Node-Red send character to terminal - e.g. send space to pause/play OMXplayer

Question

I am controlling OMXPlayer from Node-Red, starting it using the exec node - works fine. I would also like to do the equivalent of a keypress to control it - e.g. space to pause/play and "q" to quit. Sending a character to the exec node does not work. I could not find any node to perform this function. Hence would appreciate any guidance on how I might do this. Thank you. Mike

Answer 1

I found a solution eventually. I tried a node.js module called simpleomxcontrol and pulled this into NodeRed. This would start the player but not pause or stop it.

I then tied dbuscontrol.sh . It appeared to have a problem pulling in the 'stop' argument. So I edited dbuscontrol so it would only implement stop (no arguments required)(and send to exec node). I expect I could also edit dbuscontrol to implement pause or other requirements as single scripts if I ever need these.

Thank you to all who helped me find an answer. Mike