Install videolooper/omxplayer?

Patchbox OS
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Hi,
I would like to install videolooper on my patchboxos but os seems to lack omxplayer and I could not install it.

Doing this…

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git
git clone https://github.com/adafruit/pi_video_looper.git

sudo ./install.sh
…installation fails asking for omxplayer.

Could this work on PatchboxOs?

Thanks :slight_smile:

Edit: It seems the video looper is only supported on legacy os. But still it would be nice to get a video looper going on patchboxOs.

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What is the full error you receive?

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patch@patchbox:~/pi_video_looper $ sudo ./install.sh
Installing dependencies...
==========================
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 http://apt.blokas.io rpi InRelease                                       
Hit:3 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian bullseye InRelease                 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package omxplayer is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'omxplayer' has no installation candidate
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Looks like omxplayer is not supported on anything newer than RPi OS releases with codename buster.

See OMXPlayer and Raspbian Bullseye - running and compiling · Issue #810 · popcornmix/omxplayer · GitHub

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