Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-06-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > (or python-inotifyx, but I haven't that one). *haven't used that one ChrisA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https:

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-06-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:35 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > Searching through current Debian packages now, the only one that looks > at a second glance like it should be able to do this (aside from the > ones which are specific to a different task, such as sending E-mail in > response to the new file)

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-06-10 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/10/2014 05:45 AM, Wim Bertels wrote: > On Sat, 2014-05-31 at 13:18 -0400, John L. Cunningham wrote: > >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 01:14:27PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: >>> >>> ps: goal, setup a dynamic random slideshow (pic + movie) for the >>

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-06-10 Thread Wim Bertels
On Sat, 2014-05-31 at 13:18 -0400, John L. Cunningham wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 01:14:27PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > > > > ps: goal, setup a dynamic random slideshow (pic + movie) for the > > grandmother only using the power button > > How important is random? I've done something simila

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-31 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 01:14:27PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > > ps: goal, setup a dynamic random slideshow (pic + movie) for the > grandmother only using the power button How important is random? I've done something similar by making a screen recording of feh doing a slide show, and then aaddi

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-29 Thread Stephen Allen
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 09:13:58PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 15:22 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer > > > wrote: > > > > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, a

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Wim Bertels wrote: > $ vlc some_dir_with_pictures > > doesnt work here: > version:: VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower I gave it /* at the end to have the shell expand the playlist, although that's partly because I often want to be more specific (and/or exclude subd

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-29 Thread Wim Bertels
On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 15:22 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > > > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, and Joe Zien said that > > > Gwenview can as well. You might look at one of tho

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:45:17AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > That's the "right way" to do random play, IMO, though I've yet to devise > an algorithm for doing it properly that seems both clean and functional > to my eye. Ah! ... but true random play is just white noise, is it not? -- "If you

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:45 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > Hmm. The OP claimed that VLC didn't seem to do what he needs, which is > one reason I didn't investigate it more closely; possibly he just didn't > check out all the options closely enough? Maybe. There are, as Mercury and Thespis put it, a

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Curt
On 2014-05-28, The Wanderer wrote: > > That's the "right way" to do random play, IMO, though I've yet to devise > an algorithm for doing it properly that seems both clean and functional > to my eye. > I'm sure Granny could care less. -- Ordinary language is an accretion of lies. The language of

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/28/2014 08:41 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > >> On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> Also: I just ran VLC on a directoryful of jpgs, and it happily >>> played me a s

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote: >> > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, and Joe Zien said that >> > Gwenview can as well. You might look at one of those.

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, and Joe Zien said that > > Gwenview can as well. You might look at one of those. > > Also: I just ran VLC on a directoryful of jpgs, and it ha

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, and Joe Zien said that > Gwenview can as well. You might look at one of those. Also: I just ran VLC on a directoryful of jpgs, and it happily played me a slideshow with ten seconds per frame. Mixi

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/28/2014 07:14 AM, Wim Bertels wrote: > tnx for the replies, > but as a summary there doesn’t seem to be a program that does this > straight away. > > there are: > - image viewers > - movie viewers > but not one that combines them Stephen All

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-28 Thread Wim Bertels
tnx for the replies, but as a summary there doesn’t seem to be a program that does this straight away. there are: - image viewers - movie viewers but not one that combines them i'll have to look at moosic,or try a script: " find the files sort random use file to determine type and then choose ap

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-26 Thread Joe Zien
Stephen Allen wrote: On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 10:35:05AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/24/2014 09:33 AM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 06:37:35PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: Hallo, does anyone know a free program to display pic

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-26 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 10:35:05AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 05/24/2014 09:33 AM, Stephen Allen wrote: > > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 06:37:35PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > > > >> Hallo, > >> > >> does anyone know a free program to disp

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-24 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/24/2014 09:33 AM, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 06:37:35PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > >> Hallo, >> >> does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a >> presentation >> (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-24 Thread Stephen Allen
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 06:37:35PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a > presentation > (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) > > eg ideally as simple as: > $ programX -r media/ > would show them in a random order > > where

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-24 Thread Curt
On 2014-05-23, Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a > presentation > (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) > Okular with latex-beamer, which probably doesn't satisfy the "easy as pie" stipulation, but what the heck, it's Saturday.

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-23 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/23/2014 03:44 PM, Filip wrote: > On Fri, 23 May 2014 18:37:35 +0200 Wim Bertels > wrote: > >> Hallo, >> >> does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a >> presentation >> (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) >> >>

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-23 Thread Filip
On Fri, 23 May 2014 18:37:35 +0200 Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a > presentation > (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) > > eg ideally as simple as: > $ programX -r media/ > would show them in a random order > > where /med

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-23 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/23/2014 12:37 PM, Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a > presentation (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) > > eg ideally as simple as: > $ programX -r media/ > would show th

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-23 Thread Ralph Katz
On 05/23/2014 12:37 PM, Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a > presentation > (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) > > eg ideally as simple as: > $ programX -r media/ > would show them in a random order > > where /media > has a tr

media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-23 Thread Wim Bertels
Hallo, does anyone know a free program to display pictures and movies as a presentation (mplayer and vlc don't seem to do that) eg ideally as simple as: $ programX -r media/ would show them in a random order where /media has a tree subdir structure containing movies and pictures mvg, Wim --