tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:299553 Peter "Sci" Turpin Peter "Sci" Turpin 2010-06-20T20:29:41Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:299553:28547 2010-06-20T20:02:43Z 2010-06-20T20:29:41Z public 0 <p>Digital picture frame has arrived. Sadly does not support GIF, regular or animated. Is an odd device. Is detected as an external CD-drive, so data contents cannot be changed directly and needs to launch it&#8217;s own proprietary program to resize and upload images. (I presume this is a safety feature and means the code wouldn&#8217;t be very tolerant of wrongly sized images)<br /> 5-second fixed slideshow with random transition effects. Really only suitable for slideshows.</p> <p>I suspect changing this would require cracking the case and finding a JTAG connector, followed by reprogramming the software.</p> <p>So I&#8217;ve messaged the place I bought it to see if they have any different models that fit the spec to start with.</p> <p>Off to the post office for now..</p> <p><em>[20/06/2010: Amalgamating old posts from "Dreamwidth Creative Blog" into sci-fi-fox.com to re-purpose DW blog account.]</em></p> <p></p><p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.sci-fi-fox.com/?p=145" title="Read Original Post">The blog-hub for Peter "Sci" Turpin</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sci_starborne&ditemid=28547" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments