User Feedback :: Digital Picture Frame Finished!

Hi there, all! I just wanted to post to thank everyone that helped me with my digital picture frame project and to officially same that it is finished.

It's an old Toshiba 2595CDT running on a wireless network and a 512mb Kingston CF drive with a CF to IDE adapter. It's using an Orinoco 802.11b gold card with 128-bit encryption on the network. It's running a little script on startup, and instead of loading fluxbox, it runs without a window manager, which keeps nasty window lines out of the picture. The script associates with the wireless network, maps a network share to the linux box for pictures, and displays them using xv. which randomizes and displays each for 30 seconds. I can update it over the network/internet easily. I simply delete all of the files in the directory, xv dies, and the script waits 3 minutes before reloading it, which forces re-reading of the directory where the pics are. In addition, if something fails, a cron script reboots the machine every night at 12:14 AM.

Just wanted to post to tell everybody thanks and that it works great. It's mounted and matted in a shadowbox from Michael's arts and crafts store and looks GREAT. My parents love it, as since I went to college this year, I can take pictures with my digital camera, resize them to 800x600, and send them home for immediate display right in our kitchen over the internet!

--Branson

Too awesome! I would love to see some pictures of it in action!

You have photos and a cool progression/howto done up..would be cool to see your project in its progression bro!

Great job man...how cool is that!

Brian
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Oops... Meant to say that I was using feh, not xv. Much more configurable and usable for the DPF job. I'm in college right now, so I'm pretty busy. When I get some time, though, I'll try to put together a brief construction page. I have found an assortment of pages already that really, really helped me that I will post also.

--B

College, eh? Just be careful which photos you send back to your parents! :;):

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