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How would I go about using a raspberry pi to play a video, every time the user is "in front of" the screen (detected by a PIR sensor).

Ideally, the screen would be blank, until the sensor is triggered, then a fullscreen video will play with sound, before returning to black.

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    Write some python code to detect a signal on a GPIO pin from the PIR sensor, then use the omxplayer-wrapper to play the video. Use the pygame library to clear a black screen. – CoderMike Sep 27 '19 at 10:56
  • @CoderMike I would make the comment an answer. I would upvote it. – Ingo Sep 27 '19 at 16:58
  • Halloween project? – Chad G Sep 27 '19 at 21:28
  • Yes, Chad! Will report back how it goes! – Pez Cuckow Sep 28 '19 at 21:39
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Write some python code to detect a signal on a GPIO pin from the PIR sensor, then use the omxplayer-wrapper to play the video. Use the pygame library to clear a black screen.

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  • omxplayer-wrapper was the part I was missing thank you! – Pez Cuckow Sep 28 '19 at 21:39

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