Incredible Software!! - My Multi Screen Custom Frame Setup - Issues with Multi Screen + Landscape / Portrait Screens..
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:09 am
So.. I just spent 45min writing a lengthy post about my setup.. and the problems I am having.. but seems this forum logged me out between writing it and hitting post.. so I am going to have to summarise..
AWESOME SOFTWARE.. a huge step up from the raspberry pi + plain LCD screen+ wemo motion setup I had before..
I've build a custom setup using a Gigabyte mini pc - http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/pro ... id=5038#ov bought a bunch of IKEA RIBBA frames and done a custom frame installation with LCD screens.. uses multi display, and the screens are mounted portrait and landscape.
I will post more photos and give a better summary of the setup, and the low power options that I did (PC uses 6 watts, screen uses 10watts!)
Main reason I wanted this setup was the horizontal / vertical image filters.. (which are incredible!) along with the ability to show all images from a single folder across all screens, and the folder name + date (from metadata) display on screen.. (WOW!!) works so well with my existing folder structure and setup!
Although it seems though these two features (horizontal / vertical image filters + all images from one folder) don't work together, I have set it up correctly to do so.. (and its works when the screensaver gets started..) then maybe after 5-10min it gets confused (maybe because it runs out of portrait images to show) then just picks different folders for each screen.
I have had a think about a hack to fix it.. being that you 'reset' the screensaver after say X minutes, I think between 5-10 should do the trick where after that time it will reset and then start again from another folder.
The other issues I found with the software is that it seems to repeat images sometimes, (I have double checked and its setup correct to not do this) so I was wondering if there is anyway of seeing the image file log to confirm its getting added to each time, and the files that are listed in there.
The last issue is the monitor off and specific times plugin doesn't seem to work at all, it does work with the setting turn off in X minutes, but when I setup the time on / time off, it wont turn off - I have set the Allow Wake Timers up in the options but still stays on after the time set (I can't test if it will wake up as I cant get it it to turn off.. but as I hit the power button putting the computer to sleep I suspect it doesn't work)
Let me know what you think of the setup, and if you want more pictures and a guide on the construction let me know and I will get some more photos in the daylight!
AWESOME SOFTWARE.. a huge step up from the raspberry pi + plain LCD screen+ wemo motion setup I had before..
I've build a custom setup using a Gigabyte mini pc - http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/pro ... id=5038#ov bought a bunch of IKEA RIBBA frames and done a custom frame installation with LCD screens.. uses multi display, and the screens are mounted portrait and landscape.
I will post more photos and give a better summary of the setup, and the low power options that I did (PC uses 6 watts, screen uses 10watts!)
Main reason I wanted this setup was the horizontal / vertical image filters.. (which are incredible!) along with the ability to show all images from a single folder across all screens, and the folder name + date (from metadata) display on screen.. (WOW!!) works so well with my existing folder structure and setup!
Although it seems though these two features (horizontal / vertical image filters + all images from one folder) don't work together, I have set it up correctly to do so.. (and its works when the screensaver gets started..) then maybe after 5-10min it gets confused (maybe because it runs out of portrait images to show) then just picks different folders for each screen.
I have had a think about a hack to fix it.. being that you 'reset' the screensaver after say X minutes, I think between 5-10 should do the trick where after that time it will reset and then start again from another folder.
The other issues I found with the software is that it seems to repeat images sometimes, (I have double checked and its setup correct to not do this) so I was wondering if there is anyway of seeing the image file log to confirm its getting added to each time, and the files that are listed in there.
The last issue is the monitor off and specific times plugin doesn't seem to work at all, it does work with the setting turn off in X minutes, but when I setup the time on / time off, it wont turn off - I have set the Allow Wake Timers up in the options but still stays on after the time set (I can't test if it will wake up as I cant get it it to turn off.. but as I hit the power button putting the computer to sleep I suspect it doesn't work)
Let me know what you think of the setup, and if you want more pictures and a guide on the construction let me know and I will get some more photos in the daylight!