Troubleshooting • Re: Replacing omxplayer on RPi 4

The following TKinter app using python3-vlc works on my Pi5:

Code:

import tkinter as tkimport vlcclass myframe(tk.Frame):    def __init__(self, root, width=500, height=400, bd=5):        super(myframe, self).__init__(root)        self.grid()        self.frame = tk.Frame(self, width=450, height=350, bd=5)        self.frame.configure(bg="black")        self.frame.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2, padx=8)        self.play_button = tk.Button(self, text = 'Play', command = self.play)        self.play_button.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=1, padx=8)        self.stop_button = tk.Button(self, text = 'Pause', command = self.pause)        self.stop_button.grid(row=1, column=1, columnspan=1, padx=8)    def play(self):        i = vlc.Instance('--no-xlib --quiet')        self.player = i.media_player_new()        #self.player.set_mrl('file:///home/pi/Downloads/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_30MB.mp4')        self.player.set_mrl('rtsp://807e9439d5ca.entrypoint.cloud.wowza.com:1935/app-rC94792j/068b9c9a_stream2')        xid = self.frame.winfo_id()        self.player.set_xwindow(xid)        self.player.play()    def pause(self):        try:            self.player.pause()        except:            passif __name__ == '__main__':    root = tk.Tk()    root.title("Video Frame Tkinter")    app = myframe(root)    root.mainloop()

Thanks! This looks usable.
It seems that Tk library does not support Wayland but only X11 but it should be ok. Argument "--no-xlib" causes 100% CPU usage, it is below 10% without it.

Statistics: Posted by kolsi — Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:40 am

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