On 4 December 2014 at 22:21, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A raspberry pi ...
>>
> I read up on it Frank. Looks like a very simple solution especially if I
> want some program options beyond just streaming or thumb drive.
>
On the subject of power consumption, I had a model B+ running off a bench
PSU yesterday - less than half an amp running the lxde desktop, likewise
when running a simple slideshow. That's about 2 watts then. Maybe double
that for a particularly inefficient wall wart. You might even be able to
run it from a smart TV's USB port, if it's man enough to drive a portable
USB HD.
I also had a quick play with feh, a command-line driven slideshow program.
Worked quite well, though its tendency to display non-anti-aliased image
at first and then overwrite with the anti-aliased version when scaling down
was a bit irksome (like some cheap digital picture frames I've seen).
Wouldn't be a problem if one used a big, powerful PC to resize them before
sticking them on the Pi though. Probably the neatest solution for a
switch-on-and-go application, just put a one-line command in /etc/rc.local
or something.
something with a few optional fancy transitions would be nice too, but
haven't found anything like that yet.
Ian
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