Month: December 2020 Page 2 of 3

Steps

1. Begin modifying sources.list file by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Find the following:

http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/

3. Replace with:

http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/raspbian/raspbian

4. Once you have finished modifying the file, it should look something like the text we have below:

deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/raspbian/raspbian stretch main contrib non-free rpi

# Uncomment line below then ‘apt-get update’ to enable ‘apt-get source’

#deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ stretch main contrib non-free rpi

5. Save the file by pressing Ctrl + X then Y and finally ENTER.

6. Now that we have updated the sources.list file we need to go ahead and run an update. This will update the local package list so that it will retrieve packages from the new repository:

sudo apt-get update

Credits

https://pimylifeup.com/raspbian-repository-mirror/

Steps

0. Install vlc to play videos:

sudo apt install -y vlc

1. Run:

sudo apt install python3-pip

sudo pip3 install youtube-dl

2. After installation, you can search video and list formats:

youtube-dl –list-formats “ytsearch:videoname”

3. To download chosen video+audio and merge them, then rename the output:

youtube-dl -o “name.mp4” -f ‘videocode+audiocode’ “link or ytsearch:videoname”

4. To watch a video while downloading, first, create a Python script:

sudo nano hello.py

– Then type the following and Ctrl+X and Y and Enter:

import subprocess

import youtube_dl

player_run = False

p = None

def hook(status):

global player_run, p

if not player_run:

player_run = True

p = subprocess.Popen([‘vlc’, ‘-I ncurses’, status[‘filename’]])

opts = {

‘format’: ‘best’,

‘nopart’: True,

‘progress_hooks’: [hook],

‘verbose’: True,

}

with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(opts) as ydl:

srch=input(“Search on YouTube: “)

ydl.download([‘ytsearch:’+srch])

p.wait()

5. Run the script:

python3 hello.py

6. If the version of youtube-dl is not the most recent version, you can change the repository mirror and do the following:

sudo apt-get install hello.py

7. To close the video:

Ctrl+C

8. To play live streams from youtube:

sudo apt-get install ffmpg

Credits

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl

Steps

1. Download and install VLC:

sudo apt-get install vlc

2. Configure the following file:

sudo nano /home/pi/.Xsession

3. Add the following:

cvlc –fullscreen typemediafilepathhere

Credits

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=49114

Steps

1. Open the following file:

sudo nano /home/pi/.Xsession

2. And add the following:

chromium-browser –autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required –window-size=1366,768 –-window-position=0,0 –start-maximized –noerrdialogs –disable-session-crashed-bubble –disable-infobars –kiosk –check-for-update-interval=1 –simulate-critical-update https://smartazanclock.com/

Credits

https://smartazanclock.com/setup/rpi