<![CDATA[Rpi VLC]]>Hi All,

I'm attempting to push a Raspberry Pi VLC video stream to my google home hub.
test.sh
#!/bin/bash
a="$(date)"
p="/home/pi/tmp/Script_ran_$(date +%F_%R).txt"
echo $a >> $p
timeout 60 cvlc /home/pi/Desktop/test.mp4 --sout '#chromecast' --sout-chromecast-ip=192.168.0.10 --demux-filter=demux_chromecast

Commands.json
{"trigger":"Video background","command":"/home/pi/tmp/test.sh","ground":"background","voice":"video background",allowParams":"false"},

Running test.sh writes the file and pushes the video to the google home hub.
TRIGGERcmd writes the text file but does not start the video 😞

Any help would be greatly appreicated.

Raspberry Pi 3, Raspbian Stretch with desktop (Nov 2018)

]]>https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/topic/348/rpi-vlcRSS for NodeSun, 10 May 2026 18:14:32 GMTMon, 31 Dec 2018 05:53:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Rpi VLC on Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:05:50 GMT]]>@russ Thanks I'm away for a week or more, I'll have a crack when I get back.

]]>https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1128https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1128Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:05:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Rpi VLC on Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:53:48 GMT]]>@belleye, you're probably using Voice Match, so Google Home uses a different Google account depending on who's talking. The issue is you can only have one Google account linked to a TRIGGERcmd account. If you link a second account, it invalidates the previous account's link.

This issue came up before and the best solution seemed to be to use IFTTT like this:

Her Google account triggers an IFTTT recipe with Google Assistant on THIS side, and a Webhook on THAT side, which triggers the command with your TRIGGERcmd token.

]]>https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1127https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1127Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:53:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Rpi VLC on Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:14:00 GMT]]>@russ, Thanks that sorted it. The MP4 was only to simplify things, the real power comes from linking to a IP camera.

driveway.sh
sudo -u pi timeout 60 cvlc rtsp://192.168.0.11:554/user=xxxxx_password=xxxxx_channel=1_stream=0.sdp?real_stream --sout '#chromecast' --sout-chromecast-ip=192.168.0.10 --demux-filter=demux_chromecast

Now I don't need a nest camera 🙂

One last piece in the puzzle, can I share my triggercmd account with my wife's google account? Or do I need 2 RPIs?

I can execute the script from google home, but my wife can't use the service due to not having a triggercmd account.

]]>https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1126https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1126Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:14:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Rpi VLC on Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:20:03 GMT]]>@belleye, that's pretty cool. I didn't know you could do that.

I think you're probably trying to run cvlc as root because when you run background commands on a Pi, they run as root.

root@pi:~# cvlc
VLC is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry.
If you need to use real-time priorities and/or privileged TCP ports
you can use /usr/bin/vlc-wrapper (make sure it is Set-UID root and
cannot be run by non-trusted users first).

You can be root and run something as the pi user like this:

root@pi:~# sudo -u pi cvlc
VLC media player 3.0.3 Vetinari (revision 3.0.3-1-0-gc2bb759264)
[00d0b048] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused
[00d247e8] dbus interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
[00d247e8] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00cb2938] main libvlc error: interface "dbus,none" initialization failed
[00d2fd80] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00cb2938] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00d2fde8] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
[00d196e8] main playlist: playlist is empty

Also, I like the tags. I think you're the first person who's used them.

]]>https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1123https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/post/1123Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:20:03 GMT