You can set the SlowMovie script to run on startup automatically as a service. This way there's no need to ssh into it and start it up if the Pi ever reboots or is unplugged and replugged.
First, create a slowmovie service file in the nano text editor:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/slowmovie.service
Copy this text into the file:
[Unit] Description=SlowMovie E-Ink Display After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=root WorkingDirectory=/home/admin ExecStart=/home/admin/env/bin/python3 /home/admin/slowmovie_adafruit.py -i 96 -d 30 -c 4 Restart=on-failure RestartSec=10 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Enable and Start the service
Now that you've created the servie it needs to be reloaded to be recognized, and then enabled to start on boot.
# Reload systemd to recognize the new service sudo systemctl daemon-reload # Enable it to start on boot sudo systemctl enable slowmovie.service
Now, any time you reboot or start the system, SlowMovie will play.
If you need to manually start or stop the service, or check its status, use these commands:
# Start it now (to test) sudo systemctl start slowmovie.service # Stop it now sudo systemctl stop slowmovie.service # Check status sudo systemctl status slowmovie.service
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