Script to open a movie

[Satish]

Hi friends,
I am newbie to Linux.I've worked on the environment but not an expert.
I have a doubt plz help me out. I need a script to play a movie file
in vlc player by def. Also I need to schedule it when linux boots up
and gets loads up I need to play this movie file after 2 mins and stop
after 5 mins. is it possible? Can you give me the script for it?? or
any syntax or links are welcome....

[Rajeshg]

Hi Satish,

During booting, all the servies (either started/stopped) based on run
level.. when you need any job or any custom script, you can edit the
file /etc/rc.d/rc.local
this file gets executed after all your boot process.

so for your requirement, I would suggest below lines at the end of
file,

sleep 120 # Sleep for 2 mins
vlc -vvv <FILENAME> & # Launch the vlc with the
required video file in background
process_no=$! # Get the job number of
the launched process
sleep 300 # Sleep for 5 mins
kill -9 ${process_no} # Kill playing

I haven't done any research on vlc commandline interface.. the above
may not play exact 5 mins of video.. if you got any solution
meanwhile.. please share with me...

Thanks,
Rajesh

[SHIVA]

I am not sure whether the below steps will work, since VLC required X11 it will not work with rc.local. May be you can try it with user login scripts (.bashrc or .profile) this will work whenever the users login.

Regards

Shiva

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