USB Photo
by nigelsenior (community developer)popularity rank: 16
description: USB Photo is a widget that provides a photo slide show from images on a local USB stick. This widget requires a script to be installed (simply copy files to USB and reboot chumby - very easy) - details [[http://forum.chumby.com/viewtopic.php?pid=26377#p26377|here]], hence does not run on virtual chumby. It can be configured for timeout etc. One of the parameters is an image file filter based on chumby grep regular expressions - this could be used for example for only viewing a single directory on the USB stick etc. A full description of grep parameters is included with the script instructions at the link above. Image formats supported are JPG, JPEG, GIF and PNG. Touch the screen to restart the timer (delay) the current photo.
preview of 'USB Photo' app
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Comments
fmurch1
– October 27 2017
FYI, working in Fall 2017 on Sony Dash with no significant changes. See https://forum.chumby.com/viewtopic.php?id=9943 F
traci1011
– February 16 2012
I have the Insignia 8" and as a previous comment it does not work for this device. It would be an app I would use but I understand if the app is not being supported.
nigelsenior
– December 07 2011
Sorry folks but this app was written for one of the earlier chumby devices. I don't have your hardware platform and am not really supporting the app moving forward. I think that a slideshow should be a standard chumby feature. I am somewhat disappointed in the way the chumby guys work so don't have much incentive to support them. sorry Nigel
atulbhalla
– December 06 2011
I have the exact same issue and hardware as invictus's comment on October 18, 2011. Please help.
invictus
– October 18 2011
I did everything according to the instructions, yet the app begins with "Error loading filelist" and then the black screen with "Loading filelist" stays forever. I have an Insignia 8 with Chumby 8 software on it. This is actually the only feature I miss from the original software - having pictures slideshow as an app. How can I fix this? Thanks!
nigelsenior
– June 14 2011
jtittsler - happy to provide - send me an email ([email protected]) cheers Nigel
jtittsler
– June 12 2011
Is the source available for this app available? I'd like to add more options on "touch" (like move backward, or show photo metadata, etc.).
nigelsenior
– January 08 2011
Hi chumpeter - sorry nut have not done this yet - will post a note when its done. cheers Nigel
chumpeter
– January 07 2011
Hi, good job! It works fine. What is the hint to hide the blue intro? Regards from Germany Peter
nigelsenior
– December 15 2010
Hi b.botany - I think I am flattered (:-D) - will try and have a look at these items in Jan. I can probabaly have a flag on the configuration that skips the intro screen but you will still have to wait for the first image to load as depends on speed of chumby / usb stick etc. I think scaling is possible for devices but dont know much about it - will have a look and see what i can do. cheers Nigel
b.botany
– December 14 2010
The fatal flaw is the garish blue screen when it starts. If it lost that, this could be my main image driver. Do I need to learn flash programming just to get rid of this malfeature, or is there some configuration way? And in the on-critical realm, how is resizing handled. I lucked into having one of the nifty 600x800 screen models for cheapish. What do I need to do to adapt the software to the resolution that's available on the hardware? Once the blue screen of handholding goes away, it's a great app! Er, widget.
nigelsenior
– December 12 2010
marsradio - its probably the size of the images you are loading - there is a timeout for loading an image. So either use smaller images or try extending the timeout in the configuration on the web site. Cheers Nigel
marsradio
– December 12 2010
This app does not work properly. It is constantly saying that it's having problems loading the file - skipping image.
nigelsenior
– March 21 2010
Hi - the link is to the standard chumby forum so I am assuming they had a glitch - seems fine for me now - please try again cheers Nigel
was698002
– March 21 2010
When you go to "details here" you get the message "Warning! Domain mapping upgrade for this domain not found. Please login and go to the Domains Upgrades page of your blog to use this domain.", but the login required is to Wordpress. How do you get the script?
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