Pi Slideshow Display

This Instructable shows how to create a slideshow that will stream photos from a connected USB or file directory on the Pi

Before installing the program on the Pi that would run the slideshow, create a file on the USB for the photos to be stored in.

If you do not want to use a USB, you can create a directory on your Pi to store the photos you want displayed.

The file directory should be noted of. It will be needed later when creating the program.

The program that will be used to run the slide show is called FEH. To install it, type "apt-get install feh" into the terminal and run it as an administrator using "sudo" as shown in the picture above.

On the Pi, create a program using nano as the editor. Put the file in an easy to find location such as the pi/home/ directory. Make sure to put ".py" at the end of your file name.

Next go into the program file and insert the following code shown on the picture above.

Replace "/media/" with the directory to the USB in where your photos are located.

If you are not using a USB you can use a directory on your Pi that contains photos you would like to display.

feh -Y -x -q -D 5 -B black -F -Z -z -r /media/

feh at the beginning of the line calls the command to run the slideshow

The letters with a "-" in front are settings for the slide show. The list of these commands are displayed below:

• Z Auto Zoom
• -x Borderless
• -F Fullscreen
• -Y hide pointer
• -B image background
• -q quiet no error reporting
• -z Randomise
• -r Recursive search all folders in folders
• -D Slide delay in seconds

To make the file executable, go into the terminal and type the following code using "sudo". This is also shown in the picture above.

sudo chmod +x slideShow.py

To easily run the file, create a shortcut to the program on your desktop.

Double click the file and select "Execute" when the pop up appears.

The slideshow should now be running. To close the slide show, press ESC on your keyboard to return to the desktop.