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Digital signage on a Raspberry Pi in three commands

No custom OS image, no player software to keep updated: Raspberry Pi OS, Chromium in kiosk mode and the Screenbutler player URL. Slides, schedules and overlays live in the browser console.

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Digital signage on a Raspberry Pi in three commands

What a Pi with a browser player gives you

Standard OS, standard browser

Raspberry Pi OS updates itself; Chromium renders the same player the TV app uses, so a slide looks identical on a Pi, an Android TV and a Samsung browser.

Video walls and 4K

A Pi 5 or a mini PC drives large displays and video walls where a TV stick runs out of steam.

Rooms with a PC already

Meeting rooms, reception desks and shop counters often have a PC idling, kiosk mode turns it into a player without new hardware.

Same console, same content

Mix Pis, Android TVs and browser TVs in one company; each is just a screen with a playlist.

Set-up

  1. 1

    Create the screen in the console

    Choose Screens → New screen → No, prepare it for later. You get the screen's player URL.

  2. 2

    Start Chromium in kiosk mode

    chromium --kiosk --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble https://console.screenbutler.app/play/, the Pi shows a pairing code; enter it in the console, or open the prepared screen's URL directly.

  3. 3

    Autostart with the desktop

    Put the command into ~/.config/autostart/screenbutler.desktop (or a systemd user service) and disable screen blanking with xset s off -dpms.

Frequently asked questions

Which Raspberry Pi do I need?

A Pi 4 with 2 GB handles 1080p playlists comfortably; a Pi 5 is recommended for 4K or video-heavy playlists. A Pi 3 works for text, calendars and photos.

Does it work offline?

Chromium keeps playing the loaded playlist while the network is down and reconnects on its own; the offline cache for data slides is a feature of the Android TV app.

Can I rotate to portrait?

Set the screen to portrait in the console, or rotate the display in Raspberry Pi OS. Both work.

Is there a ready-made image?

No, on purpose: a stock OS plus a browser has fewer moving parts than a custom image, and you keep control of updates.

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