2009/4/29 Luke Stutters <lukest...@gmail.com> > Hello HantsLUG, I have a wicked plan to put up a smart looking wireless > photo frame in a science lab and educate the masses from a safe distance. > > Here are some of those frames: > > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151861 > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-MATE-Momento-Digital-Photo-Frame/dp/B000RZMARE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241033795&sr=1-5 > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Digital-Photo-Picture-Frame/dp/B001B9RIRM/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241033795&sr=1-15 > > However, a review on Amazon mentions problems with the Linux: > > > I bought this unit some months ago on the grounds of its quality > > pictures and wifi capability. Completely ignored the fact that > > Linux was not supported as hardly anyone does, but you can get > > most things to work with it. > > Firstly the quality is just as good as expected, miles better than > > the cheaper frames available. Then Linux - massive problem as this > > unit uses the Media Player 11 capabilities and I was completely > > stumped for several months - not too much of a problem as it reads > > SD cards and USB keys as well as the on-line thing. A couple of > > days ago I came across TwonkyMedia (their name, not mine!) and > > problem solved. Works absolutely brilliantly. > > Only 4 stars as Twonky requires licence. > > It seems likely that all these wireless photo frames are powered by > WMP11 strangeness. Does anyone have any experience with this exciting > new technology? > > I would be wary of anything that requires WMP11. I did see some wireless frames a while ago that worked in linux, but only because they got the photos via a rss feed from a website (which I believe you had to pay a subscription to, which is just as bad).
Why can't people make one that just has a simple webpage to configure it to use a samba share? Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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