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« on: September 27, 2007, 03:44:12 pm » |
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I was wondering is there a way to change the pic feed from flickr to my own pics? I tried copying my pics to the public data picture folder but I still cannot get any to come up with my pics in place of some of the flickr images. I can pull them up if I go to view my pics through LMCE when I go to the pictures menu.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2007, 03:48:21 pm » |
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I was wondering is there a way to change the pic feed from flickr to my own pics? I tried copying my pics to the public data picture folder but I still cannot get any to come up with my pics in place of some of the flickr images. I can pull them up if I go to view my pics through LMCE when I go to the pictures menu.
Unfortunately it's not that easy aparently, I have just posted a few hints in another thread, you might want to look at that. |
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2007, 03:52:06 pm » |
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Thank you I will take a look.
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2007, 08:54:40 pm » |
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Unfortunately it's not that easy aparently, I have just posted a few hints in another thread, you might want to look at that. Ok I must be dim cause I can't find it. mind posting a link?  |
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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2007, 10:18:23 pm » |
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http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2628.0I had to look for a minute there myself.  It's far from a tutorial on how to do it though. 
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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2007, 02:40:53 pm » |
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I have butchered the script. You'll need to change the source dir ($dirtoget) in the config section. It's hardcoded to look for .JPG files but you can change that (there are two references, just do find and replace).
I also added a bit in which ignores the images if they are less than 500px wide or high for quality reasons.
It's a hack though, and my first time with Perl, so don't expect too much finesse! ;-)
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2007, 04:39:40 pm » |
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Thanks for the script chris. Trying to get this to work now. Also, if anyone is interested, I have posted a help wanted for someone who wants to build this so that a change in the directory that is used can be done via the control panel settings. See http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2713.msg13170 if you are interested in the bounty. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2007, 07:34:19 pm » |
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I was wondering is there a way to change the pic feed from flickr to my own pics? I tried copying my pics to the public data picture folder but I still cannot get any to come up with my pics in place of some of the flickr images. I can pull them up if I go to view my pics through LMCE when I go to the pictures menu.
Sheesh... Someone should have told me it was hard to do... because I put my photos on no problem.  First, I moved the flickr.pl to flickr.pl.back. Too many of the flickr.pl photos were just not appropriate for my 4 year old grand-daughter... plus I didn't care to see various people sitting on the commode. So, by moving the flickr.pl out of the way, it will not overwrite what I do. Next, I went to the directory where all the photos are stored by month... just under the 2007 year folder. I removed everything below the 2007 folder rm -rf *. Then I put my photos there, under the 2007 folder. A few minutes later they showed up as wallpaper. I didn't size/resize the photos... just used as they came out of my digital camera. That's it. It works. |
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2007, 08:20:47 pm » |
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can an orbiter use the flickr screensaver or only the media directors?
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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2007, 08:22:05 pm » |
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First, I moved the flickr.pl to flickr.pl.back. Where is the flickr.pl located? |
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« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2007, 08:24:48 pm » |
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Where is the flickr.pl located? /usr/pluto/bin/ And the flicker pictures folder is /home/public/data/pictures/flickr/ |
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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2007, 08:44:26 pm » |
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Nice work Chris! And thanks for the aditional instructions majkaj. That "tutorial" sure didn't take you guys long. |
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« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2007, 09:01:24 pm » |
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thanks for posting these instructions, this is almost what i wanted to do, I was wondering though, can I just add my photos to the flickr directory and then them appear intermingled with the flickr ones? might give it a go a see what happens
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« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2007, 10:43:55 pm » |
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thanks for posting these instructions, this is almost what i wanted to do, I was wondering though, can I just add my photos to the flickr directory and then them appear intermingled with the flickr ones? might give it a go a see what happens Yes, you can intermingle your photos with the flickr.pl downloaded photos. I have done this. I loaded 15 or so photos from my digital camera under the 2007 folder. At first, I left some of the photos that the flickr script pulled but, over time, I have replaced them with my own selections. I logged in to MY flickr account, did a search on photos with a tag of landscape, downloaded what I liked, copied them to the 2007 folder. Sorry that I was not more specific about where flickr.pl is located. I didn't remember exact directory locations (I am at work!) |
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« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2007, 11:39:25 am » |
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I was wondering is there a way to change the pic feed from flickr to my own pics? I tried copying my pics to the public data picture folder but I still cannot get any to come up with my pics in place of some of the flickr images. I can pull them up if I go to view my pics through LMCE when I go to the pictures menu.
Sheesh... Someone should have told me it was hard to do... because I put my photos on no problem. Hmm. It didn't work for me! How strange! Chris |
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