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feedback before i forget: i installed with the wrong but valid flickr name. couldnt figure out what to do, changed my name on the form but it didnt seem to repair all the dependencies on that. so i made a folder with my name and reinstalled. everything works but for some reason that folder doesnt have any pics in it even though it downloaded 20 pics from me. i'll delete it and reinstall.
oh also if there were some way to overlay the picture info that would be cool - so many of those ap photos you want to know where they came from and whats going on.
why in the rest of the world are people dealing with violence and poverty and we are so focused on basketball and football...
You're the best!
Now I can't see my photo feed in FlickrFan, or in the screensaver folder that I defined (all according to the instructions on the localhost web server), but I can see the AP photo feeds.
Any clues on what's going wrong?
Am I reinstaling the app incorrectly?
CanÕt evaluate the expression because the name ÒtypeÓ hasnÕt been defined.
My flickr account is "Craig & Nicole", even tried changing it thinking the & was a problem but no luck.
http://127.0.0.1:5337/photoFan/howtoScreenSaver
Otherwise, please say what you tried to do to locate the folder, that'll give me a clue of what might be going wrong.
Dave
I'll fix that first thing tomorrow morning.
A relative spilled wine onto my MacBook on Xmas Eve, so I'm not as festive as I'd like to be, but I'm looking forward to trying this out once I get a new Mac.
In the meantime, I would like to see instructions for optimal Mac Mini connection to HDTV. (There are a few people out there who don't have their Minis connected to an HDTV.) Does it output HDMI? Does one need a DVI-to-HDMI converter? Most importantly, will I get 1080i or 720p "resolution"? Basically, how do I get my FlickrFan experience to be the best it can be on the output end?
Third-party linkage would work just fine, too.
system.verbs.builtins.file.getSpecialFolderPath() is broken if your home directory is not on your boot volume. Many of us keep a our home directories either on a separate volume or use a network home directory where the notion of "volume" is nebulous at best.
To try this out on your machine, create a new user with the accounts prefs panel, and then right-click on the user you just created; an "Advanced Options" panel will show up and you can redirect the users directory "somewhere else". In my case, its to "/Volumes/Raid/Users/steve".
I'll try to come up with a workaround...
FlickrFan - find the Mac default pictures folder
Applescript - path to
Forking off a shell to run osascript is just an *easy* hack. Takes about .25 seconds which is barely noticeable in startup.
You can get multiple folders in a single command - comes back as a comma-separated list
osascript -e '{(path to pictures folder) as string, (path to applications folder) as string}'
Enjoy!
jason
QUESTION: do we need to let the About OPML app run or can we close it?
Yes, you need to leave the OPML Editor running to get new stuff.
If you need to quit it for a while that's okay, the next time you launch it will go look for the new stuff then. (But it might take a while.)
1. Downloaded photoFan.root
2. Dragged it into the Applications > Radio UserLand > Tools folder
3. Launched Radio
4. After a while a Radio pop up window saying: 'Too many files are open.":
Screendump @ http://screencast.com/t/Wu6tWQ8a18g
5. This window refreshes every few seconds
6. Closed Radio
7. Thrashed photoFan.root
8. Re Launched Radio > No popup any more
9. Repeated steps 2 & 3
10. Popup (Step 4) appears again
11. Clicked on the Tools link in the Top menu bar of Radio
12. No response
N.B. I tried an Install of the Fresh OPML Editor image (opml.dmg) > No problems at all
1) Relaunch of Radio:
2) After a while the following popup appears: @ http://screencast.com/t/Pj0YSqGGkUD
3) Clicking the 'Go To' arrow results in the following window @ http://screencast.com/t/8mfIH89MpO.
N.B. Cursor positioned after the opening bracket. I highlighted the line up to the point where the cursor was positioned.
Closing the Error Info window results in the same popup after several (5 - 10 secs?) seconds
So: tool removed, Radio relauched =>popup keeps showing up
Any explanation already?
Other than that: works as advertised. Having the entire OPML app/framework/whatever thrown in and constantly running seems a bit daunting, however. It would be nice if the grunt work was handled by a small, faceless script, so that users could quit OPML after changing their settings.
Also, having the AP news pics on by default means that you might get some not-too-pretty pictures in your screen saver. Some folks may not like that at all, so while it's a good idea to include the feed, maybe you should have the user turn it on (after a proper warning and disclaimer) themselves. Oh, and what's the exact function of the checkbox on the Feeds page? I thought it was for enabling/disabling feeds, but the AP news feed is still being read after I unchecked it (and hit Submit for good measure). A way to truly disable / remove feeds would be nice.
Well, that's my €0.02 for now, I'll keep an eye on the app and if something else comes up, I'll let you know =]
(unrelated rant: why doesn't Disqus support OpenID, darnit! I'd register in a second if they did that)
BTW, I use NoScripts with Firefox but It didn't give any warnings.
I also got a copy of Firefox started up. Why did I get that?
The application works very well. Thanks for taking the time to scratch an itch.
in photoFanThread.script - if you replace the webbrowser.launchMacBrower() with the above command you will open the default browser on the Mac. no muss, no fuss, no issues with preferred browser lists, etc.
took me a moment or 2 to dust off the Usertalk "fingers".
Thanks Dave!
if system.environment.ismac {
«webbrowser.launchMacBrowser ()
sys.unixShellCommand("open " + homeurl)};
photoFanSuite.init ();
system.temp.photoFan.flStarted = true;
if not system.environment.ismac {
webbrowser.openurl (homeurl)};
webbrowser.bringtofront ();
photoFanSuite.background.everyHour () //do a scan on startup
http://face.centosprime.com/macosxw/?cat=13
FlickrFan notes on my Mac blog so I don't forget them
I have a dual screen setup and its fun that different pics appear on each..
Now to try and get back to work...
CanÕt evaluate the expression because the name ÒtypeÓ hasnÕt been defined.
But How do i subscribe to a different set of photos? i.e. my one flickr feed for example?
thanks
PS Dave - this is a really cool app. I am now thinking that a mac mini hooked-up to a TV as per Scoble's advice is a real winner. .. a real cool winer!
Happy NEW year
The photostream looks great on my 32" LCD! I can't seem to get the Flickr upload to work though. On the Drop Folder page of Preferences, I checked the box that says to enable Flickr uploading the drop folder - (my drop folder is Macintosh HD:Users:edickey:Desktop:Flickr:) I kept the default scan of 10 seconds. I authorized OPML Editor with write privileges in my flickr account. I pressed the Submit button
I dropped a 2.5 meg jpg file into the drop folder. I expected the file to be uploaded to flickr and visible in my photostream. I waited for about 30 minutes but nothing happened. I even restarted the app, but no file uploaded.
Any help appreciated..
Thanks,
my feed: feed://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=36521955768@N01&lang=en-us&format=rss_200
scobleizers: feed://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?lang=en-us&format=rss_200&id=35034363287@N01
My photos aren't uploading either.
I was already a user of the OPML editor (for NewsRiver, OPML blog, etc); I tried installing the flickrfan folder instead of the old one, and flickran works fine, of course. However, I now get Community>Register and I can't figure out a way to give it my old community name and other info without it complaining.
Thanks in any event for a fun new product.
Andrew
http://flickrfan.org/downloads.html
Apologies, my bad. I downloaded from the home page, not the download page, so I didn't see that there were different instructions for previous OPML editor users (perhaps you should put a note there?).
Nevermind!
Andrew
Did you click the Submit button after unchecking the box?
Only the AP photos feed and populate my Pictures:PhotoFan:screenSaverPics folder; pictures from my own flickr account (which I authorized) and friends do not download and display. What should I check? Is there a way to manually "force" a feed download? I've also checked and unchecked each of the feeds (including AP) a couple of times and saved the settings. Thanks for yet another extremely interesting piece of sotware, Kevin Lippert, NY, NY
I have the same problem as Kevin. Only the AP photos download. There is a file created in the ...pictures/photoFan/ directory for a feed to my account but nothing downloads to it. The feed is listed on the feeds page, the check box is checked, and it says there are 36 pictures in the feed but nothing downloaded. What am I missing?
Thanks
1) enable me to set a % priority for different feeds (e.g., 50% my phoptos, 20% api wire, 30% friends)...
2) enable me to designate which drive the flickr backups will record to...my flickr has 15,000+ images and won;t fit on my c-drive...
3) enable me to designate a directory on flickr (set or collection) to pull from...so for instance, i could set up my mom's computer to only pull from my "family" collections which is all she wants to see...
4) enable this app to run in something other than the screen saver! I would love to see the feed all the time in a little window somewhere on my desktop (I realized this by leaving the finder/screensaver window open in test mode -- and it runs the feed...which is really cool...The settings I'd love would be, "Show feed in: screensaver | feedviewer | both."
5) If you ever make a little desktop version it would be super cool if it i) displayed captions on photos, ii) enabled one to drag/drop/save the photo currently displayed, iii) enabled one to STOP on a photo and ENLARGE it to fulll res with right mouse click menu for closer examination (the screensaver sometimes moves away from a photo just when it catches my eye, or just when I'm really starting to dig it, or before it zooms back enough to see what the picture is about)...
6) The drop folder works great. This combined with the archive to desktop feature is a godsend (davesend ;-) ) It could include two really nice additions (but these unfortunately turn it into a little app - but if combined with the "desktop viewer" (above) would be super-cool: i) enable a dropped photo to be sent straight to a specific set (a la the flickr uploader), ii) enable dragging onto a special buddylist...you enter names and emails into this buddy list (V 2.0 would enable making little groups) and if you drag a photo onto the name, it gets sent to the users email box instantly - or even better, if they have this app, it gets sent to their mini-viewer - so: if i drag a photo on DaveW, you get it. If i drag it onto flickr, flickr gets it, if i drag it onto a set in flickr, that set gets it, if i drag it onto a group of buddies called "familySF" or "friends-work" all the people on that send-list get it...PhotoCasting...
1) it appears that thumbnails from my flickr are getting into the screensaver...which looks like large blobs of impressionistic madness blow up on a 23" cinema display. Is that possible?
2) the flickr archiving in the background is so far working very well...however, it is pulling over all the thmbnails etc. from each image...is that intended?
3) the newswire archive is now up to 400+ images even through I set it to stop at 200.
4) when i switch the feed (e.g., from just my photos >> my photos + api wire) it does not change. As of now, it is set to api wire only but is still showing only photos from my flickr...i just updated the code and will see if that fixes it...
5) If I clear out the photos in the phptofan/screensaverpics/apwirephotos photos, they all come back...is that the intended behavior? as per #3 above, it feels like this folder is getting really big...and I'm sick of some of the images...I like beig able to edit them out so i don't see disturbing/boring/georgebushisonmyscreenagain images...
6) I think you should put a link to this discussion board at the top of the flickrfan site...it is really hard to find!
1. You need to go into Mac system prefs and point the screen saver at the screen saver folder. You currently have it set one level too "high.:
2. Yes, that is intended. I didn't know which sizes people would want so I just grab them all. If you have an idea what would work for everyone, let me know. Otherwise they don't take up very much space given that today's disks have tens of gigabytes of space...
3. Not sure what this means. Where did you set it to "stop at 200."
4. You have to go into the folder and delete the pics you don't want in the screen saver. I didn't want to delete the pictures by code, because deleting big pieces of data scares me. I'd rather let the user do it.
5. I don't understand.
6. Agree. I'll definitely do this.
2. I'll let you know if any ideas come up...as a full back-u[ its nice to have all the files...its not a size thing, more a ease of use thing...its nice to be able to open a bunch of images from the same folder in a single click...having them segregated into little bundles makes this difficult...
3. I set 200 for pics in the screensaver folder (http://127.0.0.1:5337/photoFan/prefs?page=1.4). In that folder, there are two subfolders for the two feeds i have subscribed to (newswire & my flickr)...The newswire folder has had up to 600 pics in it and my flickr folder has zero pics in it.
3a) I also wanted an archive, and designated a drive/directory, but nothing has been written there yet...the folder exists, but nothing in it...
Gotta run...more later...
To get the latest version, 0.46...
1. You should already have the automatic update that comes at the top of the hour. If not, click here to update immediately.
But please, start a google group for discussion or something, this is too awesome for me to try to sift through the comments on this page.
How do I configure FlickrFan to download my private photos? I do not see a way to input my password.
Thanks!
I just started testing this out and am really enjoying it. I've encountered a weird bug when uploading to Flickr. The images are not being deleted from the my chosen directory and thus are posting to flickr over and over. Any suggestions or is this just a bug?