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I'm quite new to raspberry, all I need to do is to play a video in loop from a local ssh connection. These are my step:

  1. start the Pi in Cli (so no x server but command line) with network
  2. open my windows terminal connect via ssh and launch the command omxplayer --loop myfile.mp4
  3. Let the video plays it's eternal loop close the terminal and go home.

Now, the first two step are working correctly, what I expect is that the video continues to run even if I close the connection.

Where is my mistake? Is it possible to let it plays?

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  • @SteveRobillard Bacground processes are still tied to the shell and are closed when the shell closes. Actually, disown wound't work either, unless omxplayer doesn't need a terminal to run and ignores "SIGHUP".
    – Dmitry Grigoryev
    Commented Jul 13, 2021 at 8:15
  • @DmitryGrigoryev thanks for catching that I couldn't remember if that was the case or not, and was too tired/lazy to test it.
    – Steve Robillard
    Commented Jul 13, 2021 at 10:33
  • Does it work if you run nohup omxplayer --loop myfile.mp4?
    – Dougie
    Commented Jul 14, 2021 at 16:28
  • Yes you must add sudo
    – Luigi Sorbilli
    Commented Jul 15, 2021 at 19:22

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All commands you run via SSH are attached to the virtual SSH terminal and automatically closed when you disconnect. If you want a process to persist across sessions, you need to use nohup, tmux, screen or a similar command which either creates a persistent virtual terminal of replaces it with a file.

See this question for details and examples.

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