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Photo Screen Saver is an OpenGL application that will slide different images which are taken from www.flickr.com site. | |||
They are downloaded by the script /usr/pluto/bin/flickr.pl | They are downloaded by the script /usr/pluto/bin/flickr.pl | ||
The params of that script are: minwidth, minheight, and which number of previous days should be searched. | The params of that script are: minwidth, minheight, and which number of previous days should be searched. | ||
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After the script saves some files the PhotoScreenSaver (PSS) is started. | After the script saves some files the PhotoScreenSaver (PSS) is started. | ||
PSS is a child device of Orbiter which means that will get different parameters from the admin page and will be started/ | PSS is a child device of Orbiter which means that will get different parameters from the admin page and will be started/stopped by Orbiter itself. | ||
What is the normal flow of PSS? | What is the normal flow of PSS? | ||
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[[1. Initialization]] | [[1. Initialization]] | ||
2. Animation thread | [[2. Animation thread]] | ||
3. Finalization | [[3. Finalization]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:59, 11 August 2007
Photo Screen Saver is an OpenGL application that will slide different images which are taken from www.flickr.com site.
They are downloaded by the script /usr/pluto/bin/flickr.pl
The params of that script are: minwidth, minheight, and which number of previous days should be searched.
The all files are downloaded by at the folder /home/flickr/[year]/[mount]/[day]
After the script saves some files the PhotoScreenSaver (PSS) is started.
PSS is a child device of Orbiter which means that will get different parameters from the admin page and will be started/stopped by Orbiter itself.
What is the normal flow of PSS?