(2013-12-13, 00:08)DrJogalog Wrote: Hi.
There is an option to show the filename or parent folder name when displaying the images for the screensaver. As the fanart is stored within a FANART folder within the individual movies folders and the actual filenames are just keys etc, it is not possible to actually show the name of the movie they represent. I often see screenshots/fanart of a movie when the screensaver is active but do not know what film it is etc and no way of finding out. Is it possible to have the name of the parents parent directory name instead to allow the movie folder name to display etc? (would that be a 'grandparent' folder? ;-))
Thanks.

(2013-12-12, 21:47)ronie Wrote: guess i don't understand.. why don't you just select the xbmc folder then?

(2013-12-12, 20:45)keencookie Wrote: Also, a way to possibly pause/go back? Sometimes we see a photo come up and we want to see it again. This happens when we let the TV sit too long and get mesmerized on the screensaver.
it's a screensaver... and screensavers usually exit as soon as you press a key or move your mouse. ;-)

(2013-12-15, 21:00)keencookie Wrote: Ronie, if this can be implemented somehow...

(2013-12-20, 21:45)DrJogalog Wrote: Why do I tend to see the same fanart over and over yet other pictures are shown very rarely or even not at all (although this would be hard to determine)? If the screensaver is on (set to use fanart), I tend to see the x amount of screenshots I have seen many times before. I probably have in excess of 4000 fanart jpegs yet I will the same image 3x in the space of 30mins as an example. Slideshow timer set to 3 seconds.

Is there a potential issue with algorithm used for randomising the sequence or do you have any suggestion how to debug?

Thanks again!

(2013-12-20, 23:46)J_K_M_A_N Wrote: I had always hoped for some kind of database that would keep track of images displayed and only display each one once until all items have been displayed.

(2013-12-15, 21:00)keencookie Wrote:

(2013-12-12, 21:47)ronie Wrote: guess i don't understand.. why don't you just select the xbmc folder then?

What I mean is that because I am unable to exclude directories, I am forced to maintain 2 picture folders. I sort all my personal photos by event and locations, etc. Some events (like that crazy new years party? ) I don't want showing up in my slideshow screensaver. So I have to pull it out and move it to another photo folder, but then I have my photos spread apart instead of together. It'd be easier/smart IMHO to be able to do it how I do using advancedsettings.xml:

<pictureexcludes>
<regexp>#recycle</regexp>
<regexp>crazy new years</regexp>
<regexp>my stupid exgirlfriend</regexp>
</pictureexcludes>

(2013-03-28, 17:17)thebearnecessit Wrote: also,

it would be great to use an images folder within my local dropbox folder (and be able to add images once the screensaver has kicked in):

is there any way of making this screensaver slideshow check for new images during a slideshow?

reason i ask is because i want to set up my dads xbmc screensaver to use his local dropbox folder. that way i can send any photo up to dropbox at anytime, and it will sync with his computers local dropbox folder and therefore the new photo will be included in his screensaver!

only problem is the last step. the screensaver doesnt check for new images whilst is running, it seems to only check for new images after its been stopped and started again.

i think being able to add photo's to yours or your relatives xbmc screensaver would be a really popular feature. i could be at the zoo and snap a great picture of my kids and it would appear on their grandparents tv screen. perhaps the simplest way would be to add a tick box in the settings that makes the screensaver restart itself every 5 minutes or so?

(2013-11-01, 00:43)lebussle Wrote: For those looking for an auto-refresh or auto-update solution for the slideshow there is a very easy (although I'm sure it will make programmers cringe) solution.

My wife wanted to have a photo booth at a house party with the new pictures automatically added to the slideshow as they were taken. Photos taken with the DSLR get saved via wifi directly to the computer running xbmc in the folder the slideshow is using.

In the gui.py file, at the end of the for loop in the _start_show function I added items = self._get_items()

So after each slideshow run it will create the list of images again, adding in any new photos that may have been taken.

I then realized lots of pictures may get taken so it could take a while for the new ones to show up in the slideshow. So I added a bit before the for loop to only use the last 10 items in the image list:

Code:

if len(items) > 10:
     newitems = items[-10:]
else:
     newitems = items
for img in newitems:.....

Dirty hack but it got the job done. Make sure cache and random are off.

(2013-12-21, 01:29)ronie Wrote: that's odd...
the screensaver should display every image once before it loops to the first image again.

please provide a debug log and i'll have a look.
(just enable debug logging in xbmc and let the screensaver run for a few seconds)

(2013-12-21, 05:00)J_K_M_A_N Wrote: I don't recall seeing duplicates in the same session. I should have been more clear.

J_K_M_A_N