RussellMc <apptechnz <at> gmail.com> writes:

>
>BUT   it is evident even from this thread that for a non-Linux man
>the get it going curve is a little less steep than desirable (steep is
>good, just nobody notices the terminology is backwards  ).
>AND     reality informs me that I am not going to spend the time to do
>it the hard way (regardless of how good that may be for one's
>character).
>SO       What would be nice [tm] is a spoon fed do
>this-&-this&-this&-this&-this&-this&-this & it's away and it's close
>enough to Windows in this mode that you can almost use it.
>
>Any advice on where to find the best version of such a spoon would be
>appreciated - and not just by me.
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>My early aim is multimedia slideshow* but much else suggests itself.
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>      Russell
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> _____________
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> * Out of head - indicative only:
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> All existing "photo frames" that I have seen are hopelessly clumsy and li=
mited.
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> JPGs in multiple folders on SD card, possibly nested, with attached
> monitor and user limited canned control with mouse or keyboard.
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> View all folders, this folder, this folder and folders under, selected
> folders, ...
> View all files, files which satisfy xxx, ...
> View random/sequential/other. Step by mouse, keyboard, timed ...
> Forward, back, pause.
> Copy to users's folder.
> ...
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I do not have the RPi, and so far do not what to, for lack of both time and=
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application for it.
To summarize experiences of people on this thread - "nice" device, but nobo=
dy
has made it to work, is it correct?  Kind of makes me wonder if I should ev=
er
consider RPi at all.

As for the slideshow requirements: I see a (i) fast way - something like a
labtop/tablet with a slideshow program, (ii) slower way - program PIC to=20
do that.

Sergey Dryga
http://beaglerobotics.com


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