pi-jockey

This is a networking solutions for media control with Raspberry Pi.

Installation

Install pip, flask and python script, etc.

• Remake this process for each Raspberry.
• Prepare a SD card with a RASPBIAN
• Boot and expand
• Log in to the pi ( user: pi password:raspberry )

1: Prepare to set ip adress from router config

Enter:

• $ sudo apt-get update

1.1 Change your host name.

Use the text editor Nano to edit the host file, Enter:

• $ sudo nano /etc/hosts

• change: 127.0.1.1 raspberrypi

• to: 127.0.1.1 pi-N

(Where N is a number, for instance pi-1, pi-2, pi-3, pi-4, ... )

Exit and save

Use the text editor Nano to edit the host name file, Enter:

• $ sudo nano /etc/hostname
• change: raspberrypi
• to: pi-n

(Where N is a number, for instance pi-1, pi-2, pi-3, pi-4, ... and the same as above ) Exit and save

1.2 Set up dhcp

To setup eth0 to dhcp, Enter:

• $ nano /etc/network/interfaces

• auto eth0

• iface eth0 inet dhcp

Exit and save

2. Configure your router (from another computer logon to the wireless network)

What is your Mac adress. Enter.

• $ ifconfig

Back at the rasyberry command line: 3. Install pip file. Enter:

• $ sudo apt-get install python-pip

4. Install Flask. Enter:

• $ sudo pip install Flask

5. Clone Repo and cd into directory. Enter:

• $ git clone https://github.com/palletorsson/pi-jockey.git

6. Supervisor for securing start and restart of script. Enter:

• $ sudo apt-get install supervisor
• $ sudo nano /etc/supervisor/conf.d/flask_project.conf

Add these lines. Enter or Copy and Paste:

• [program:flask]
• command = python media-server.py
• directory = /home/pi/pi-jockey/
• user = pi Exit and save

7. activate Hdmi sound

• $ nano /boot/config.txt
• set hdmi_drive=2

8. Add Media

• Add video to the video directory in the pi-jocky directory.
• Add sound to the sound directory in the pi-jocky directory.

9. Edit the settings

• Configure setting.py matching the video name.

10 Add ip to the hosts_list for each Raspberry media-server.py script.

11. Restart and test the pi

• Connect all Raspberry (media station) to you router.
• Form the control computer
• Restart the each media station
• On each media-server waiting for requests:
• On the control server start the server script

Clone Repo and cd into directory. Enter:

• $ git clone https://github.com/palletorsson/pi-jockey.git
• $ cd pi-jocky
• $ python controller.py (I will soon add supervisor)