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I am using a le potato running raspbian, to display pictures on a screen. These pictures are in a shared folder I can access from my windows pc. The input is where the pictures go, and output is scaled so they are actually fullscreen. I have some code to check if any changes are made in the input folder, so it will adjust the output folder.
My problem: I need the slideshow to loop once, then close, revealing google chrome underneath. Wait for a set amount of time (10 minutes) and then play the slideshow again.
For some reason, the slideshow keeps playing even though I use --cycle-once. I have tried to use a loop count, but this did not do anything. T tried to have the code delete the pictures in output after vieuwing them, and then after output is empty sleep and restart, but it didn't see when a picture was viewed.
Sadly im pretty new to linux and coding, and have used chatGPT for most of my work. I have been bashing my head against this for 3 days now, and hope someone can help me.
Current code:
PHP Code:
#!/usr/bin/bash
input_folder="/home/pi/Public/screen/input/"
output_folder="/home/pi/Public/screen/output/"
slideshow_pid=""
### Function to upscale and copy images from the input folder to the output folder
upscale_and_copy() {
local file_path="$1"
local file_name=$(basename "$file_path")
local output_path="$output_folder/$file_name"
convert "$file_path" -resize 1920x1080^ "$output_path"
}
### Function to remove images from the output folder
remove_from_output_folder() {
local file_path="$1"
local file_name=$(basename "$file_path")
local output_path="$output_folder/$file_name"
rm "$output_path"
}
### Function to restart the slideshow
restart_slideshow() {
if [[ -n "$slideshow_pid" ]]; then
kill "$slideshow_pid"
fi
### Function that plays the actual slideshow
feh --quiet --fullscreen --cycle-once --slideshow-delay 3 "$output_folder" &
slideshow_pid=$!
}
### Upscale and copy existing images from input to output folder
for file in "$input_folder"/*; do
upscale_and_copy "$file"
done
### Display the images from the output folder in a slideshow
restart_slideshow
### Monitor input folder for changes and update the output folder accordingly
inotifywait -m -r -e create -e delete -e move -e modify "$input_folder" |
while read -r directory event filename; do
if [[ $event == "CREATE" || $event == "MODIFY" || $event == "MOVED_TO" ]]; then
upscale_and_copy "$input_folder/$filename"
restart_slideshow
elif [[ $event == "DELETE" || $event == "MOVED_FROM" ]]; then
remove_from_output_folder "$input_folder/$filename"
restart_slideshow
fi
done
I have tested the following, When I run JUST the following code, it STILL keeps looping endlessly, so it's feh itself that's causing the problem somehow. If anyone knows what the problem might be, please tell me.
PHP Code:
feh --quiet --fullscreen --cycle-once --slideshow-delay 3 /home/pi/Public/screen/output/ &
