EricTerrell/SlideShow

SlideShow turns an old laptop into a high-capacity photo frame

SlideShow

SlideShow turns a notebook computer into a high-capacity photo frame. Runs on Windows 10. SlideShow can run month after month with no issues.

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Copyright

SlideShow © Copyright 2021, Eric Bergman-Terrell

Links

• website
• GitHub repo

Building for Windows 10

1. Download the appropriate version of the swt.jar file.
2. Update the ant build script to point to the swt.jar file that you downloaded.
3. Run the ant build script (build.xml). It writes a SlideShow.jar file to C:/Temp.

How to Run

java -jar {path to SlideShow.jar file} {path to folder containing image files} {seconds to display each image} {image file types}

For example:

java -jar C:/Temp/SlideShow.jar C:\Temp\Vault3Photos.001\ 1 ".jpg" ".jpeg" ".png" 10

Building for Linux or OSX

1. Download the appropriate version of the swt.jar file.
2. Update the ant build script to point to the swt.jar file.
3. Run the updated ant build script.

License

GPL3

Known Issues

1. When SlideShow is run from a command line, pressing Esc will stop the program. When SlideShow is run automatically at startup, pressing Esc has no effect.

Feedback

Please submit your feedback to SlideShow@EricBT.com.