This tutorial works great for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, however if you need a Video Kiosk/Digital Sign for the newer Pi Models, we've written this guide on how to do it.
This tutorial works great for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, however if you need a Video Kiosk/Digital Sign for the newer Pi Models, One of the most requested projects for Raspberry Pi is how to set it up to display videos on a loop. You might have a display in a reception, or want to constantly loop the trailer or a new movie, or how about creating a video gallery of your recent holiday? Well, a project called MP4Museum is here to help.
MP4Museum is an image you can write to an SD card to run on your Pi, and it’s based on Raspbian Lite and OMXPlayer. Rather than a new operating system, MP4Museum is a heavily tweaked configuration of the traditional Raspbian OS with OMXPlyer for video support. Rather than booting up into the Raspbian GUI, it boots into a blank screen and plays any MP4 files it finds on a USB drive attached to the Pi.
This method of operation makes it incredibly easy to use. The easiest way to create your own video kiosk is with our bundled kit, complete with a pre-imaged card, plus everything you need to get started with the Raspberry Pi. If you are interested in creating your own SD card, check out our Creating a NOOBS SD Card tutorial which goes through the process of writing an image to an SD card, however, use the download link provided for the MP4Museum image rather than the NOOBS image. Or if you've already got a Raspberry Pi setup and want to easily add MP4Museum functionality to it, we've got microSD cards pre-loaded with MP4Museum.
Once you've got it setup, getting your videos playing is easy:
- Copy the video files you wish to be played into the topmost folder of a USB drive (FAT32 formatted). Be sure the arrange them in the order you wish to be played sequentially.
- Avoid special characters when naming your video files. All lower case with '-' separated words is a good syntax to follow.
- If login is required on the Pi, the standard username as password applies - Username: pi - Password: raspberry
- You can insert the USB drive before startup, or once the Pi is already running, it will automatically detect it and begin playing after a few moments.
It’s important to note that you do need to use MP4 video files for this to work. You can’t use other video format types.
And that’s all there is to get started with MP4Museum to display everything from video loops to full-length movies. If you’ve used MP4Museum for a project, we’d love to see it!
