If you'd written "read" insead of "reread" that would have been your first Mark! this year. We all know that's the truth, anyway.
> On 26 December 2016 at 03:05 "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Perhaps I should reread the documentation. > > > On 12/25/2016 9:48 PM, John wrote: > > IrfanView can do random slideshows. > > > > On 12/25/2016 6:06 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> I wish it worked on Windows. I use irfanview to generate slideshows, > >> but it does everything you specified but the images aren't random. It > >> would be nice to be able to do that. > >> > >> > >> On 12/25/2016 12:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> When I am hosting events like whiskymas, which will be kicking off in > >>> a few hours, I like to run a slide show of my computers. Once again, > >>> the gang in Cupertino have shown their master in the art of > >>> unnecessary simplicity. > >>> > >>> For many years, it was my contention that iPhoto was the worst attempt > >>> at commercial software that I had ever had the misfortune of using. It > >>> did have one, single, bit of usefulness, running a slideshow, with the > >>> photos in random order, but at a configurable duration. > >>> > >>> iPhoto has been replaced by Photos, a program so simple, that it takes > >>> a couple hours of internet research to figure out how to reliably make > >>> it go away and not pop up every time you read a new SD card. They have > >>> also streamlined the slideshow function right out of the software, > >>> simplifying it to the point of no longer having any reason for > >>> existence what so ever. > >>> > >>> One possibility is to point my display background at a folder of > >>> photos, but that has the disadvantage of showing icons for everything > >>> in my desktop folder on top of the images. > >>> > >>> Another possibility is to use the screen saver on hot corners. It > >>> nearly works OK, except that you cannot set how long the photos are > >>> displayed for. > >>> > >>> I did finally find a program called Phoenix Slides > >>> http://blyt.net/phxslides/ > >>> > >>> I'm pleased to say that it actually works quite well, and wanted to > >>> share the link with anyone else that might want to set up a slideshow > >>> of their photos. > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
