andrew00x / gomovies

Web interface for omxplayer

gomovies

Web interface for omxplayer

Installation on local PC (Raspberry PI)

It requires setup Golang environment, usage of (Remote installation](#Remote installation on Raspberry PI) is preferable

• Install omxplayer
• Clone this repository to Go workspace on Raspberry
• Build

  pi@raspberrypi:~$ make
  

• Configure
  • Create in directory $HOME/.gomovies/ file config.json with following content (minimal required):

    {
    "dirs": [
        "/media/pi/disk1/movies/",
        "/media/pi/disk2/movies/"
        ...
    ]
    

  • Supported configuration options
    • Required
      • dirs - list of directories with video files
    • Optional
      • web_port - http port, default 8000
      • video_file_exts - extensions of video files, default is [".avi", ".mkv"]
      • tmdb_api_key - api key of The Movie Data Base (TMDb). It is used for getting details about movies.
      • tmdb_poster_small - size of small poster, default is w92, see TMDb Images
      • tmdb_poster_large - size of large poster, default is w500, see TMDb Images
      • torrent_remote_ctrl_addr - address for remote control of torrent client, rtorrent is supported for now
• Start

  pi@raspberrypi:~$ ./gomovies
  

  Or in background

  pi@raspberrypi:~$ nohup ./gomovies &
  

• Help

  pi@raspberrypi:~$ make help
  

Remote installation on Raspberry PI

It requires Ansible

• Install Ansible, how
• Clone this repository
• Update file init/ansible/raspberry.ini with hostname of remote Raspberry PI, how
• Build for Raspberry architecture. Golang installation is not needed, build will be done inside docker container

  andrew:~$ make build-rpi3
  

• Update configuration template, updating of "dirs" is needed, but can be done after installation to Raspberry.
• Install all components at once. Next will be installed: omxplayer, gomovies, config.json, systemd service. NOTE: Old configuration will be lost

  andrew:~$ make install-rpi3-all TMDB_API_KEY=<TMDb API access key>
  

  • Options:
    • TMDB_API_KEY (optional) - API key to access The Movie DB, e.g. TMDB_API_KEY=a1b2c3d4e5f6i7

    andrew:~$ make install-rpi3-all TMDB_API_KEY=a1b2c3d4e5f6i7
    

• Also all component can be installed separately.

  andrew:~$ make install-rpi3-player     # install omxplayer
  andrew:~$ make install-rpi3-bin        # install gomovies binaries
  andrew:~$ make install-rpi3-config     # install gomovies config. Old configuration will be lost. Supported option TMDB_API_KEY
  andrew:~$ make install-rpi3-systemd    # install systemd service to manage gomovies app
  

Control gomovies service

• Start

andrew:~$ make service-start

• Restart

andrew:~$ make service-restart

• Stop

andrew:~$ make service-stop

Other

Android Application GoMoviesDroid