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I made a picture frame project a long time ago (> 15 years according to file timestamps) https://agol.dk/elgaard/picframe.html
I think it is overkill to use a browser just to show images. feh still works great if you are running linux/unix
I also still would prefer to sync pictures using ssh and maybe rsync on top.
> iCloud photo albums have no API. However, if you share an iCloud photo album to a public link [...] How do folks feel about the security vs. convenience aspect of this? I almost talked myself into doing this for our shared family albums, but I know I really shouldn't do it. Some of our older family members run Windows and iCloud sharing is just horrible there. Basically, the photos keep disappearing from their comp…
also wanted to add API on top so that people can show photos however they want. But didn’t have a time to finish it yet.
Random memory/story, when I was a junior in highschool (so 2007), my friend and I coverted two old laptops to picture frames, using shallow shadow boxes. I took Dillo? Linux, and customized the squashfs (or whatever it was at the time) to run a wifi setup script from outside the squashfs that configured wifi, connected as a samba to their desktop computer with photos in folders, and then would loop through photos wit…
The device is running an Android app, rather than an OS and app optimized for an always-on device. I wonder whether the power consumption is much lower than that of a regular tablet?
The eInk screen is low power to change, and requires zero power to stay on.
The device sleeps between screen refreshes, and the WiFi power use in minimal.
My nook art screen lasts over a week with refreshes over the day. I don't know of a tablet which has a screen-on time for that long.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/09/turning-an-eink-screen-into...
I’m mildly surprised that this isn’t an official product. I have half a dozen relatives I’d give “AirFrames” to if Apple made them or let a third party do it, especially if they had decent handling of Live Photos.
The keywords that you would want to enter into your preferred search engine are: Digital Picture Frame At this point in time that is already a regular product category. The OP could just have bought one, but chose the DIY path.
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The problem here is that iCloud is the proprietary crap. They don't offer an appropriate API to get photos out. It'd be easier if you were starting with pictures in something more accessible. That said, I think Aura frames will sync from iCloud via their phone app. Not sure how well it works.
> They don't offer an appropriate API to get photos out. There's this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/photokit ("The framework provides access to photos on the person’s device and in iCloud.") If you want to use undocumented APIs on non-Apple devices directly, there are projects like https://github.com/steilerDev/icloud-photos-sync and https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_do... that ap…
I’m mildly surprised that this isn’t an official product. I have half a dozen relatives I’d give “AirFrames” to if Apple made them or let a third party do it, especially if they had decent handling of Live Photos.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aura-frames/id990062908 I didn’t check to see if it can play from a photo stream directly, because I prefer to use the share button in Photos to send to the app. It handles Live Photos just fine, and will put vertical photos side by side.
I’m mildly surprised that this isn’t an official product. I have half a dozen relatives I’d give “AirFrames” to if Apple made them or let a third party do it, especially if they had decent handling of Live Photos.
- big enough but not intrusive
- go off automatically at night
- doubles as audio assistant
Overall, it works really well for us.
I've built a few things with eink displays and I strongly recommend NOT using simple picture frames (unless they fit perfectly). One way to get a really good looking result is a custom frame. There are tons of custom framing company that will cheaply make you a frame that fits the display with the appropriate cut out. https://blog.jgc.org/2023/05/a-better-case-for-my-inkplate-1...
Custom frame by Halbe Rahmen, who I think make the most magnificent frames in the world, with the most loving team behind them. Not a shill; whenever I interact with the Halbe staff for anything I feel it.
https://www.malgregator.com/post/pocketframe/
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/13/obsolete-e-reader-gets-new-l...