Well, in theory you could, but it would be very messy and cause trouble when you try to upgrade in the future. Instead, I'd recommend that you use the newly added file upload support.mrkarter77 wrote:Hey
Is it possible (i dont have a pi with me) to add images to the folders that the webserver is run from? so you could add an image source such as http://192.168.3.14:8080/images/image1.jpg
where the rpi address is 192.168.3.14 ?
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Hello.
I got some major problems installing screenly and I could need some help to find out what im doing wrong, does this tell anyone anything?
Im doing a it exactly like the guide(http://www.screenlyapp.com/ose.html) says but still not working...
Thanks
I got some major problems installing screenly and I could need some help to find out what im doing wrong, does this tell anyone anything?
Im doing a it exactly like the guide(http://www.screenlyapp.com/ose.html) says but still not working...
Thanks
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insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (empty) of script `hwclock.sh´ overrides LSB defaults (S).
insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (S) of script `hwclock.sh´ overrides LSB defaults (0 6).
gpg: key 90FDDD2B: 'Mike Thompson (Raspberry Pi Debian armhf AMv6+VFP) <mpthompson@gmail.com>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
Warning: removed keys keyring /usr/share/keyrings/raspbian-archive-removed-keys.gpg missing or not readable
chgrp: cannot access `/var/lib/indiecity/*´ : No such file or directory
chgrp: cannot access `/var/local/bin/indiecity/*´ : No such file or directory
find: `./InstalledApps/*/Full/*_reg.xml´ : No such file or directory
rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/xdg/midori/extensions/libadblock.so´ : No such file or directory
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Extraction templates from packages: 100%
/run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
/run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
From the log, it looks like 'apt-get upgrade' fails.Ofdoomz wrote:Hello.
I got some major problems installing screenly and I could need some help to find out what im doing wrong, does this tell anyone anything?
Im doing a it exactly like the guide(http://www.screenlyapp.com/ose.html) says but still not working...
Thanks
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insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (empty) of script `hwclock.sh´ overrides LSB defaults (S). insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (S) of script `hwclock.sh´ overrides LSB defaults (0 6). gpg: key 90FDDD2B: 'Mike Thompson (Raspberry Pi Debian armhf AMv6+VFP) <mpthompson@gmail.com>" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1 Warning: removed keys keyring /usr/share/keyrings/raspbian-archive-removed-keys.gpg missing or not readable chgrp: cannot access `/var/lib/indiecity/*´ : No such file or directory chgrp: cannot access `/var/local/bin/indiecity/*´ : No such file or directory find: `./InstalledApps/*/Full/*_reg.xml´ : No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/xdg/midori/extensions/libadblock.so´ : No such file or directory Installing defendencies... Extraction templates from packages: 100% /run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation. /run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
Try running the following commands by hand and then re-run the installation:
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sudo apt-get upgrade
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Thanks!vpetersson wrote:From the log, it looks like 'apt-get upgrade' fails.Ofdoomz wrote:Hello.
I got some major problems installing screenly and I could need some help to find out what im doing wrong, does this tell anyone anything?
Im doing a it exactly like the guide(http://www.screenlyapp.com/ose.html) says but still not working...
Thanks
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insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (empty) of script `hwclock.sh´ overrides LSB defaults (S). insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (S) of script `hwclock.sh´ overrides LSB defaults (0 6). gpg: key 90FDDD2B: 'Mike Thompson (Raspberry Pi Debian armhf AMv6+VFP) <mpthompson@gmail.com>" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1 Warning: removed keys keyring /usr/share/keyrings/raspbian-archive-removed-keys.gpg missing or not readable chgrp: cannot access `/var/lib/indiecity/*´ : No such file or directory chgrp: cannot access `/var/local/bin/indiecity/*´ : No such file or directory find: `./InstalledApps/*/Full/*_reg.xml´ : No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/xdg/midori/extensions/libadblock.so´ : No such file or directory Installing defendencies... Extraction templates from packages: 100% /run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation. /run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
Try running the following commands by hand and then re-run the installation:
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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Now I got another question, when its loading a video, I get a black screen like 2 secs before it starts.
I read some eariler post but it seems you edited viewer.py since then.
Any other solution?
Thanks

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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Some delay is to be expected, since the Pi isn't that powerful. The delay usually depends on the how heavy the video you're playing is (along with latency from to the server you're streaming it from).Ofdoomz wrote: Thanks!
Now I got another question, when its loading a video, I get a black screen like 2 secs before it starts.
I read some eariler post but it seems you edited viewer.py since then.
Any other solution?
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Psst...here's a sneak-peak of the new interface we're working on:
http://viktorpetersson.com/upload/tmp/s ... k_peak.png
http://viktorpetersson.com/upload/tmp/s ... k_peak.png
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Very nice. I'm currently running the newest Screenly-OSE on three Raspberry Pis with three HD TVs for digital signage within our facility. It works great and I like the new "Local Assets" option. I'm really looking forward to having it pre-load / cache assets in the background while displaying another asset. It takes so long for some web pages to draw (full-screen wunderground map for example) that I can't currently swap them in and out on a 30 second rate as it takes that long for it to fully render. Getting it to download fully before swapping assets will be a HUGE plus when the commercial version gets released. (I know there is a branch that might do this now, but I'm already pretty "bleeding edge" with the raspberry pi devices without wandering onto a branch release.)
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
I tried to minimize such delays, by already (without the person watching the screen noticing) 'setting up' the next item (asset) that is to be shown, while the current asset is being displayed. For video, this is like telling the video player to start playing a video, and then immediately pressing its 'pause' button, such that it only has to be 'unpaused' when it has to start playing. The net effect should be that switching from one asset to the next is (at least for the person watching the screen) much more instantly. This is on my 'player-browser-fader' branch at github (discussed also earlier here).vpetersson wrote:Some delay is to be expected, since the Pi isn't that powerful. The delay usually depends on the how heavy the video you're playing is (along with latency from to the server you're streaming it from).Ofdoomz wrote: Thanks!
Now I got another question, when its loading a video, I get a black screen like 2 secs before it starts.
I read some eariler post but it seems you edited viewer.py since then.
Any other solution?
Note that I have not been actively following all the recent work that has been done by vpetersson and others at wireload -- I hope these kind of features that I care about are picked up and integrated in the Wireload Screenly OSE version; otherwise, hopefully, at some time when the dust settles, I'll see whether I can merge their work with mine.
Axel.
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Axel-b2 wrote: I tried to minimize such delays, by already (without the person watching the screen noticing) 'setting up' the next item (asset) that is to be shown, while the current asset is being displayed. For video, this is like telling the video player to start playing a video, and then immediately pressing its 'pause' button, such that it only has to be 'unpaused' when it has to start playing. The net effect should be that switching from one asset to the next is (at least for the person watching the screen) much more instantly. This is on my 'player-browser-fader' branch at github (discussed also earlier here).
Note that I have not been actively following all the recent work that has been done by vpetersson and others at wireload -- I hope these kind of features that I care about are picked up and integrated in the Wireload Screenly OSE version; otherwise, hopefully, at some time when the dust settles, I'll see whether I can merge their work with mine.
Axel.
Your approach here is definitely interesting. Once we feel that we've ironed out the shortcomings in the MVP, we will most likely take a look at your branches to see if it still fits.
The approach you've taken makes a lot of sense to me, but I'm just concerned about the memory utilization of having multiple assets loaded simultaneously. Also, it would require more sophisticated handling of video assets (i'm not sure how far along you got there). Yet, I still haven't taken a closer look at it, so I shouldn't say too much about it before doing so.
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
First of all I bought my Raspberry Pi strictly to test out using Screenly... and I love it. Thanks for sharing the code. One question though, I haven't found an answer to when searching the board is:
Can you disable the auto-running of screenly and instead boot into wheezy and then configure a shortcut or trigger to launch screenly? Sorry if this had already been addressed, I couldn't find it.
Can you disable the auto-running of screenly and instead boot into wheezy and then configure a shortcut or trigger to launch screenly? Sorry if this had already been addressed, I couldn't find it.
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Any news on the pro edition?
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Currently no.anyoneuno wrote:First of all I bought my Raspberry Pi strictly to test out using Screenly... and I love it. Thanks for sharing the code. One question though, I haven't found an answer to when searching the board is:
Can you disable the auto-running of screenly and instead boot into wheezy and then configure a shortcut or trigger to launch screenly? Sorry if this had already been addressed, I couldn't find it.
The recommendation is to use different SD cards.
Screenly wants a clean desktop, and also you want to avoid the extra memory use of a desktop in the background.
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
We have a few beta testers, and it's moving along fine.Ofdoomz wrote: Any news on the pro edition?
Currently, our focus is to wrap up an overhaul on Screenly OSE. You can view the progress here: https://github.com/wireload/screenly-os ... creenly-ui
Here's a new screenshot from today's build:
http://viktorpetersson.com/upload/screenly_ose_ui.png
Once that is done, we will proceed and do the same with Screenly Pro. After this we will be able to let in more users.
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Looks great! Im really looking forward to see the pro verison when its released.vpetersson wrote:We have a few beta testers, and it's moving along fine.Ofdoomz wrote: Any news on the pro edition?
Currently, our focus is to wrap up an overhaul on Screenly OSE. You can view the progress here: https://github.com/wireload/screenly-os ... creenly-ui
Here's a new screenshot from today's build:
http://viktorpetersson.com/upload/screenly_ose_ui.png
Once that is done, we will proceed and do the same with Screenly Pro. After this we will be able to let in more users.
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Hi there,
afther playing a while with the nice builded screenly i've encountered some problems
Images i've made in 1920x1080 won't show full, none mp4 start, some suggestions to look at?
Is it possible to change the screen resolution?
Thanx in advance,
kind regards,
werner
afther playing a while with the nice builded screenly i've encountered some problems
Images i've made in 1920x1080 won't show full, none mp4 start, some suggestions to look at?
Is it possible to change the screen resolution?
Thanx in advance,
kind regards,
werner
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Edit on my previous post,
the size was my own mistake, forgot to set the overscan/framebuffer to correct settings, think that happens when playing around,,:)
tried a clean install, everything works now, except the mp4 oxmplayer...
greet,
werner
the size was my own mistake, forgot to set the overscan/framebuffer to correct settings, think that happens when playing around,,:)
tried a clean install, everything works now, except the mp4 oxmplayer...
greet,
werner
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
I'm 99% certain that this is a codec issue. OMXPlayer is very picky with the encoding. It must be h264 encoded content.webus wrote: tried a clean install, everything works now, except the mp4 oxmplayer...
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Viktor,
thanks for u'r reply, i'll look the encoding again.
A truly thank u btw for all the work u've done.
Is there already a new interface ready? and what is the status of the pro version? We are planning to sell this commercially in the Netherlands, and preferring a multi-user.
We have made translations for the gui btw, ( into dutch ) upload them to git?
greets, \
Werner
thanks for u'r reply, i'll look the encoding again.
A truly thank u btw for all the work u've done.
Is there already a new interface ready? and what is the status of the pro version? We are planning to sell this commercially in the Netherlands, and preferring a multi-user.
We have made translations for the gui btw, ( into dutch ) upload them to git?
greets, \
Werner
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
No worries. It's only getting better from herewebus wrote: thanks for u'r reply, i'll look the encoding again.
A truly thank u btw for all the work u've done.

It's ready as in you can try it out. Just check out the 'screenly-ui'-branch. That said, it isn't ready for production use yet, as there are still work-in-progress. We hope to wrap it up in the next week or two.webus wrote: Is there already a new interface ready?
It's coming along, but right now, as I mentioned before, all our resources are put towards wrapping up the new UI for OSE.webus wrote: What is the status of the pro version?
Cool. We won't be able to accept translations yet and won't probably be able to in a while.webus wrote: We are planning to sell this commercially in the Netherlands, and preferring a multi-user.
We have made translations for the gui btw, ( into dutch ) upload them to git?
First we need to make sure the English-version is ready. Not until we're comfortable with the English-version, we would look into localization (which is a tricky and very time-consuming task).
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Hi there,
the mp4 plays now
it was the other 1% i've updated the firmware ( wich was already up to date but anyhow..) and now the files ar playing, amazingly nice view ..
greet,
werner
the mp4 plays now

greet,
werner
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
I just wanna say. I love this software. Screenly has worked perfect for me. But I do have a question. Is there anyway to store playlists? They wipe after a reboot. I'm giving a "digital frame" to my lady and she has a habit of unplugging anything she isn't using. It's kinda frustrating having to rebuild a playlist of 30+ pictures every time I start up the pi.
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Hi Sterlingp
The playlist should not be wiped, never happend with my.
Afther a reboot it takes some time to reload, aprox 30 sec till 2minutes.perhaps waita little bit longer .
Greets
Werner
The playlist should not be wiped, never happend with my.
Afther a reboot it takes some time to reload, aprox 30 sec till 2minutes.perhaps waita little bit longer .
Greets
Werner
Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
Yeah i think i realized that after i had written it. Now is there a way to batch pictures into one playlist?
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
No, not at the moment, but we will hopefully merge in the new user interface into the master branch today or tomorrow. That will significantly improve the workflow of working with assets.Sterlingp wrote: Now is there a way to batch pictures into one playlist?
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Re: Screenly OSE -- Digital Signage for the Raspberry Pi
I went to your site to check out the demo, as far as I can tell I can not add a asset. I always get an error:
I have tried to use a image from my computer to upload and also a web url for a imge, both images are small 320x240 and 18.78 kb in size.
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Error 500: Internal Server Error
Sorry, the requested URL 'http://ose/process_asset' caused an error:
Internal Server Error