I once had a digital photo frame that displayed locally stored files (flash drive) and allowed users to click play on a remote for videos. It also had motion detection. Sound, too.
2014 NIX 8 inch Hi-Res Digital Photo Frame with Motion Sensor (X08D) https://a.co/d/7THoWVz Perhaps one of these? ( I have not tried them.) https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-digital-photo-frames > On Oct 6, 2022, at 9:07 PM, Fitchett, Deborah > <deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz> wrote: > > Kia ora koutou, > > We’ve got a sculpture in the library that we’d like to contextualise with a > video, and we’re looking for ways to set this up. It’s essentially a digital > plaque: something like a screen, probably some quietish speakers, video > player software, enough storage for the video, and a start button. > > Options we’ve considered: > > * We’ve eyed up Raspberry Pis for this kind of thing, but then you’ve got > to identify/source/assemble all the peripherals yourself and it’s probably > very simple and obvious to someone who likes that kind of thing but I’m not a > hardware person at all. Also I think at the time we wanted to display a > particular website, and it raised network security issues that made us tired > just thinking about them. > * We’ve tried to get away with using old netbooks/tablets but ITS doesn’t > like us keeping those things around past their best-by, also due to network > security issues. > * The local public library has some very cool interactive displays but > they’re also pricy to match. And we’ve got to consider not just the initial > purchase (which could conceivably come under a refurbishment project) but > also maintenance and replacement in due course (which would have to come out > of our normal strained budget). > * So we’ve always ended up either a) giving up or b) using a whole PC, > which is ridiculously overpowered for a single purpose and yet here we are. > > Any ideas for this use-case? > > And/or for our other occasional purpose of displaying/letting people browse a > specific website? (Ie click links and maybe input keywords for searching.) > > Deborah > –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– > Deborah Fitchett (she/her) MLIS, RLIANZA > Associate University Librarian, Digital Scholarship > > –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– > Learning, Teaching and Library – Te Whare Pūrākau > PO Box 85064, Lincoln University > Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand > +64 3 423 0358 > deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz<mailto:deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz> > ltl.lincoln.ac.nz > > –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– > Lincoln University > Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki > –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– > > > ________________________________ > > "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential > and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use, distribution, or copying > of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete > this e-mail together with all attachments from your system."
