New Screeensaver Plug-in.

[Rainking720 31]

Just a heads up I threw together a quick photo screen saver that applies a "ken burns" effect to pictures from any photos in your library.  I have not done extensive testing on it, but it has worked on the few machines I've tried it on.  You can install it by going into settings -> plugins -> install plugin and add from URL .. use the following URL:

 

http://rainking720.github.io/photoscreensaver/package.json

 

Then under the "General" button in settings there is a "screen saver" drop down.. select "Photos Screen Saver"...   There are no options or anything for the screen saver yet.

 

If you don't actually have any photos in your library this probably won't work either, but then again if that's the case I'm not sure why you'd be installing the plug in

 

If you have any problems or feedback feel free to send me a direct message..   one thing i know it probably doesn't handle great right now is running in a window vs full screen.. the images don't pan properly and you see black space while it pans around sometimes.

 

 

[Luke 42077]

if you want to see examples, I think he based it on this:

 

http://www.toymakerlabs.com/kenburns/

[the1legend 45]

@@Rainking720 I just tested this and it's working well on full screen. Thanks for your efforts!

[Luke 42077]

I agree it's great!

[jscoys 147]

Is it going to be part of the plugin catalog? Not sure if I reinstall ET in 2 years to find this topic to copy/past the link again...

 

 

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[Rainking720 31]

Is it going to be part of the plugin catalog? Not sure if I reinstall ET in 2 years to find this topic to copy/past the link again...

 

 

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I would imagine once the catalog is fully implemented if people have successfully been using it there wouldn't' be any reason to exclude it.

[Luke 42077]

Yes the app will ultimately have a plugin catalog but in the meantime you can install the plugin manually via url.

[jscoys 147]

Yes the app will ultimately have a plugin catalog but in the meantime you can install the plugin manually via url.

Wonderfull

[TroyBennett 9]

Since I don't have a keyboard attached to my htpc, it is impossible for me to enter the address without using copy & paste.  That is because the keyboard that emby provides doesn't have the colon needed for the http:// part of it.  And it doesn't install if you skip the http:// just thought the dev's should realize this.

Edited April 15, 2016 by TroyBennett

[Theodore 136]

This looks great! Is there plans to bring it to MBC? I prefer the interface on MBC over MBT...

[Rainking720 31]

No plans on bringing this to MBC unfortunately.  Would be a lot of work , and honestly media center has a pretty snazzy photo screensaver built in, it just doesn't directly reference your photo library via emby.

 

This looks great! Is there plans to bring it to MBC? I prefer the interface on MBC over MBT...

[Theodore 136]

No plans on bringing this to MBC unfortunately.  Would be a lot of work , and honestly media center has a pretty snazzy photo screensaver built in, it just doesn't directly reference your photo library via emby.

 

I really wish you would

 

The WMC photo screensaver is pretty snazzy, but if it runs too long then Emby can't automatically disengage it when I play a movie using the web interface

[blue65 2]

Coming from the WMC platform to Emby Theater this is one thing I miss.

I found this thread and was hoping this might be a great workaround until it becomes a Plugin option

I tried to follow the instructions to install but they no longer seem applicable

Perhaps worked on an older version of Emby Server but options have moved to a different place on a later version

My server version is 3.0.6400

Any help appreciated.

Thanks 

[Luke 42077]

The plugin might need to be updated.

[JDizzy 21]

Would love to see this implemented within Emby, or be able to apply the setting to movie backdrops and music Now Playing screen.

That would be awesome!

Edited September 6, 2016 by JDizzy

[Rainking720 31]

What kind of problems are you having with this?  It is working in Emby.Theatre for me, but i haven't updated theatre/server in probably a month..

 

Coming from the WMC platform to Emby Theater this is one thing I miss.

I found this thread and was hoping this might be a great workaround until it becomes a Plugin option

I tried to follow the instructions to install but they no longer seem applicable

Perhaps worked on an older version of Emby Server but options have moved to a different place on a later version

My server version is 3.0.6400

Any help appreciated.

Thanks 

[blue65 2]

Thx for the quick replies everyone.

Worked it out eventually overnight. 

I was looking in the Emby Server Plugin area for an option to add the URL

Found it in the Emby Theater Plugin area..

Makes sense when you think about it. Hindsight is a wonderful thing

 

Love the plugin. Everyone enjoyed the photos when I was playing music on the old WMC platform.

This now gives me that option back.

[LASooner 24]

First off, Thanks for the plugin it's cool, wife loves family pics

 

Would like some control over the movement as well as the handling of portrait aspect photos

 

I think you should alternate the position of the date in the corner per photo, maybe have it go to each corner, it stays a little too stationary for a screensaver.

 

An option to disable the date might be desired by some as well. I personally like having the date, just concerned about burn in.

[ebr 16169]

You have a plasma display?

[LASooner 24]

No, but LCD's do burn in. I know this because I have a wife who has a habit leaving TV screens paused for hours on end.

[PrincessClevage 175]

Just a heads up I threw together a quick photo screen saver that applies a "ken burns" effect to pictures from any photos in your library. I have not done extensive testing on it, but it has worked on the few machines I've tried it on. You can install it by going into settings -> plugins -> install plugin and add from URL .. use the following URL:

 

http://rainking720.github.io/photoscreensaver/package.json

 

Then under the "General" button in settings there is a "screen saver" drop down.. select "Photos Screen Saver"... There are no options or anything for the screen saver yet.

 

If you don't actually have any photos in your library this probably won't work either, but then again if that's the case I'm not sure why you'd be installing the plug in

 

If you have any problems or feedback feel free to send me a direct message.. one thing i know it probably doesn't handle great right now is running in a window vs full screen.. the images don't pan properly and you see black space while it pans around sometimes.

thanks, works great!

[casminkey 19]

This is a great plug-in! If anyone wants to build on it, I'd be happy to contribute a few $ to add more features. For those coming from WMC trying to make the push to Emby Theater as I am, this is a must have.

[Rainking720 31]

IF anyone's interested, i made a new version that I think works a little better.. if you want to give it a whirl it's at

 

https://rainking720.github.io/PhotoScreenSaverV2/package.json

 

I haven't tested extensively yet, but so far it seems to work well for me.

[Luke 42077]

@@Rainking720, any screenshots?

[Rainking720 31]

Screenshots won't do much, it's more the fading/panning/zooming effect that makes it worthwhile... It really is very similar to the previous version, I just found a better method of achieving the effect.  I wasn't happy w/ how it handled larger pictures before and there were times it cropped the images in weird ways, and now it zooms/pans across them in a much more consistent way where you always get to see the whole picture. -- basically just applied this to your emby photo library:

 

http://slideshowify.com/

 

@@Rainking720, any screenshots?

Edited May 3, 2017 by Rainking720