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Author:  Tazzytazzy [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:59 am ]
Post subject:  Slide show on second monitor
Anyone ever install a second video card on their knoppmyth frontend and have it running a slide show? I've been wanting to buy a cheap flat panel, mount it on the wall like it was in a picture frame, and have it display a slideshow from the knoppmyth install.

Any ideas about how to do this? I have a second video card laying around, and I'm sure I'll find a nice cheap flat panel during black friday sales. :-)

-Mitch
Author:  Tazzytazzy [ Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:53 pm ]
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So, it's been over a year. Any thoughts on this?

I'd like to turn an LCD monitor into a picture frame using another video card. Not sure how to do this. Any pointers?
Author:  grante [ Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:26 pm ]
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Tazzytazzy wrote:
So, it's been over a year. Any thoughts on this?
Sure.
  1. Install/setup second monitor as a second display. [We'll
    assume it's unix:0.1]
  2. Run something like this (as user "mythtv") in the directory
    where the .jpg files are
Code:
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=unix:0.1
RootGeom=$(xwininfo -root | grep geometry | sed 's/^.*geometry //g' | sed 's/+.*$//g')
display -delay 1 -backdrop -background black -resize $RootGeom -bordercolor black $*

The "display" command is part of the ImageMagick package, so
you'll need to apt-get install ImageMagick. The -delay
parameter is the number of seconds each photo is displayed.
One second is cool for testing, but would be a bit annoying on
the living room wall.

There are probably programs other than "display" that you could
use if you want fancy transitions or other features.
Author:  grante [ Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:30 pm ]
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Oh, the "display" command is going to be re-sizing photos to
fit the display, it's going to use up a little CPU when it
comes time to switch to the next photo. So you might want to
nice it to make sure it doesn't interfere with more
time-critical things.
Author:  mattshaw [ Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:14 pm ]
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feh is a program that comes shipped with R5F27 (and maybe previous version ???)

Check it out !!!
Author:  Girkers [ Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:48 pm ]
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I would be interested in hearing how this turns out. A wiki page would be great if it could be put there, I think this would be a wonderful addition.
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