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Hello everyone:

First things first, I'm not a coder or something like that but I need someone that can help me...

I have been looking all over google, youtube and internet for a program that can be able to basically do 3 things (and haven't found one yet so that's why I'm here asking for help)

1) Load a photo directory (number of photos is not going to be static, but dynamic because I use to add images form time to time) and show them in full screen

2) Read and show photo files randomly (no problem if randomness choose same photo 2 times) and keep showing those photos for a customizable amount of time (lets say 2 minutes each, or 3).

3) Let me add a (fade to black, or fade to the other photo) transition using a specific amount of time that I can choose as the duration of the transition. (Let's say 3 seconds or 5 seconds as the time for that transition to happen)

It's for a livestreaming channel I hold but OBS software is using 6GB of ram to hold 700photos (like it pre-load them before showing)

What I need is a program that endlessly shows photos randomly using time-customizable transitions.

Am I asking too much? o.o

Thank you for your time and patience

What I have tried:

I have tried looking for that program all over internet and couldnt find one, and related solutions are developing one using software, but as I said I'm not a coder myself :c

Posted 2-Feb-19 11:08am

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Updated 3-Feb-19 9:50am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2019-02-02T20:07:00

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I don't think you are ever going to find exactly what you want, so that means a custom solution - writing the code, basically.

And if you aren't a coder, then you will have to find a coder to do it for you - but this is not the place for that, we do not arrange commissions here. I suggest you go to Freelancer.com and ask there.

But be aware: you get what you pay for. Pay peanuts, get monkeys. And there are a lot of monkeys out there ... specify exactly what you want, decide how much you want to pay for it, design an acceptance test system so you both know when it's complete. And don't pay it all up front!

Good luck!

Posted 2-Feb-19 20:07pm

OriginalGriff

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Jim Meadors 3-Feb-19 2:30am

Why don't you learn to code? What you have outlined here sounds like you could do it in 25 - 50 lines of code. Just download and install the Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition and then google some samples that do something close to what you want. And then look up what you can do to make it do exactly what you want it to do. What Griff is telling you is basically your only other option and it can be an expensive one.

OriginalGriff 3-Feb-19 3:04am

Probably you could, I could. But ... remember how long it took you to get from "Hello world" to arrays, files, directories, and images? Never mind trying to live stream all that at the same time.
Those 50 lines of code have a lot of experience and knowledge behind them ... :laugh:

Member 14138269 3-Feb-19 12:33pm

Thankyou OriginalGriff and Jim for your replies. :)

OriginalGriff 3-Feb-19 12:34pm

You're welcome!

Maciej Los · Answer 2 · 2019-02-03T09:51:00

As far as i know OBS software is used for screen recording...

So, all you need to do is to find software, which can:
- convert images (ading effects),
- display images from source folder in full-screen mode,
- create slide show (in a specific amount of time)
- etc.

I'd recommend to use XnView[^], which is provided as FREEWARE (NO Adware, NO Spyware) for private or educational use (including non-profit organizations).

I'm pretty convenient that there's a lot of similar programs.

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