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I'm currently have 3 screenly[1] installations on RPis and works nice. Doesn't support channels though, which is a major drawback for DS but other than that wor
by atmosx 12y ago
I'm currently have 3 screenly[1] installations on RPis and works nice. Doesn't support channels though, which is a major drawback for DS but other than that works fine and it's open-source.
[1] http://www.screenlyapp.com/ http://www.screenlyapp.com/
- hendry 12y agoCan't you set screenly to a Webpage that just forced to update with new content, i.e. a different channel?!
- atmosx 12y agoScreenly uses a lightweight web browser (can't remember the name) that doesn't support javascript and I think doesn't support flash either (not sure though). So I'm out of ideas on how to create something that resembles channels. I'd like to have a channel to display pharmacy overnights. Now I'm just using a sinatra application to display dynamically generated static HTML page[1]. But that's about it. [1] http://piseli.net/overnights/drama http://piseli.net/overnights/drama
- mvip 12y agoHi guys, The creator of Screenly here. If by 'channels' you mean breaking the screen into different blocks (normally referred to as 'zones' in DS language), it is possible using HTML, but strongly discouraged. The reason is simply that the Raspberry Pi isn't powerful enough to handle that heavy workload. Regarding the browser Screenly OSE (the Open Source version) uses, it's called UZBL[1]. It does support JavaScript, as long as it isn't too complex. For instance, animations etc won't work. Also, Flash isn't supported for obvious reasons. [1] http://www.uzbl.org http://www.uzbl.org