DonkeyFrame
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[edit] Overview
Ever wanted a wireless picture frame but didn't want to live with a seven inch display? Don't want to spend $150+ on a wireless picture frame and only have a 6" screen? Have more images that you want to display than would fit on a COTS frame? Have an "old" laptop that you're not really doing anything with? You may just be in luck
A few of those previous questions I have already answered yes to, still waiting on an old laptop though :-/. This project started out as a slide-show type app. that I was going to run on a second display on my desktop. Kinda went a bit further from there. The aim is to get a full featured digital frame that is simple enough for my siblings to set up yet still powerful in terms of features. Well, that goes for the software anyways, I'm no hardware guru.
As always, if you want to make a comment or ask a question feel free over at the board
[edit] Hardware
Do It Yourself Digital Picture Frame
I'm still in the process of trying to get my hands on an old laptop that someone is disposing of. As soon as that happens though I'll try to take pictures and the such of the process I went through for everyone.
[edit] Software
I'm using heavily modified versions of my own source. As most of you can guess it is all .NET code. Currently I've got the bulk of the "research" part done. I'm still working on getting all of the networking done. I've got some of the base stuff done now. The project is mostly in a "proof of concept" stage. You can blame my other job for the slow progress. Gotta eat...
[edit] Current Features
NOTE: Most features are configured via the config file right now. This will change upon release.
- image size scaling (large images always scale down, small images scale up or center in screen)
- rotate images 90 degrees clockwise
- multi-lingual support (currently English and Spanish)
- Network streamed images (you can pull my shared images with the default configuration)
- configurable time lapse between images
- arrow key (<- and ->) to "flip" through images.
- image position (x of y) display
- image file name display
[edit] Planned Features
- Networked configuration of properties of the frame
- time between images
- location to pull images from
- "Stored" images vs. "streamed" images
- "streamed" image caching
- image "playlists"
- network discovery of frames
- "soft" transitions between images (fading between the two)
- network frame display manipulation (flip through images, pause on image...)
[edit] Version History
[edit] Requirements
.NET Framework 3.5 -- download here.
[edit] Releases
Alpha 1 (removed)
[edit] Tested Platforms
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
[edit] License
GPL until I figure out what license I really want to use. What? I'm not an attorney.
[edit] To Do
Create User Manual
Release version 1
