looper program..."
+echo "=================================="
+python setup.py install --force
+cp video_looper.ini /boot/video_looper.ini
+
+echo "Configuring video_looper to run on start..."
+echo "==========================================="
+cp video_looper.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
+service supervisor restart
+
+echo "Finished!"

video_looper.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Supervisord configuration to run video looper at boot and
+# ensure it runs continuously.
+[program:video_looper]
+command=video_looper
+autostart=true
+autorestart=unexpected
+startsecs=5
+stopasgroup=true