Showing a jpg /png on the Kindle

stevejoung · 12-06-2022, 04:32 PM

I have,managed to jailbreak my Kindle PW and can SSH into it and have also got Kterm working so I can investigate the OS.

My net step is to be able to use the Kindle as a display, but before I can start with that I need to know how to display pictures and text and maybe webpages on the Kindle screen. There is no "screen" command in my kindle OS.

Is there a tutorial or such showing how to do this from the terminal?

NiLuJe · 12-06-2022, 07:39 PM

Oh, hai!

stevejoung · 12-07-2022, 07:15 AM

Many Thanks!

luketheduke · 12-07-2022, 07:15 PM

For a built-in approach, I believe there's a command in /bin/ that will display images or HTML files. If you're interested I can find it for you.

NiLuJe · 12-08-2022, 01:59 PM

That's `eips`, as mentioned in both FBInk threads

.

The drawback being that it uses a very very very very old stb version, so you may encounter weird and random issues depending on how your images are encoded.

stevejoung · 12-08-2022, 02:30 PM

@ luketheduke After reading the link that NiLuJe supplied I found this wiki for EIPS https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Eips which is probably what you are refering to.I have been using eips for the time being and it is working well for me.

I must say the people on this forum are specially helpful and knowledgable.

luketheduke · 12-08-2022, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

That's `eips`, as mentioned in both FBInk threads

.

The drawback being that it uses a very very very very old stb version, so you may encounter weird and random issues depending on how your images are encoded.

Really? I remember it being something along the lines of WEBREADER.

Anyway, if you've found a solution that works for you, I'll leave it be.

NiLuJe · 12-09-2022, 12:51 PM

webreader is the Kindle's KF8 renderer? ;o).

mattcd216 · 01-06-2023, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevejoung

@ luketheduke After reading the link that NiLuJe supplied I found this wiki for EIPS https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Eips which is probably what you are refering to.I have been using eips for the time being and it is working well for me.

I must say the people on this forum are specially helpful and knowledgable.

Hi. Read the wiki link. How do you actually use eips? Is there a command line anywhere?
Thanks

mergen3107 · 01-06-2023, 07:26 PM

Set up an ssh or install kterm extension.

mattcd216 · 01-07-2023, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mergen3107

Set up an ssh or install kterm extension.

Thanks

12-06-2022, 04:32 PM	#1
stevejoung Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Showing a jpg /png on the Kindle I have,managed to jailbreak my Kindle PW and can SSH into it and have also got Kterm working so I can investigate the OS. My net step is to be able to use the Kindle as a display, but before I can start with that I need to know how to display pictures and text and maybe webpages on the Kindle screen. There is no "screen" command in my kindle OS. Is there a tutorial or such showing how to do this from the terminal? Last edited by stevejoung; 12-06-2022 at 04:53 PM.

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NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Oh, hai!

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stevejoung Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Many Thanks!

12-07-2022, 07:15 PM	#4
luketheduke Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 25608 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: PW3, PW2, KT2, 2xKT, 2xK3G	For a built-in approach, I believe there's a command in /bin/ that will display images or HTML files. If you're interested I can find it for you.

12-08-2022, 01:59 PM	#5
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	That's `eips`, as mentioned in both FBInk threads . The drawback being that it uses a very very very very old stb version, so you may encounter weird and random issues depending on how your images are encoded.

12-08-2022, 02:30 PM	#6
stevejoung Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	@ luketheduke After reading the link that NiLuJe supplied I found this wiki for EIPS https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Eips which is probably what you are refering to.I have been using eips for the time being and it is working well for me. I must say the people on this forum are specially helpful and knowledgable.

12-09-2022, 12:51 PM	#8
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	webreader is the Kindle's KF8 renderer? ;o).

01-06-2023, 07:26 PM	#10
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,558 Karma: 5000046 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	Set up an ssh or install kterm extension.