OMXPlayer-Sync

OMXPlayer-Sync facilitates synchronization of multiple OMXPlayer instances over the network in a master/slave fashion.

https://vimeo.com/65737409

Usage

$ ./omxplayer-sync -h
Usage: omxplayer-sync [options] filename

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -m, --master          
  -l, --slave           
  -x DESTINATION, --destination=DESTINATION
  -u, --loop            
  -v, --verbose

master

omxplayer-sync -muv movie1.mp4 movie2.mp4 /movies/*

slave

omxplayer-sync -luv movie1.mp4 movie2.mp4 /movies/*

Requirements

A recent version of pyexpect.

Version c0dd950 of omxplayer.

Usage notes

To achive faster initial sync times, one should use a build of omxplayer with forward and backward seek times set to 5 seconds instead of 30 seconds.