piframe/docs/slideshow.md

Slideshow

The below commands will setup fim as a slideshow on your display.

Important Notes

• fim will crash if there are no photos for it to use as a slideshow
• You will likely want to tweak the fim command invocation below. These are great settings as a starting point but you'll probably want to make adjustments for your use case.
• This setup uses incron to restart fim when photos are deleted from the pictures folder. Without this piece fim will crash if a picture is removed from the pictures directory prior to fim rescaning the pictures directory.

Setup

useradd -m -G video -s /usr/sbin/nologin fim
apt install acl
setfacl -m "u:fim:rwX" /tank/pictures
setfacl -dm "u:fim:rwX" /tank/pictures
apt install fim imagemagick ttf-dejavu
cat > /home/fim/.fimrc <<EOF
# Tweak left of status bar to show filename and taken date/time only
_display_status_fmt="%N %?EXIF_DateTimeOriginal?[%:EXIF_DateTimeOriginal:]?";
# Tweak right of status bar to show image/total only
_info_fmt_str="%i/%l%P";
unbind " ";
unbind "!";
unbind """;
unbind "#";
unbind "$";
unbind "%";
unbind "&";
unbind "’";
unbind "(";
unbind ")";
unbind "*";
unbind "+";
unbind ",";
unbind "-";
unbind ".";
unbind "/";
unbind "0";
unbind "1";
unbind "2";
unbind "3";
unbind "4";
unbind "5";
unbind "6";
unbind "7";
unbind "8";
unbind "9";
unbind ":";
unbind ";";
unbind "<";
unbind "=";
unbind ">";
unbind "?";
unbind "@";
unbind "A";
unbind "Any";
unbind "B";
unbind "BackSpace";
unbind "Backspace";
unbind "C";
unbind "C-a";
unbind "C-b";
unbind "C-c";
unbind "C-d";
unbind "C-e";
unbind "C-f";
unbind "C-g";
unbind "C-h";
unbind "C-i";
unbind "C-j";
unbind "C-k";
unbind "C-l";
unbind "C-m";
unbind "C-n";
unbind "C-o";
unbind "C-p";
unbind "C-q";
unbind "C-r";
unbind "C-s";
unbind "C-t";
unbind "C-u";
unbind "C-v";
unbind "C-w";
unbind "C-x";
unbind "C-y";
unbind "C-z";
unbind "D";
unbind "Del";
unbind "Down";
unbind "E";
unbind "End";
unbind "Enter";
unbind "Esc";
unbind "F";
unbind "G";
unbind "H";
unbind "Home";
unbind "I";
unbind "Ins";
unbind "J";
unbind "K";
unbind "L";
unbind "Left";
unbind "M";
unbind "N";
unbind "O";
unbind "P";
unbind "PageDown";
unbind "PageUp";
unbind "Q";
unbind "R";
unbind "Right";
unbind "S";
unbind "T";
unbind "Tab";
unbind "U";
unbind "Up";
unbind "V";
unbind "W";
unbind "X";
unbind "Y";
unbind "Z";
unbind "[";
unbind "\";
unbind "]";
unbind "^";
unbind "_";
unbind "’";
unbind "a";
unbind "b";
unbind "c";
unbind "d";
unbind "e";
unbind "f";
unbind "g";
unbind "h";
unbind "i";
unbind "j";
unbind "k";
unbind "l";
unbind "m";
unbind "n";
unbind "o";
unbind "p";
unbind "q";
unbind "r";
unbind "s";
unbind "t";
unbind "u";
unbind "v";
unbind "w";
unbind "x";
unbind "y";
unbind "z";
unbind "{";
unbind "|";
unbind "}";
unbind "~";
EOF
cat > /usr/local/bin/fim-slideshow.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
# options inspiration: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=196043
tput civis
/usr/bin/fim --verbose --no-commandline --no-history \
--device /dev/fb0 --vt 1 \
--execute-commands-early "clear" --final-commands "clear" \
--execute-commands 'while(1){display;sleep "300";next;}' \
--autozoom --random \
--cd-and-readdir --recursive \
/tank/pictures
EOF
chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/fim-slideshow.sh
cat > /etc/systemd/system/fim.service <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=fim slideshow
After=getty.target

[Service]
User=fim
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/fim-slideshow.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl stop getty@tty1
systemctl disable getty@tty1
cat > /usr/local/bin/no-cursor-tty1.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/tput -T screen civis > /dev/tty1
EOF
chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/no-cursor-tty1.sh
cat > /etc/systemd/system/no-cursor-tty1.service <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Disable tty1 cursor
After=getty.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/no-cursor-tty1.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable --now no-cursor-tty1
systemctl enable --now fim
apt install incron
cat > /etc/incron.d/fim-delete <<EOF
/tank/pictures IN_DELETE systemctl restart fim
EOF
cat > /etc/incron.d/fim-create <<EOF
/tank/pictures IN_CREATE systemctl restart fim
EOF
systemctl enable --now incron
systemctl restart incron