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[–] Travesty@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Immichframe adds a bit nicer clock, transitions, etc compared to the default slideshow. But yeah, just a plugin for Immich, essentially

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Didn’t watch the video, tailscale is a cloud. Use headscale

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was hoping to do the same thing with e-ink color frame as a DIY project this winter

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, I quite love that idea. To be honest I'm surprised digital frames are so expensive still, forcing people to go the cheap tablet route.

[–] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's expensive? I just bought two dumb digital frames (no wifi, just usb stick, no app, just a shitty ) online for somewhere about 50-70 euros each, I don't think I can buy an android tablet for that price, can I?

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've bought android tablets for about that price. I'm sure you could too - but don't waste your time, they don't have enough power to be useful for anything. There isn't much difference between a picture frame and a tablet - both have a CPU, RAM, software, and a screen, it is probably cheaper to power android (and put picture frame software on it) than to write a new custom picture frame from scratch. Wifi and RAM is built in to several CPUs these days so probably isn't even an extra cost. There is a small cost for a touch screen, but not much - might even be cheaper just because touch screens are more common and so you get volume reducing costs.