Peter Farrington
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Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 15:47 GMT
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Hi there,
I'd like to try to create a stand-alone (non-interactive) display for trade shows & similar using a cheapish LCD Digital Photo Frame which plays MPEG format files.
I'm just looking for a slowly rotating display of one or some of my 360VT's (obviously no zenith/Nadir) which can safely be left unattended for public view.
Wondering if anyone else has tried this please?
Many thanks.
Peter
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Doug Aurand
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 16:16 GMT
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Peter
You'll need to use something like Pano2Movie to make an MPEG out of a QTVR.
A iPIX photographer I know in Tennessee set up a tour computer to play one video clip after another for a home builder that he shot the iPIX images for.
You'd just need one scene, but I'm not sure how you'd set it to look like a continuously spinning virtual image as there would be an "end' to video clip.
I think you'd get a little "jump" in the video when it started over.
Doug Aurand
Albuquerque, NM
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mediavets
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 16:38 GMT
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Peter,
Would you not be better off using a PC/laptop/netbook and an LCD display?
What are the advantages of trying to do this with a small digital photo frame vs. the ease of doing it with a PC/laptop/netbook and a regular large LCD display?
Andrew
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Peter Farrington
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 17:16 GMT
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Many thanks for your replies Doug & Andrew.
Pano2Movie looks like it's worth further investigation. I do agree that a Netbook would be the ideal unit and I do intend to use one when meeting new clients. However, this is where the 'unattended in public view' bit comes in! LCD frame £49 vs Netbook £299. I'm happy to 'risk' the LCD frame being stolen - I guess it's a case if risk & cost.
Many thanks.
Peter
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vn2009
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 18:12 GMT
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i had this same idea last year. i was able to get one of my tours i did to run on it succesfully. i use krpano so i was able to auto code the 360 to 'lookto' then 'zoomto' differnet sections of the scene. i used an screen capture software to record the motions and export them to a .mpg which played well. it was around a 5 min scene before it looped back to the beginning. it actually worked really smooth i dont know why i let the idea fizzle away.
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 19:31 GMT
updated: 14 Mar 2011 at 16:13 GMT
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Steel cable lock for a netbook/laptop: $9
tinyurl.com/CableLockForLaptops
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ddd
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 at 21:06 GMT
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I use one of these for other stuff about $60 www.wdc.com/en/products/wdtv/ about 4-5 inches long and 1 inch high. No computer needed.
Have fun
Dylan
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Peter Farrington
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 at 8:54 GMT
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Many thanks for all of your replies.
In terms of time & work required, I must admit it's looking like the Steel Cable Lock for a Netbook!
Thanks for the WDTV info, Dylan. Funnily enough this is something I looked into a couple of years back when I was running a series of Photography Courses.
I still like the idea of using the LCD Frame though, so will investigate this too. Good to hear that others have tried this - which has, after all, answered my original question.
What a great forum!
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panocanarias
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 at 12:27 GMT
updated: 13 Aug 2010 at 12:29 GMT
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Peter, if you are leaning towards a netbook now (easiest solution, I think)
you may have a look at a nice (commercial) product, Arturo offerd here a few days before:
www.panoguide.com/forums/commercial/8172/
It's a kind of self-running Flash-Pano-Gallery.
At the moment it only works with Pano2VR flashfiles.
He sent me a trial version and I do like the idea.
Klaus
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Peter Farrington
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Re: Stand-alone display using LCD Photo Frame
Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 9:20 GMT
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Many thanks for that Klaus.
Best regards,
Peter
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