Announcing Dynaframe Pro! Ultimate Raspberry pi picture/video frame
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- Welcome to the ultimate in easy to use digital picture/movie/poster/video frames! The next version of Dynaframe is here, and this video will show the features and how to get it!
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The files are now published for the first release this month. Tutorials and Q and A will follow shortly.
Here's the gesture sensor...please note that currently this is the only model that is supported, but it was chosen for a low price, and ease of install
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For the compute system, it needs to be a raspberry pi 4, 2GB or higher. I test on a 2GB so you should be fine there. I recommend an aluminum case as this can push the pi hard, and so you'll want fans or cooling to keep things running well. If you don't have a setup this is one that has all the bells and whistles with a variety of colors:
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WOW!!! This has REALLY come a long way since I started following you. Well Done my friend!
Thank you!!!! Yeah I had to go back and watch the early videos to get some screen shots and was like oh wow…we thought it was cool THEN! lol looking forward to where it’ll be in a few more years!! Thanks for the kind comment have a great weekend!
I am arranging a Display and Raspberry Pi and after that I will be supporting you on Patreon. Thanks for all the awesome work!
Thankyou I appreciate that!!
This is rad. I have a RPi somewhere, a bunch of monitors and big dreams of making a smart mirror, but this gets my vote. Kudos to you for making it easy to get. I usually dislike Patreon and I hate that everything these days is subscription based, but this feels right, and good value. Can't wait to get it up and running.
Thank you! Please note that it’s not a subscription…you can sign up for one month, get it and bail and it won’t stop working. The Patreon is a way for me to build a community, and support those that are invested, and use the money to pay for hosting which helps with things like making an auto updater. I hate subscriptions myself, so this was a compromise to allow for easy access.
That being said I and the team work hard at providing updates monthly and providing features. I think you’ll see that it’s moved well beyond this video in many ways. That’s all thanks to the community working to help drive features and improvements.
Awesome project, thank you for pushing it forward!
Thankyou! I have some really cool surprises for this over the next few months, stay tuned :)
TOOO Cool! I've been working with personal digital frames for the last 5 years or so and they all have some limitiations that drive me nutz. I installed the most recent Dynaframe in about 30 minutes and it resolved almost every one of my issues :)
Looking forward to usint Dynaframe Pro and possibly even contributing some of my art (AI generated art, Plotagraph, and other strange and wonderful tools). So thanks so much for your amazing work on this project.
Oh wow that made my week! Except for that 30 minutes part, I have to make that faster. I want the experience to be super smooth so people can focus on what they want to do and not the tech. I feel like once you get the tech out of the way then truly magical experiences can happen.
Thankyou so much for the kind comment and we'd love to have artwork! It sounds awesome...you had me at AI and strange and wonderful :D
@@geektoolkit well the 15 minutes was partly due to dealing with a failing sd card and flakey etcher install. No problem. I imagine the OS install will make it even easier.
That Defiant MSD on the Dynaframe is awesome!
Thankyou!!! I’m a huge Star Trek fan! Have you watched Discovery yet?! So coool
Definitly the icing on my cake!! Cant wait to get in contact and do some business.
I'll be looking for your mail!
damn, i been following you for a while waiting for an update and it looks amazing! lol now i just have to wait to find a raspberry pie that isn't sold out or over priced
Yeah that’s killing me I finally got it ready for the next release and now the main compute dried up! That’s ok I’m working on making it more portable as well now!
Yoooo your creation is beyond brazy
VERY cool. The api stuff i would be VERY insterested in. I could see that being useful to show things like "recently added to media collections" or "friday nights movie night" and show trailer/animations/movie poster ect and then integrations into home automation systems to do countdowns ect. Very cool stuff man. Nice work!
Thankyou! Everything the UI does is exposed through the API, and I log every api web call to make it as easy as possible to figure out the calls (Until I officially document them). I'm investigating kodi integration to try to do some magic for a friday night movie night' type scenario, but as usually I have a bit of a spin to it to try to make it even cooler than most are doing :)
Update on this, the http APIs are all documented in the software now
Great job!!
Thankyou!
Joe you're awesome!!
Congratz!
Thankyou! Such an exciting time after so much work, but it's all been worth it :)
Awesome job man, you will see me soon on your patreon
Thankyou and thanks for the support! Some exciting stuff being worked on and coming in the next few months!
that would be really cool...perfect..thanks
yesssss!!!!!!! im all in !!! thanks for creating this!! are there recommended slim tv's or panels you know of that I can aim for? I'd like to make a traditional wood frame for it too! Cheers!
I’ve been just finding IPS based screens at 1080p (it is limited by the pi’s performance to 1080). I don’t have a recent recommendation but a thin bezel and you should be good to go!
You are a rockstar, Joe!
Whoa, I hope I live up to that level of praise, but definitely have a long way to go, and couldn't be here without the support of the community!
@@geektoolkit I always wanted something like this. Will be the patreon soon!🙏🏽
Hi amazing projet i support you !
Thankyou!!
You had answered a few questions for me in the past, I appreciate that - I am looking at using Dynaframe 2 or pro (what ever the latest is, even if its paid). I am looking at doing a DIY Raspberry Pi connected to display approach as I wish to use networking cables rather than wifi. Is there a preferred Pi device (client device connected to the back of the frame) / OS version, etc. I need to account for or will just any Pi do? I wish to use your server backend in a rack setup I have and have it connect to the Pi on each display via networking cables ran through my walls.
Sounds like a great setup! The pro version is the latest, it's $5 for the patreon but you can cancel if you want after you get the software (and if you stay on you get more features, we're constantly adding more). For a pi ideally you want a pi4, but we have made it work on pi3B+'s (and just heard the pi400 works but you have to hide a keyboard then). The patreon has a discord and people help each other out for setting up NAS servers and such so that the pictures can be local on a network and all served to the frames. Frame sync is currently broken but being worked on for the latest builds (but you would have access to all the builds, so the one shown in this vidoe is available too)
wow, what I deal, i been doing building commercial automation for years, I also been doing graphic design and love the dynaframe
Nice! As a photographer and CG artist and just getting into AI art I am stoked to make my own DIY frames. Definitely will be checking this out. Obviously I have monitors laying around but have you found certain devices to look better than others? I am looking at maybe some cheap 4k tvs.
We are still working to optimize it for 4k, the transitions are a bit rough. If you turn them off then 4k should be doable on a pi4, but barely. I find that a 1080p IPS Monitor looks best, though I currently use 32" Vizio TVs which work great as well and have built in speakers.
Looks great, I think it would be cool if you could have a movie poster up and then after a little while the trailer of the movie would play is that something that could be done?
absolutely, just name the files so that they play one after another and then turn off the shuffle feature and you should be good to go.
Love love love this! I would be interested in buying a preloaded Pi from you with the motion sensor. Also could this play sound from the videos??
Thankyou! It does play sound, and that is actually adjustable. We're working on trying to find a way to producttize this so stay tuned!
@@geektoolkit can't wait!! Let me know if you need a tester. Also I have landscape photography that i would be willing to donate to the library if you would like
Give me a bit to get this next release out and I’ll follow up that may be awesome!
@@geektoolkit is there a way to buy something that comes ready to buy !? Plz tell me I can buy this! Take my money! 😂
Hi!! First of all, congrats for this product, it looks great! I just miss one thing: It'd be nice to have the option to show some information from the current picture, specifically from the metadata. I developed a much simpler photo frame script in python and it basically shows the date and the place where the picture was taken. It reads the lat and long from the metadata and retrieves the location data by making a call to the Google API. Obviously a Google API key is needed to make this calls and in order to minimize them (and avoid costs), the responses are locally stored so the calls are only made the first time the pictures show up.
I don't know if all this make sense to you and it could be added to Dynaframe. For me this feature is essential and I won't hesitate to migrate to Dynaframe in case you guys end up adding it, but that is up to you of course :)
Thanks and congrats again!
That makes perfect sense! I’ll look into it. I like the idea of knowing the location, I wonder if there’s an offline way to do something similar. I’ll look into it!
@@geektoolkit Happy to hear that, let me know if you need some help, thanks!
Hey i was looking for exactly what your Dynaframe Pro offers, i just had a question. Can i link all the raspberries between them and have 1 main raspberry to control the other screens?
Looking at setting this up for a classroom setting - Does it have to function via cloud or can it pull files from an attached drive, like the SD card or a USB stick? Thanks - Looks awesome.
Tim this one is all local. You can copy files to it directly via a phone (that is connected to the same network...nothing goes to the cloud) or you can use a usb stick. If you're good with linux you can also pull from a NAS drive as well. I tried to make it as flexible as possible
hello, great video, does this system work on other SBC, considering the current raspberry pi market i would like to get this working on a different SBC if possible.
It doesn’t currently. We are working on it but also supplies of Rpi4 and 3 should be resolved in the next few months thankfully according to the rpi foundation
What a wonderful project! Does it already work with Bookworm or is that OS too recent?
Bookworm is too recent but we are working hard on transitioning!
I just became of course a patreon. And waited so long for this release. I think others too. I think it would be nice to inform that this is now out on your github of the last dynaframe.
Is there a github or any other place to discuss about this new one. Where do you want your feedback and issues to be put at?
I wrote you on patreon but i don't think that this is the best place for that.
Thank you for your support!! I’m honestly still getting some stuff setup. I’m going to get a forum setup for this one so we can have various threads though I may setup a GitHub as well for public issues. Still working out the coordination pieces. Please stay tuned and so glad to see you got it setup and running!
I would be interested in a show and tell of how you cross compiled the code for PI.
Ok cool that’s a good idea! I’ll see what I can do
I have watched all your videos about dynaframe, its very neat. I want to set it up for a relative, to see family pictures on an external hard drive, they have like 5,000 or more. Maybe I am doing everything wrong, but I can only see pictures if I put it on the raspberry pi picture folder. I have tried your older versions, and I can't get the external hard drive to work. I was thinking of getting your patreon to get the latest one, but does it work with an external hard drive with lots of pictures on it.
The version you have should work with it, but requires some Linux knowledge. You’ll need to find the “Mount point” of the external drive, then add that path to “locations” in the playlist section. That’ll let you see the folders on the hard drive
Many a stupid question but how good is the support for different screen aspect ratios I'm thinking of building a frame around 4:3 or 3:2 and some strange 2k res screen or must I stay true to common resolutions and aspect ratios like 16:9 with fhd or 4k
It supports 1080p 16:9 and 9:16, but we have seen users use it on some crazy aspect ratios and we don’t discourage it. Please not the patreon will indicate when pi5 support comes (not there yet)
I love it! seen your others videos on 1.0 and 2.0 but i have a question. Maybe i missed this but if I have NAS storage drive full of organized folders of pictures, how do I get the dynaframes to pull the pictures from there and display it rather than locally from the microSD cards?
You’d mount the NAS in raspbian and then can add it as a location. Or you can mount it to your pictures folder. Then to Dynaframe it just looks like another folder
@@geektoolkit Ok, now i just need to figure out what all that means lol, I will look it up. thank you so much!
@@SLHomie Oh sorry! I made some assumptions. "Mounting" a share in linux usually means running commands that make it appear as just another directory. The challenge is...it's not super simple to do. There are tutorials for it though. We have a pending workitem on the pro version to try to make it easier. But if you search for 'mount NAS linux' or 'Mount NAS raspberry pi' you should get some ideas. For Dynaframe, you can make any directory appear in the playlist section..so if you mount it to /mnt/myNAS you'd add that to Dynaframe. I need to make a video on this :)
@@geektoolkit Love it! I'm definitely looking forward to your video good sir! I looked through your current videos hoping to find it.
On another note, can you do all this with a Raspberry Pi Pico?
@@SLHomie It'll take me a few weeks for the next video most likely. It won't run on the pico. Dynaframe pro, which I work on mostly now, requires a pi4, though we've gotten it to run on a pi3. The software is heading more in the 'make it awesome' direction vs. trying to make it lightweight. Even a pi4 is a bit anemic for some of the things I want to do with it in the future!
Hi @GeekToolkit are the screens just regular monitors or TVs?
Yep! The idea is raspberry pi and a tv and you're golden.
I'm signing up on patreon now. I've already started on a project for a friend who is an amazing automotove photographer and has an art show coming up soon at an art gallery. Does dynaframe pro still have terminal access and commands. One useful addition would be a scheduler to run the slides at specified times and dates. For now I am going to use the systemd scheduler.
Yes! It has full OS access still. I don't have a scheduler but it's in the plan now...I've been asked about scheduled on/off times..but are you thinking about scheduled playlists at certain times? That's something I haven't thought about, but would be super useful
@@geektoolkit This project is for an art gallery show so the display is only on during gallery hours.
@@riverman9813 Oh ok so an auomated on/off would work? Not an ideal situation but I DO have an http url that can control the frames to turn them on/off as far as sending a 'signal off' from the raspberry pi..this turns the frames off though keeps the raspberry pis on (they're low power, and it protects the sd card). That could be executed by any PC or mac on the network to solve this until I can get the feature in if that works. Also the idea of something I made being in an art gallery is pretty awesome :)
@@geektoolkit I'm using command vcgencmd display_power (0 or 1) to turn hdmi signal on or off inside a systemd script. Dynaframe is always running. Not my idea I borrowed it from an online script I found. Still trying to figure out how to assign a keyboard shortcut to toggle display on and off. Raspberry pi bullseye has new window manager so old ideas don't work.
This is SOOOO cool! How many displays can this be done on? Is 3 the sweet spot you'll be focusing on? When you put these (displays) up - can they be used as traditional displays for Wifi, Gaming, and Streaming as well? I have WAY too many things I'd like to have on my wall(s) and this would be an awesome way to remedy that. Also - I LOVE the way you're going to have premade images for sale!
Hey Wes! Ok lets see there's alot there, I'll try to answer it all:
For number of displays...it's honestly probably 'alot' as far as how the system works....I have done it across 5 successfully but I suspect 10 or more would work, if not 50. The main thing is you'd want to have 5 seconds or so between picture transititions, and you want the clocks to be in sync. My plan is to have my entire house have these with the ability to sync to holidays and such (Haloween could be really fun, chritmas could be really cool). For my demo, I did 3 just because I realized I could set that up and sync the images across. The hardest part honestly for me is splitting artwork to work across them.
The displays are just raspberry pis on TVs....so if you have second HDMI Ports (like most tvs and monitors do) then you could plug whatever you want into the other ports. My side ones actually rotate on the wall mounts so I could have it look like 3 horizontal tvs...but it's up to you on how you'd want to set things up.
The premade images are available now on the patreon! 5 bucks gets you an image and a month of support, behind the scenes, art packs as I get time to make them. In the meantime I'm always adding more to this and have an exciting list of stuff I'm working on (kodi syncing, a video game mode, being able to use objects to sync the frames, etc). going to take some months, but it's all doable and happening!
@@geektoolkit Thanks for the response! I have WAY too much stuff on my walls! I'd love to replace it with images and videos instead. Finding out about Raspberry Pi and all the cool things you can do with 'em might just destroy my bank account! I would love to eventually have a completely "Smart" office that's able to convert to whatever feel I want with a simple command. I'm not quite ready for the project I'd really like to put in motion - but I'll join your Patreon and bank up some images and info until I am. Have a DYNAMITE day!
@@WesWyatt Thanks for the support! And yes, there's some great content coming that will help your office be the envy of everyone I assure you...going to take some time but it's going to happen, the prototypes are working. :)
I know you've moved on into the patreon relm. I couldn't obtain a Pi4, so i'm running the github version 2.19 on pi3. It works fine. I have a question about playlists though. Are the individual files of the playlist supposed to show up in a list under the + of the playlist folder so you can pick a specific image? for me, this list of files doesn't show...
Also, if all i'm using this for, is to display relatively low-res movie poster images, would the dynaframe pro version run on my Pi3b ?
There isn’t an individual list of files on this or the pro version though I’m working on it for pro (had a design discussion just today for it!). The recent patreon versions are working on a pi3b and we have a fox coming to make it work fairly close to the pi 4.
The file list to choose an image is something we will add. The challenge is stuff like what if someone has 30k files? How do we elegantly handle that and such. I’m brainstorming some ideas and hope to have something soon
Can this be a gesture-able selfie display connected to a camera? Meaning users can pose in front of cam, make a gesture and have their photo taken and then see it displayed.
Not currently. I’ve explored the idea but hooking up a camera to an internet connected device is something I want to be extremely careful about :)
Is the camera and gesture supported in the current Pro release? Or is that custom for your setup?
The gesture sensor is supported in the current pro version (its come a ways since this video, I need to do an update). There’s no camera support currently, the sensor is IR based
I'm a novice, so forgive my question. When I download from Patreon can I install on multiple devices? I'm in NZ so assuming $5 US? Thanks in anticipation of your reply. Exciting software!! Huge congrats.
Yes the $5 is for as many devices as you personally own and setup. It’s $5 US and Patreon does the conversions and such. And the softwares quite a bit past where it’s shown here!
Hi, extremely cool! Is there an option to disable HDMI via a motion sensor (connected to a GPIO pin) if nobody is in the room? Monitor does not need to draw power 24/7. Thanks, Juergen
So this isn't built in yet, but it's something that you can add if you're familiar with basic python and how to read a GPIO and motion sensor. We'd liek to have it built in in the future, but we have quite a backlog of features/bugs we're working through. The linux OS is raspbian underneath and is open to do what you'd like, so that can be added (We may even have a doc on it). Long term plan though is to make this easier/built in
Love the Project very cool. Do you have any way to remotely control the Dynaframe with specificity?
Meaning show Image 5 wait 20 seconds then 5!second transition and show Image 22.
Or a way to remotely press forward backward and wait for those presses?
Thanks again.
It has a documented http system which can be used. You’d have to script it on another machine to do the wait times and put it into “manual” mode but it can do that yes. It can also show content from internet urls
@@geektoolkit Awesome!!! So I send an HTTP command as an example and something happens. And that command can be specific like Play Images 5? I saw that I could change the timings from the Settings Menu on the web server(URL you use with the QR Code).
Like I said I love the project
How low can it go for Raspberry Pi's? Can I use a Zero or a 2? I know you discussed a 4.
Also the New Pi 5 should be able to drive 2 screens, can a windows based system drive 2 or more now?
Thanks Much, very cool stuff.
@@RichShumaker you’ll want a pi3b+ or a 4. We are still working on support for 5
Can I use this to auto show a live web cam steam? I wamt to create a virtual window where i frame out a TV like a window and then when it's powered it auto loads a webcam steam from say youtube or cams around the house.
The recent builds of the pro version can use CZcams videos, and I love that scenario. I haven’t tried a “live” CZcams video yet.
Pro uses VLC under the hood which we are trying to get working with RTSP but haven’t had much luck yet. I do want this scenario to work as virtual windows are fun esp. if they’re live.
Can you give me an idea of the monitor sizes you used on your wall?
Of course! I had a 65” tv in the center with two 32” tvs on the sides. When I build these I use 32” screens for most as it’s a solid art size. I’ve seen people use 55” portrait oriented TVs for movie posters. My personal preference is 32
I'd love to try this out but it doesn't look like Pis are going to be for sale till late 2023. You don't seem to list whats needed anywhere in the description or on patreon (when not a patreon, prior to becoming one) and I was wondering if it would work on something like the zero 2 w? I'm wanting to setup digital photoframes at different businesses and connect to them from my PC across the internet to load images onto that will be displayed to customers. i.e digital adverts. Hopefully this is how I can do that once I get my hands on a pi
Thankyou that's good feedback, I'll get the proper stuff listed on the Patreon. For commercial use if you reach out to me on the about page there are other options besides a pi that can be used.
Does Dynaframe Pro support online movie poster download and display? And integration to media players so you would be able to use it in a home cinema as "Now Showing"?
Not yet but we are working on it. We are adding a plugin system this month so devs can add other sources and are working on overlays
is this the newes one? I barely konw nothing about IT ,can I do it ?
I am still watching the video, can it do collages of images also as it goes?
Not yet. We are looking into that, but it's currently post July for different transitions and layouts.
Will this work with a rpi 3b ? If just for images and not videos ?
It will! On the patreon side we provide constant updates, and we've gotten pi3b working with videos, and have an alpha where the performance is very clean for transitions for pi3b even!
This sounds really amazing. Unfortunately there is a huge shortage of Pi's :(. I do have a Pi Zero W, but my understanding is that would not work on those. Have you thought on making a Pi Zero Friendly version of this? In any case, I appreciate your hard work on this project. Thanks!
Hi there! And thankyou! I debated on making a pi zero version but honestly it’d be a completely new project at that point and I have limited resources. I’m working on expanding the pro line to other platforms but the direction is more powerful and more scenarios where as a pi zero would struggle to host a webserver and do a slideshow and video show. Even pi 3s don’t transition fully smoothly unless we do some tricks. The pi zero 2w that is like a pi3 is interesting but we just as a team have so many other things users want.
It’s a bad spot to be in. I didn’t see the pi shortage coming. :(
what is the output resolution? 1080p or 4k from the rpi4? for videos, does it also output true 4k or is does it downscale to 1080p? cant believe you didnt mention that anywhere in the video? i watched the whole thing too
Ah good point my next one will include that. For the pi it’s a 1080p output, though we have had some run it at 4k. Transitions aren’t as smooth at 4k and video typically doesn’t work on a pi. The reality is a pi can technically output 4k, but manipulations at 4k are dodgy, and codec support for videos is abysmal. I have a project to support this off of the pi platform for commercial should someone need it to support 4k
@@geektoolkit i will have to try your command line install tonight on this Libre's Le Potato. hopefully it can do 4k better than the rpi then czcams.com/video/HdiMgtaD3AQ/video.html with the rpi shortages, it is wise to branch off into other hardware that's easily attainable.
@@dablet The dynaframe 2 software won't have the features in pro, but would allow you to try it on that and see if you can get 4k working. Recent builds of the pro version have had big jumps in performance, but we only provide pi releases at this time. I'm looking into expanding that. The thing is, lots of SBC's say they support 4k, and they technically do. But again, when you do anything like a crossfade between 2 4k images...even some of the atom machines we've tried fall over (I have one machine that has 9x the graphics power of the pi that still struggles with complex manipulations when dealing with 2 4k images.). That being said we're always working ot make it better.
Do you sell these frames with everything in it? Would love to get some of these but not a tech guy and would be so easy to just buy if possible. Thanks
I don't yet...but I'm working on that. The thing is to do it 'right' I'd have a wooden frame on them or something on the bezel ideally, and I don't have the shop or setup for that yet. If you're looking for me to load up a pi and send you that with the power cable, hdmi cable etc. and provide your own TV I could do something like that for you until I get a better story for selling the frames
@@geektoolkit when are you going to have some frames ready for sale!? I’m also not a good tech guy but I would honestly pay anything to have even a regular frame that I can just put a usb n have small videos on it playing ! Please let me know!
@@allahsservant7408 please contact me on the about section of my profile, lets talk
I bought (2) 50” Samsung the frame tv. It can be displayed in vertical mode. I used my phone to mirror cast any posters to the tv and BLAMMO !!! I got my movie digital posters.
Yeah there’s also using a chrome cast as well. The main thing for this project for me is it can do quite a bit more as a compute system that can process and do smart things. For instance the latest patreon build has a plugin system and now my frames pull local art, pixabay images, and midjourney artwork. There are home automation hooks now so it can be turned on and off at certain times (and I’m adding that into the software). And there’s some cool transitions coming as well. I love the frame TVs and the way they look though, I just wish they’d allow for animated artwork
@@geektoolkit Yes, I think all those creative ideas you have are awesome. I’m a home theater enthusiast, projects like these would just add to the fun. I just wished I have the time to get into it. But thanks for sharing.
Would you consider doing a one off payment for the software and updates for a year instead of the monthly subscription?
Yes! I'm working on that actually, though it may be a few weeks before I figure out how. I'd want to make sure I have an efficient way to track it so noone gets left out, have to figure out how to take payment across currencies, how to get the updates to them, and then make sure that the documentation and videos can get to them also. Basically I'd want anyone paying to have the same benefits and care that the Patreon platform gives me. I'm working on it, please stay tuned!
@@geektoolkit
Do you still plan on doing a one-off payment option? I’ve been using Dynaframe for some time now and I’d like to move to pro but I have no interest in signing up for a new service, especially one that wants my credit card information and wants to charge me every month.
It would be amazing if we could get this to fetch random images from a website like tumblr
The latest version in Patreon has added python based plugin support so this could be possible!
This looks awesome. However, I am interested in creating a custom digital frame that is encased in a fancy picture frame to complete the illusion of an actual photo with high end matte and wood or metal frame. Does anyone have experience with that kind of DIY project?
There are people in the patreon that are doing that and there are several out there. Usually it’s 4 pieces of wood around the edge with four more on the face and all joined with some space and venting for thermals.
Hello, Is there a timer on the pro version ?
Like a clock? there are clocks. No timers.
Hello. Great software . I have a question that I can’t see the answer on the video or other comments.. I have a raspberry pi 4B. You know that it has two hdmi ports. Can I use dynaframe or dynaframe pro with “one” raspberry pi to display two different images to “two monitors at the same time”? If the answer is yes. I’m sold! Thanks
Not..yet. It's on the roadmap to support, and our performanced testing makes us believe we should be able to do that, but it's not yet implemented. I plan on trying to get it in the November release, but may hit technical glitches. I'll make a video if I pull i toff
Thank you. I’ll have to wait then.. subscribing to your channel right now
Hi! I was researching digital picture frames, when I came across your videos. I'm a "budding" writer of children's stories and was thinking of reading stories on CZcams for children's entertainment. I'm well along in the process of creating a "magic" book that I could magically change different stories through a window opening in the front cover of the book with a digital picture frame viewed through the window. This way, when I open the book, I can start reading a different story each time without having to change books. I was thinking of getting something like a digital picture frame that would be hidden inside the book with a very short movie that would magically introduce each story and when opened I could then read that story. Your videos in Dynaframe, opens all kinds of possibilities not only for the book but also for the stories. I can envision actually bringing these stories to life when they are read. I could really use your help if this is something that could/would work. Can we collaborate to see if this is feasible?
I had the old version installed over a year ago and because of its performance via SD card and lack of Pi's during pandemic so I put it in the back burner. After seeing this demo, I said to myself WOW I need to get this going again. So I become a patreon now. I'll use a SATA drive instead of SD card which helps booting process faster. Would you think overclocking necessary for this project? Thank you for your awesome tool!
I don't think overclocking really helps in any way. We've otpimized it since this video and we have users running it on pi2s (we don't recommend it though!). Overlocking wont get it running at 4k, and the pis are locked at 30fps from what we've seen so we're pretty much needing a new GPU to take it further on a pi
@@geektoolkit Is there a walk-thru instructions on how to setup Gesture sensor anywhere? I heard you mentioned about it in the video if I'm not mistaken. Not just simply hooking up to the Pi and enable it in the app and expect thing to work. Thx!
@mtstek yeah in the patreon there’s a getting started doc that’s about 30 pages long. It details all of the setup including the gesture sensor docs (which are on the wiki for it). Other than that turning it on in the software and rebooting are all that’s needed (and a recent build, we had a bug where it didn’t work that we fixed)
Hi !! Is it possible from the web interface to set the scroll to random? thank you
The playlist can be randomized yes! We have a shuffle setting
@@geektoolkit okay thanks, Is it présent on 2.19 ? I have not Seen it =\
@@johanavrillon8847 I dont' know if it's in 2.19. I've left that project to the community, and moved to this pro version which is much easier to support (it's raspberry pi only, image based, etc). I left the github site for the community of coders to continue to improve, but most of my work is now on the Pro version
Hi, somehow I can not install it on Pi 400 on bullseye : Error ./Dynaframe: No such file or directory
This is for the patreon version which is supplied as a completed image (mainly to make install easier and to help with issues that people were hitting like this). If you're using Dynaframe 2 from github, it only supports Buster because bullseye changed a large number of things (including dropping the video player that most devs were relying on for hardware accelerated pi playback). This is the other reason I went the patreon/single image route, so I can better support the community, and lower the matrix of things to support. However I'm keeping the github build out there for those that want the source and are technical enough to get things going.
I would love to test this out, we cannot use this with a raspberry pie 3? Thanks!
The most recent build from May enabled pi3's, but the transitions are a bit jerky even at 1080p, but it'll let you try it out. The May update has a bug however where if your photos have exif data indicating rotation, they'll show up the way they're taken. There are tools out there that we can help with via discord to run against your photos to help rotate them according to the exif data, or we have a fix coming this month for it as well.
@@geektoolkit I just joined your patreon. Waiting on file to download.
Yay welcome!!
Will I be able to use 1 pi4 and display 2 different pictures on each screen?
Not yet! I'm working on that feature, but it's not quite there yet.
@@geektoolkit thanks for the fast reply. Awesome work!! Now just trying to find a pi!!
a very good program, but it would not be bad if you could set the switching times between the pictures differently and not just a fixed time delay for all- that would be pefect.. maybe you can include this option.
We're working on it!
@@geektoolkit that would be really cool
Hi , i just saw your software after some research and it seems i have found the holy grail, but i have some questions , i just have a few questions :
1 : i am a folder freak , i like to get everything order so i can check / uncheck qhat i want, do your software have a folder limit ? or any limit in term of photos ?
2 : is raspberry pi 5 compatible?
3 : is this a 5$ fee or do i have to let the patreon sub run ?
Thanks.
I have no artificial limits. You can add as many as the pi allows, but keep in mind that playlist system only works one folder deep.
It’s not pi5…yet. We are working on it.
It’s a one time $5 fee, you can cancel after one month if you want. We don’t revoke the software or anything
@@geektoolkit thanks for the fast reply , any ETA on pi 5 ? since it is what i have currently . Thanks
@gegamora761 no ETA yet. It’s been…a challenge and we are doing what we can. They change alot of things that affect the pro version of the software
@@geektoolkit well i guess i have to get a pi 4 then , thanks for the fast replies.
I found the below at Amazon online, May I check with you can it be use? Since the one you recommended was out of stock.
“Geeek Pi Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
4GB RAM Board and DeskPi Lite Raspberry Pi 4 Case with Power Button/ Heatsink with PWM Fan,32GB SD Card,QC3.0 Power Supply for Raspberry Pi 4B”
That should work great!
@@geektoolkit thanks
Aye music is lit
Thankyou! I was so happy to find that song! Neffex did it (links in description for the full song). They do a TON of music and offer it to creators and it's really appreciated and awesome
Actually the youtube links goofed up, here's the full song: czcams.com/video/ZGNeYO3ALiI/video.html
@@geektoolkit oh sweet! Thank you 🙏
the patreon link isn’t working ):
Please try again, I wonder if they had an outage. It's working as I type this so hopefully was just a hiccup
Are they sold pre-built and if so, how much does it cost?
Not yet but I’m working on it. Please stay tuned I’ll build a limited number for those that want to purchase them outright. Would you want just the raspberry pi setup or would you be looking for it mounted to a TV as well? And what size? (22”, 32” or larger?). I’ll see what I can do.
@@geektoolkit I just want a picture frame like urs that I can just put a usb with a video n it plays if that’s possible! I’ll literally pay anything you ask! Plzzzz let me know boss!
@@allahsservant7408 In the about page is an email you can contact me at. We're working on a full frame product, but it's a few months out currently. But we can update you and figure out your needs and go from there.
Can this be run on a linux or windows install?
Pro is image based for a raspberry pi only. I’m working to make other platforms available, but since we are a small team supporting any Linux OS is beyond what we can handle. That being said we are working to expand it to other platforms. For commercial users we work with them to come up with a solution as part of the licensing
Will this play longer HD videos?
I’ve played an hour long one on it. How long are you thinking?
@@geektoolkit Not that long...just a minute or two or three. Can I use a GPIO pin to trigger it with a button?
It’ll play the longer videos but there is no gpio integration yet. If you know a bit of code there’s an http protocol to control it, and you could have a python script listen to the gpio and then use curl. In a month I may have a better answer
Have you or anyone else tried to run a Dynaframe on a Pi Zero 2 W? I would like to try a project like this but to do it with power efficient equipment.
We have someone trying to get Dynaframe pro working on a pi 2 zero w. It’s having thermal issues which cause throttling. One thing we may try when we aren’t trying to ship this version is a lower res to see if that helps.
We have it working on a pi3 somewhat ok on the next build so it makes me think we can get there.
@@geektoolkit Thanks for getting back to me. I'm not that experienced with raspberry pi's and looking to get into using one for this exact project. Is the Pi 4 usually about 3x more power consumption than the 2 zero w? Used some calculators I've seen online and it's around $5 vs $15 for power consumption it seems (a year for nearly 24/7 use). If that's the case I probably won't worry about the cost of power and just get the Pi 4 if it's such an issue regarding throttling with the zero.
I think those numbers are accurate conceptually. There’s a lot of variables from load on the cpu to cost of electricity. The pi4 with Dynaframe is GPU accelerated so less cpu is used…it goes from 60% to under 10% CPU. Also your monitor is your biggest power draw followed by wifi usually. So you can do things like use a more power efficient screen and a wired connection to help. Also smart plugs to turn things off can cut usage from 24 hours to 8, so another 1/3 power cut. Lots of options. Someone in the Dynaframe pro discord just calculated running Dynaframe at about $2 a month. We want to do more studies before widely publicizing that but it’s another data point
AWESOME WORK!!! here are some thoughts
1) would be cool to have discord bot to download AI generated art from Midjourney and download to playlists based on user text input or just download AI art for diversity and not having to deal with
2) do you have a alarm / wake up functionality, would be nice if dynaframe came to life in the morning at set time and displayed some cool random or preset quotes to get the day going
Wow! Mid journey is amazing I’ll reach out to them to see what all would be involved or see if we can make a discord downloader on the frame. We are working on a plugin engine to make it easier to pull artwork from other sources.
A timer isn’t implemented yet but it’s a much requested item on our backlog that we are designing and should be in as soon as we can get to it. There are apis to turn it on or off using a cronjob for now
@@geektoolkit thanks for such a quick reply. Looking forward to your continued innovation. the quote functionality of overlaying stylish (canva design style templates like) text over images would be fantastic and would put your project into a whole new category.
Yeah, timer is key. I know I would use this as a custom vision board to wake up to.
... now if I can find a source to buy a raspberry Pi... lol
@@adriansinclair5323 Yeah! We are trying to port it to another platform but it's a $160 for most others as a 'next available device' type issue. rpilocator.com may help!
@@geektoolkit what's the min spec needed for the rp 8GB?
Does this work on pi zero 2?
We need to test the latest release to see. We've been doing some serious performance tuning to get it working on a pi3b, but we still need to test.
Dynaframe2 is not getting any new updates? I know people should buy the pro version, but are freeusers now screwed?
Also is there any things we can contribute to get a free pro version? For example providing digital art we own and such.
@@kyle.riemen Noone is 'screwed'. The free version is there, and the community is welcome to build on it. Its there so others can take it and make it do whatever they'd like.
If someone is looking for active development, then the patreon is 5 dollars, and you get a build. you can then quit and have a build. For 5 dollars. They get support and help getting it setup, and tons of features.
If someone wants another active open source system, then pi3d has free software as well. So lots of options!
Amazing project. But this video is almost 2 years old. Are there new features since then? Can you do an update video?
I'll work on an update video after our next major feature push. We've been working on the software the entire time, there are a ton of new features and bugfixes, but also some major work to do to get things up to date and add pi5 support. We have 300 patreons and have had over 1000 people join and get the software and love it and use it for various projects. I'm focused on them right now, and when I get the next major update done I'll update the videos and work to do monthly updates from there. Some of the features that have been added is an update system, animated gif support, overlays, exif data, sorting of the playlists, performance increases, ability to stream web videos (youtube and such), a plugin system, font uploads...few more I'm missing. But we're in a place where we want to update to the new wayland based OS and then we'll market it heavily
@@geektoolkit Thx for the info.
@@geektoolkit I’ll be looking for an updated video as well.
how can i actually download it or can i get it permanently at once like ??? please guide me through this also how to install it after i get it will the installation guide be there with purchase???
Hi, this one is available throuhg the patreon, once signed up you'll have access to an image download that you can extract and put on your frame.
@@geektoolkit how will i be able to run that zip file in raspberry pi once i subscribe to you will you be able to tell more clearly???
@@abhishekkamlesh2336 So when you download the image it's a zip file...you extract that on your pc or mac, then burn it to an sd card like any raspberry pi image. Then you boot that and the software is ready.
I searched for an install video for a raspberry pi but didn’t find one. Did I miss it or is there not one?
For pro there’s one on the Patreon. Outside of that they’re isn’t an install video, it’s supplied as a raspberry pi image. Any video about how to use galena etcher to write a file to an sd card is relevant there
Ok. I’ll find it there once I have my screen up and ready.
Is pi 4 the minimum requirement for Dynaframe Pro?
In the patreon we have optimized it and gotten it working on a pi3b+. But transitions are a little less fluid.
Can it run on laptop?
No it’s meant for raspberry pi computers at this time
I really want to implement this but does anyone know how I can get a Pi? They are sold out everywhere :-( As soon as I get one, I will be subscribing.
They’re tough right now due to chip shortages. Pihut gets them now and then, and if you look at bundles there are some sometimes on amazon. Also keep an eye on arrow.com. I’ll post it I find any but it’s a mess :(
@@geektoolkit for sure I didn’t know if you knew a way to procure some. Thanks. At one point in one of your older videos you mentioned windows install but I could never find out how
@@sejalgpatelphoto For Dynaframe 2 if it's downloaded and compiled it can be run on windows, but it's REALLY rocky....I started down that path because I could cross compile it but turns out that trying to support 3 platforms was well beyond what I had time for, and so I had to focus on what most people wanted. For instance on windows if you launch a video file it launches media player and then full screens it which is not nearly as smooth as on a pi currently. Also though if you compile it yourself you could run it in an x86 version of linux ona pc and have amazing performance most likely...but then you're trying to hide a full pc somewhere :/
Do live close to the state of Iowa?
I’m in washington state so i
Guess it’s relative…I’m closer than if I lived in Japan but halfway across the US. Why do you ask?
I have two different monitors I create daily videos for. I transfer the video file a SD card daily. I was wondering how get the video content to the monitors with physically bringing the SD card daily to each monitor. Each monitor is in two different locations too
@@gavproductions Dynaframe Pro, the patreon supported version, has a web upload for videos as well as a network share from the pi that you cna use. If you had a pi on each monitor you could use that. If you're using the open source version, you'd have to setup a samba share on the pi and could upload to that, or you could setup an FTP server on the pi.
Is that what you're looking for is some kind of local network upload?
@@geektoolkit I’ll like to remotely upload the video from my Mac to these monitors instead of taking the SD card to them every time.
Setting up samba is likely your best bet then on the frame
I don’t know if it’s your video, but those transitions don’t look anything close to buttery smooth. From your product, I am seeing is a bit of Samsungs MagicInfo, Display Fusion, and things a NAS can do. Why use a QR code when you can just bookmark the website? It’s almost a break in the experience having to walk up to one device and take a picture in order to access its GUI. How far does a person have to be in order for it to register hand gestures? Just not sure what your showing can’t be done via other means/software. Just my opinion.
I’m sure you deleted my other message a while back on one of your other videos cause I linked my setup. I run a quad/PLP setup, used for gaming and movies and stuff.
Still, kudos for running a PLP setup, most people are still new to the concept.
I’ll reply back in more detail when at my desk but I want you to know I didn’t delete your comment and wouldn’t do that…but Facebook will mark it as spam if there’s a link and that could slip by me.
Thankyou for the kind words, having something I wrote in my spare time compared to a 600 dollar software from Samsung is flattering. I’m showing it in a PLP setup for the video but really the setups are all separate nodes (it’s three separate raspberry pis connected over the network)…so one could be downstairs in my house or another room or wherever for instance.
The price of this is the raspberry pi…it’s a bring your own screen solution designed for consumers and hobbyists. The smoothness is not going to reflect to a critical eye since this is 30fps, but in person I’ve had great feedback on the smoothness.
You’re right you absolutely can bookmark the page. Or ip scan for it. Or a million other things. But for consumers who power down the units and don’t know how to set static IPs, it’s a handy way to handle the DHCP server changing the IP on them. QR codes don’t require a photo they work immediately when the camera gets the image, and saves them from entering an IP. If you have other suggestions as to them, for now this is something I’m trying out.
I appreciate the feedback and hope that helps understand what I’m trying to do. This isn’t meant to compete with Samsung as much as give people a fun way to display artwork and movie postwrs
Check out my Midjourney Sync script for DynaFrame: github.com/ManuelRoeder/dynaframe_sync. It automatically synchronizes Midjourney recent or top galleries without requiring any subscription service. You can also optionally merge the text prompts into the image. Have a look!
OMG I woke up to this and immediately ran to my computer to get it running! I have been a fan of Midjorney since it was pointed out to me, and this plugin works great! I'm posting about it on patreon and the discord to get it exposure, and will make a video for it. It's something I've wanted and am SO glad you did it (and you did a great job, I had it up and running in about 5 minutes!). Thankyou great work!