My private 24x7 cable channel (Raspberry pi + RF modulator)
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2020
- Here's my take on a raspberry pi episode player. I used an RF modulator I picked up at a thrift store, to hook it up through the house antenna wiring.
I used libreELEC as the OS / media player:
libreelec.tv/downloads_new/
and here's the autoexec.py code that I used (filepath=the location where the video files are stored):
import xbmc
xbmc.executebuiltin("PlayerControl(Random)")
xbmc.executebuiltin("PlayMedia(filepath,isdir)")
xbmc.executebuiltin("PlayerControl(RepeatAll)")
**** Update note ****
If the video files play in order and not shuffled, try moving the Random command to after PlayMedia, and/or try changing it to RandomOn
This … is worth EVERY PENNY it costs to have 24/7 channel on my own tvs. Holy shit I can’t wait to build a house
Could you make a written guide? That would be awesome!
I love this in so many ways lol. Raspberry pi's, CRTs, 4:3 content, coax, ah the nostalgia.
if I had more TVs in my house I would have 15 channels running at all times. this is so cool
This idea is amazing and inspired me to get my own setup going. A more simplistic one but It'll fit my needs. Thanks for the tutorial!
very cool.
Thanks for showing how you did it
Very interesting setup.
This is awesome !! Love hacks like this !! :)
You sir are my hero.
Awesome job.
Very cool!!
This is great, I have been thinking of doing this with all the 4x3 content I have. It would be nice to have something random to watch on my crt tvs. I was thinking it would be cool if there was a way between videos for an auto generated “up next” & “followed by” card to be shown for a few seconds. Do you know any way of doing this?
This is amazing. Wonder is there is a way to this using a NAS like Synology & docker?
WOW NICE
I'd kind of like to set up my own part 15 television station at some point. I probably just run things like old movies or Saturday night live episodes
Hi! I tried to connect a DVD (my idea is to connect a raspberry soon) with a rf modulador to a Toshiba blackstripe color, but it seen in black and white...only happens with this tv, it seems something related to paln NTSC problem, isn't? Is there any converter? Thank you
I am absolutely getting a setup like this and am going to have a 24/7 AVGN channel.
That’s fucking amazing brother!
Im watching mine right now I read your comment a long while ago and have had a avgn channel with all seasons playing 24-7 for months now I love it😁 The home alone one is on now. 👍I was planning a idea of getting a bunch of pi Zeros and have them in a custom box in a row and hook them all up to a big HDMI remote controlled switcher that way I could switch between them with tons of "channels"might even do one with nostalgic commercials.thanks for starting me on the path of my obsession 😂
Reminds me of MOBDRO, I miss that app
buying a house, i think i'll start broadcasting Seinfeld when i get settled in. where did you find that Channel Plus box, in a dumpster behind a Time Warner Cable station?
Believe it or not, these were sold as consumer devices. Though I think they did make more commercial grade versions too
@@probnotstech i think I found a couple on eBay for $35. thanks again!
Did you use an SD card or a USB stick and what capacity to fit all 10 seasons? Another question, do you just plug the modulator into a socket that has a coax cable and it becomes available throughout the house?
I used a USB stick, separate from the OS on SD Card. This way, I can easily remove the USB and change/refresh the video files later on. I used a 64gb, but depending on the compression you could get away with a 32gb.
For the coax, I plugged the modulator between the antenna coming into the house, and the splitter that distributes to the TVs in the house. This modulator is designed to be hooked up that way. It inserts 2 channels, and passes through the rest of them.
I want to make a suit case portable analog tv station that is using a razbarry pi full of retro tv ads and old movies and shows broadcast the channel anywhere I go do you have any ideas ?
You could probably do the same thing to make a dedicated music channel with the way you did this.
I was going to use the 2nd channel for my security camera NVR, so I may use the audio for a music channel. Load up another pi full of 1970s muzak, perhaps?
@@probnotstech maybe 80s.
I am wanting to do this but with a few different shows and some commercials
Do you use a 5-disc changer for the DVDs or something like that to keep The Simpsons going continuously?
The shows are video files on a USB stick
Mmmmm razberry pie. Mmmmm pie 3.
Wait. Are you that guy on reddit??. Lol i found this when i was looking for rf converter circuits. And i came back to see your head config videos
I am that guy lol
@@probnotstech Yeah. just finished adjusting my vcr's linear audio head. it was hard.
I have a sony vcr that its tape mechanism is out of sync with the mode switches. Would it be too hard to fix?
I'm pretty sure they all have alignment markings on the gears and whatnot though, so that would be my first thought. Usually they're little arrows or holes.
@@probnotstech thx. fixed it
bon curry!
What about closed captions? I'm guessing most of your video files don't have 'em?
Hmm didn't think about that one. No closed captions, since those are stored in the vertical blanking interval of the video signal, and the video files would have all of that information stripped out.
At 7:20 talking about folders can i make like 100 folders each like a channel
I have a raspberry pi 2 that only has a HDMI out port. Could you use a converter to RCA?
I'm actually using a pi 3 for another channel (future video). The headphone jack (3.5mm) is a 4 pin, so the 4th pin is video. I'm sure the pi 2 is similar. You can use a cable like this to get the composite video out, without needing a converter:
www.amazon.com/Camcorder-Audio-Video-Cable-Stereo/dp/B07V2VZ7KP/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=3.5mm+video+cable&qid=1581216295&sr=8-9
@@probnotstech thanks! I'll check that out!
How do you put the Simpsons episodes on the Raspberry Pi?
Transfer them with file explorer to the USB drive.
What is your resolution set to? Aspect ratio 4:3?
Not sure the resolution - I'm using the composite video output which I think is 720x480. Aspect ratio is 4:3 (the only way to properly watch The Simpsons)
@@probnotstech that's what mine is set to but I got two bands, top and bottom.
Are your files encoded in widescreen?
@@probnotstech thats with the raspbian Homescreen showing. I ripped the videos off of UA-cam, I downloaded most on 720x480
You may need to change your resolution in raspbian. Weirdly though, I have raspbian on one of my pi's for the weather channel and the homescreen is 4:3 by default.
I would poke around the display and resolution settings, see if anything there can help.
Yes sure the resolution
Channel 44 from Japan same as Channel 45 and US CATV channel 101
How about channel 101 via Cable band ??
It depends on what the modulator can support
What format are your files? .MP4 ?
AVI container and Xvid codec, though Kodi supports a bunch of file formats.
@@probnotstech did you pay for those episodes?
@@padmescurl Yes, I did, actually! Check out at 3:05. I used seasons 1 - 10 (the golden years).
@@probnotstech Why XviD? H.264 is much much better.
I ripped the DVDs a long time ago. Too lazy to do it again. The newer asked I've added are all h.264
You didn't need to show the cat box!! What a *MESS* !!! *DSL* .... *SERIOUSLY* !?!?!?!
I don't have DSL (though there's remnants of it from the past).
Also, just be glad smell-o-vision doesn't exist yet ;)
when you put to many usb device in to the raspberry pi then i it will reboot over and over again because of low power same will happen sometimes if you use a power supply with 5 volt and 1A or less. so atleast use a 5 volt and 2A one.(unless you are using pi 4.) this might have been your problem. 1A or less works great until you turn it in to a something more demanding lik a media player and connect a usb wifi to it.
The problems with the Pi3 I mentioned were while using the 5V/2A supply that comes with the Pi, and no extra USB devices - this was years ago. It would flash the little lightning bolt in the corner, indicate power issues. I just stopped using the built-in Wi-Fi and the problem went away.
I've been able to get away with 1A and even 500mA on the original Pi models in this use case with zero stability issues. Some of mine have nearly a year uptime. But the newer Pi models, you are definitely right. They are very power hungry.
I made a tutorial if anyone is interested in making their own version: ua-cam.com/video/mCzcPr-aOIw/v-deo.html
there is way better ways to do this then do it this crappy way
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