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I have a Raspberry Pi Model B+ and I would like to play video files that are stored on a USB flash drive.

Basically, I have three different push buttons connected to the GPIO pins of the Raspberry Pi and when one button is pressed, then video 1 plays. If button 2 is pressed, then video 2 plays and so on and so forth.

My video files are in mp4 format.

Can this be done using omxplayer or XBMC? Or do I have to write a set of codes in Python or C?

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  • Yes, yes, yes and yes. Hello and welcome. Please note that your question is very broad and therefore hard to answer.
    – Ghanima ♦
    Feb 23, 2015 at 21:47
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    I'd try to write a python script which waits for button presses and then launches the omxplayer
    – Frepa
    Feb 23, 2015 at 22:16

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Use Python. Use the RPi.GPIO library to detect button presses. Issue system commands to run omxplayer depending on which button is pressed.

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