![]() Raspberry Pi needs to be connected to the Internet. To download Instagram photos (or for that matter to follow the instructions link in the previous step) your The slideshow runs in the Raspberry Pi GUI desktop, so follow these instructions to set your Raspberry Pi toĪutologin to the GUI if it isn't already doing it:Ĭonfigure your Raspberry Pi to connect to your Wifi if you haven't done so already Set your Raspberry Pi to autologin into the GUI desktop if it doesn't already Getting the slideshow set up on your Raspberry Piįollow these instructions to get the slideshow set up and working on your Raspberry Pi: That downloads and shows Instagram videos in addition to photos, so check that out as well. Raspberry Pi Instagram Slide and Video Show version Return to fullscreen display by either pressing Esc again or selecting Enter Fullscreen from the View pulldown menu. After making configuration changes, click OK, and then Photo before moving on to the next (the default is 15 seconds), by pressing Esc to exit fullscreen mode, and then You can configure whether the slideshow displays photos in random order, the order they are in the instagram_photosĭirectory, or sorted lexicographic order (the default is random), and/or configure how long the slideshow displays each (If you like you can also copy other jpg files to the directory and they will also be included in the slideshow - for that matter I used the InstaG Downloader Chrome Extension to download all the photos from the Idea Fab Labs Instagram feed that were older than the 20 most recent, so they would be in the instagram_photos directory too.) Only gets the 20 most recent photos from an Instagram account, and in the interest of both reducing bandwidth and being able to run the slideshow even when your internet connection is down, once an hour the program checks Instagram to see if any new photos have been posted to the account, and if so, downloads them to its instagram_photos directory. Getting the slideshow set up on your Raspberry Pi.īecause (at least as of September 2017) the Instagram API in Sandbox Mode If you'd like to do something similar with your own Instagram feed, the instructions below will walk you through I wrote the slideshow program in Python using the Tkinter GUI interface, and I've tested it with Raspberry Pi 2 Model BĬomputers running Raspbian Wheezy with the LXDE GUI desktop, Raspbian Jessie with the Pixel GUI desktop, and Raspbian Idea Fab Labs' Instagram feed of photos of projects, facilities, and events. ![]() Had to do was plug it into a large monitor and it would start running a slideshow of ![]() I'm a volunteer at the Idea Fab Labs maker/hacker/artspace here in Santa Cruz,Īnd I was asked to set up a Raspberry Pi for our weekly open house and for IFL booths at events, so that all you ![]()
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