OMX Remote

Remotely control OMX Player on your Raspberry Pi.

Remotely control OMX Player on your Raspberry Pi.

If you don't own a Raspberry Pi, or you don't know what it is, keep moving, there is nothing to see here... If you do, stay tuned!

What is it?

- a simple way to watch videos on the Raspberry Pi with minimal overhead

- all you need is an SSH server (you will probably have this anyway) and OMX Player (naturally)

What is it not?

- a full-blown media player

- a generic SSH client

- a remote control for any other things on the Raspberry Pi, like GPIO pins, system monitor, etc.

I want to know more!

- large remote control for convenience, with alternative layouts

- supports hardware volume buttons

- keep browsing files while watching videos

- OMX Player connection running in the background to free up your device to do other things

- quick access to remote control via notification

- support for subtitles and multiple audio streams

- optional "screen" support to re-attach lost connections

- password based or public key SSH login

- support "killall" as a last resort to get rid of a running OMX Player that you somehow have lost control over (try the "screen" option if your connection is prone to drop frequently)

- reboot/shutdown and TV on/off functions for convenience

- integrated IMDb lookup (IMDb app needs to be installed)

- folder play, i.e. auto advance to next item

- URL play (add/edit/delete URLs manually, view/share URLs with OMX Remote from external app, configure multiple URL play commands)

- experimental playback of videos on device (share from Photos or Gallery app)

Help, I'm stuck!

- if you cannot get a file listing, try to log in to your Raspberry Pi using a generic SSH client with the same connection and user details

- if you get a file listing but cannot play any files, try to run OMX Player manually on the Raspberry Pi

- if that does not help, drop us an email

Oh, by the way, thanks for reading this far, and of course...

have a nice day ;)