Maybe you could cut down on the requirements by only running a console and writing the jpg to the framebuffer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectFB not sure how'd you go from there, but this sort of thing should get rid of the X overhead, pretty sure you'd be able to get some utilities to write the jpg for you On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Marghanita da Cruz < [email protected]> wrote: > elliott-brennan wrote: > >> Hi Marghanita, >> >> The only problem you may have is that the screen >> resolution on the laptop may be too poor for a >> decent image resolution. I'd be curious as to how >> yo go though. >> >> > After quite a bit of experimentation, the good news is I now have an > operational > Digital Frame. > > The bad news is it isn't linux or open source. I would welcome any > suggestions for an open source/linux solution. > > I've documented the project here: > <http://www.ramin.com.au/eco-sydney/e-waste.shtml> > > I plan to use the frame in next January's Eco-Annandale Exhibition > <http://ramin.com.au/annandale/eco-annandale-2009.shtml> > > Marghanita > > Regards, >> >> Patrick >> >> >> Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >> >> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:09:47 +1100 >>> >>> I am experimenting, to see whether I can convert either or both NEC >>> Versa (2200C >>> & 4230 circa 1996/7) laptops into Multimedia Digital Frames...the >>> challenge is >>> as much about hardware as software. Even the floppy disk drive, I am >>> using on my >>> current laptop, makes the FD appear as a USB device and the low level >>> Formatting >>> instructions don't work. >>> >>> Marghanita >>> >>> >> > > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > http://www.ramin.com.au > Phone: (+61)0414 869202 > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
