Picasa Web Albums
by chumby (chumby industries)
last update on:
04/15/2017
popularity rank: 3
popularity rank: 3
description: View any Picasa Web album on your chumby. Sit back and watch the show or navigate back and forth using the touchscreen.
preview of 'Picasa Web Albums' app
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Comments
Plank
– August 10 2016
Doesn't work due to Google changes. Please update!
Malimal
– December 02 2012
does not work anymore.
pecosdave
– October 29 2012
Google has changed the URL structure of Picasa albums. The old structure no longer works and the new one isn't accepted by the app. Please recode the app to accept the new URL's.
jbrphoto
– July 21 2012
The app stopped loading my images and now it won't accept the link...
celinekino
– June 09 2012
Works great on the Chumby 8. Love the clock feature - just what I was looking for.
kgeissler
– February 16 2012
For those of you having problems, make sure the Picasa album you are trying to use has the permissions set to "Anyone with link." Then use that link with the widget. The Picasa widget is working fine for me.
happyshow
– January 30 2012
Does not work anymore.
rfanderson
– January 29 2012
Yup! Like the rest of us it hasn't worked for quite some time. And no effort seems to be taking place to fix it either. I have two other apps in the same boat---long not working and not being fixed. I have a bad feeling about the future of Chumby.
sirfergy
– January 08 2012
I tried the suggestion above but that didn't work. :(
afiumano
– December 29 2011
Hello, Now that Picasa uses Google+ to share photos, the URL has changed to a new format that this app won't work with. It is now in the format of (sample): https://plus.google.com/photos/111112233456778/albums/12345678?authkey=zrxdtfcygvubhijn Instead of http://picasaweb.google.com Now I get this error when pasting the above URL (real version, not sample): Please enter a valid Picasa Web Album URL.
pwgilbert
– December 28 2011
Not working for me either. "Cannot open album. Please verify URL." I'm using an album that is available to anyone with the link. VERY FRUSTRATED
jeffmx5
– December 26 2011
Not working for me either. "Cannot open album. Please verify URL." I'm using an album that is available to anyone with the link.
andder
– December 23 2011
App was working wonderfully a week or so ago, now it won't allow changes to the album. Trying to add another photo album, but even when I paste in the url for the one that had been working properly it gives me the same message: Cannot open album. Please verify the URL. This is the url that verified just fine a couple weeks ago when I added it the first time. Help?
Plank
– November 14 2011
It works with my Chumby 8 but not my Chumby One. It won't get past the loading screen.
bipesd
– November 13 2011
Running this app on an Insignia 8, it's working very intermittently, but mostly not working. Just displays a "Loading" screen for a few seconds, then on to the next app. I would really like to use this; it's the main reason I got the device.
Plank
– October 22 2011
I have several instances of this widget running successfully for years. Today, I make a new album and it gets stuck on the loading screen. Is there a limit to the number of photos? I am sure I copied and pasted the correct url. It works with the other Picasa widget but the resolution is low. I am running the latest beta control panel on a chummy one.
chumzter
– September 15 2011
@jbrphoto - we are still unable to replicate this issue here. Come see us in customer support. We have some additional troubleshooting steps we would like for you to try (http://www.chumby.com/pages/help_support). -chumby support
jbrphoto
– September 15 2011
I too am having this problem on my Dash.
alakoski
– September 06 2011
I have the same problem as one person below. The widget "forgets" the URL. If I go the MyChumby->MyChannels web page and click "customize" on Picasa Web Albums I see that the text box for URL is empty. When I paste the picasa URL again the widget works. This has happened now every day... I'm using chumby8. Any ideas what is going on?
chumzter
– August 26 2011
@autumn2649 - it may be possible that you are not copying the correct URL link from your picase web album. Come see us in support for further assistance (http://www.chumby.com/pages/help_support). -chumby support
autumn2649
– August 25 2011
I keep getting an invalid url message when I try linking to my albums. Anyone else out there know what's up with that?
lvince
– June 27 2011
@neilalcorn - Don't know what it was, but here's how I fixed it (thanks to Ross for some hints). (1) I pushed the Control Panel to my dash and removed the Beta Control panel, That didn't fix it. (2) I removed the Picasa Webalbums App and reinstalled it. NOW IT WORKS. (My bad :-) ). Thanks for the support.
neilalcorn
– June 27 2011
@lvince - What seems to be the issue? I just verified that this app is working correctly. Please come see in support for further assistance (http://www.chumby.com/pages/help_support) - chumby support
lvince
– June 26 2011
It was working earlier in June, but seems to have broken again. Sony, What the status?
knchris
– March 25 2011
I can't get it to work with my "Unlisted Gallery". Picasa provides an https link with an authkey but this widget won't accept that url.
Cheddar
– March 10 2011
Google made the switch to default to https in January. The widget is now fixed to accept that format.
neilalcorn
– March 03 2011
@vkutt0 - Update: Actually you do not have to enable public view in order for the link to work in the app. Most people don't want their albums public ;) But the change from https to http works.
neilalcorn
– March 03 2011
@vkutt0 - Thank you providing a workaround to get the links to actually be excepted by the app. I will get in touch with the developer to hopefully resolve.
happyshow
– February 25 2011
Will this app update and show new pictures that were just uploaded without having to exit and refresh?
vkutt0
– February 04 2011
OK, got this working today. It wasn't very intuitive to set up, but here is what worked for me: 1) The album privacy on Picasaweb must be set to Public on the Web 2) When copying the link from Picasaweb, modify the https://... link to http://... and it should work out 3) For more fun, give your friends/family permission to add pictures to the Picasa album ("Shared with..." option on Picasaweb) and their uploads will show up too (one the application reloads)!
doctor_regtools
– October 02 2010
I had to change my url from 'picasweb.google.co.uk' to 'picasaweb.google.com' to get it accepted - perhaps you can do something similar?
Seneca
– October 02 2010
Same problem from Germany as from many other countries. The f.. url doesn´t work... Any help?
prinzz
– August 29 2010
Widget works great for a couple of hours and then it "forgets" the weblink, on the chumby webpage, there is an empty textbox where the weblink should have been and on the chumby device, it always says "loading picture list...". it used to work in the past, but I wasn't using my chumby for the last few months..
[email protected]
– August 14 2010
It worked fine for less than 200 images, but I cranked my album up to around 400 images and it's hanging (stuck) on loading images. I turned off shuffle also, no luck. Any thoughts?
moshiko51
– May 08 2010
Raeann, you can turn the logo off: tap the screen, tap Options, and switch the tab for Logo Display to off.
joshg21
– March 12 2010
Worked great for me.
phlo
– February 17 2010
it does not accept any URL's anymore. Even as picasaweb.google.com
doctor_regtools
– January 26 2010
I had to change my url from 'picasweb.google.co.uk' to 'picasaweb.google.com' to get it accepted
wilhelmtheodor
– January 22 2010
links has to be changed from google.nl or google.de to google.com. Works fine with safari. I dislike the picasa logo in the upper left corner, btw
jswerner
– January 18 2010
This widget can't be customized using Firefox or Opera
Pieter
– January 18 2010
hi, i'm Dutch and i can't customize the link with google.nl link given on picassa..
drwelt
– December 06 2009
awesome. since the update even better! works perfectly!
clopezj
– September 26 2009
Cannot open album. Please verify the URL My album is public HELP!!!
gonsol
– September 15 2009
an improvement will be to work with "no listed" albums. Only works with public albums
ひよこまめ
– September 02 2009
テスト
xamar
– August 06 2009
gjardar, I had the same trouble, make all the URLs be in google.com to be recognized properly. I, as a spaniard, had http://picasaweb.google.es/... URLs and it worked changing .es to .com
gjardar
– July 28 2009
I constantly get the error: "Please enter a valid Picasa Web Album URL." No solutions? Pls help.
DanielCasner
– June 03 2009
Works great even for my albums of over 400 pictures which hang every other widget I've tried. Flick to browse is very nice.
gilfr
– February 27 2009
hi, i'm french and i can't customize the link with google.fr link given on picassa
brabrook
– February 19 2009
Good idea, changing the BG would be great!
sbradfor
– February 18 2009
I agree. Black would be a much better color choice. Does anyone know the optimum screen size to use for pictures? I know it resizes them but I haven't tracked down what looks best yet. Thanks for the widgit!
grenoble
– January 08 2009
I would love it if this widget and the "Media Player" widget would allow me to choose my BG color. I'd prefer black instead of white.
dabren
– December 05 2008
Hi, there. I cut and paste the picassa link into the widget and it says it is not a valid URL. Any thoughts about how to get this to work? I tried a year ago with no luck...gave up and thought maybe they would have figured it out by now...it is a .com address. anything else i should be thinking about?
jvcleave
– October 29 2008
Chumby-Mm, the Picasa Media Player allows for photo duration in custom settings http://www.chumby.com/guide/widget/Picasa%20Media%20Player if you just want one photo check out Load Image from URL http://www.chumby.com/guide/widget/Load%20Image%20from%20URL
Chumby-M
– October 22 2008
Speed setting! I wonder why NO photo viewer allows the user to set the speed of a slide show! I just want a fixed image.
merusalem
– August 12 2008
Thanks bilenberg, when replacing the country specific part of the domain with ".com", it works great!
bilenberg
– July 10 2008
@Kaster: Just write .com in the URL instead of .dk - then you're flying ;-) But maybe you've already figured that out ;) Keep drumming :))
kaster
– June 29 2008
I have a problem. using picasa on a not .com domaine dosn´t work. I.e.: http://picasaweb.google.dk/michael.kaster/SverigeCharlotteOgAndersSommerhus Anybody have a solution to this?
BbOgdn
– June 12 2008
Oops. I was impatient. It actually works, and works well. If the album chosen is >50 pictures, it is slow to load... Bob
BbOgdn
– June 12 2008
It does not work, as of 6/12/2008
pbart
– June 03 2008
Still broken...nobody at Google must own a Chumby
ParMesSoins
– April 09 2008
Idem, l'URL n'est pas valide ??? une solution ???
jeffcwalter
– April 03 2008
having same problem on not finding url - is this widgit broken?
scolnick
– March 18 2008
can't find the URL for me
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