Making a video installation with Raspberry Pi

=Prepare the SD card

This tool has been tested on the following Raspberry PI models:

• Raspberry Pi 1
• Raspberry Pi 2
• Raspberry Pi 3
• Raspberry Pi 4
• Raspberry Pi Zero W

• Syncing multiple video channels via Ethernet is possible with the models with Ethernet (Raspberry Pi 1, 2, 3 & 4)
• Syncing multiple video channels via WiFi is possible with the models with integrated WiFi (Raspberry Pi 3, 4 and Zero W)

Download and burn the image

Download the image: http://interactionstation.wdka.hro.nl/downloads/video_multi_channel_sync_4.img

Download etcher https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Use Etcher to flash the SD card with the image

Configure the Raspberry Pi for playing 1 video on a loop

• Connect raspberry pi to a screen, keyboard and mouse.
• Insert the SD card that you just flashed in the Pi.
• Plug in the power adapter.

When Raspberry starts up press repeatedly the keys CRTL and C (at the same time) to escape the looping video.

To get into the graphic interface type: startx

and hit the key Enter.

Insert a USB stick with your video (t

Go to “File Manager”

Search for your video in folder /media/root/PEN_FAT32

Copy your video and place it in /home/pi/video-sync-loop/videos

Go back to the folder video-sync-loop and edit video-sync.config

adjust the configuration so that it says playback_mode=loop

Name the video in Video_filename=yourvideoname

save the file

restart the Pi and your video should automatically start looping

Video installation with multiple videos playing in-sync

You need one Raspberry Pi per video.

configure raspberry pi for syncing

setup wifi host … master slaves

Notes on Pi 4

The Raspberry Pi 4 has two HDMI (micro HDMI) outputs. You will need to use "HDMI0", that is the left output next to the power connector.