PW Auto page-turn or slide show function

i-be_area · 06-16-2021, 05:46 PM

Hi mobileread forum,

I'm brand new here so pardon in advance if this is the wrong place to ask! I just managed to JB my old PW1 with much joy and enthusiasm (my first jailbroken device to date

)

My reason for delving into this was the need for an auto page-turn, or slide show function on my kindle since I want to use it as a wall display for showing texts and/or images. So far I havent been able to find something on the forums, except for the online screensaver extension that might work as slightly ineffective workaround. Does anyone know of an extension or trick that can fulfill my needs? It would need to work without auto sleep mode as well, which im not sure is built into the K5 JB.

P.s. I already installed the FW 5.x ScreenSavers Hack which seems to be mainly shuffling images on a sleep/wake up cycle, and not automatically presenting images as a slideshow or "traditional" PC screensaver.

0x6c616d70 · 06-17-2021, 10:25 PM

How savy are you with Python?

Perhaps you can take a look at this https://github.com/mattzzw/kindle-gphotos

I can't guarantee it would work, but it's a project I'm planning to modify to work offline, though for the moment I'm still working on making a screensaver generator. (Since at the moment I'm more interested at seeing info on a screensaver than an e-ink picture frame)

NiLuJe · 06-17-2021, 11:30 PM

There are approximately a billion ways of achieving what you vaguely describe, so, more details would be nice.

In no particular order:

* If it's standard document types you're working with, KOReader has an auto-turn plugin.
* I'm pretty sure people have written multiple things related to sending synthetic button/touch events in the past, so, that's an option too in stock-land.
* If you do intend to work with stock screensaver, the ScreenSaver's hack cover mode is essentially generating a screensaver at runtime. The trick being, if there's only one file in the pool, it'll get picked up, so just update that one file over and over.
* Otherwise, DIY w/ FBInk in C/C++/Python/Lua/Go/(shell), in which case, sky's the limit.

0x6c616d70 · 06-28-2021, 11:03 PM

This seems to be popular concept, so I modified the Online Screensaver to make an offline Slideshow. You just have to add your own PNG images(at the right resolution) on slideshow/photos then toggle it on with KUAL.

There's also an option to change the slide speed at extensions/slideshowScreensaver/bin/config.sh
(make sure to check because interval is set to 240 during night time and 1 minute during the day)

By Default it starts after 1 minute (~3min if on battery) and refreshes at that interval

linkss (screensavers hack) is recommended for a smoother experience but not required.

note: your device has to be in screen saver mode (ie. press the power button)

06-16-2021, 05:46 PM	#1
i-be_area Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Kindle PW1	Auto page-turn or slide show function Hi mobileread forum, I'm brand new here so pardon in advance if this is the wrong place to ask! I just managed to JB my old PW1 with much joy and enthusiasm (my first jailbroken device to date ) My reason for delving into this was the need for an auto page-turn, or slide show function on my kindle since I want to use it as a wall display for showing texts and/or images. So far I havent been able to find something on the forums, except for the online screensaver extension that might work as slightly ineffective workaround. Does anyone know of an extension or trick that can fulfill my needs? It would need to work without auto sleep mode as well, which im not sure is built into the K5 JB. P.s. I already installed the FW 5.x ScreenSavers Hack which seems to be mainly shuffling images on a sleep/wake up cycle, and not automatically presenting images as a slideshow or "traditional" PC screensaver. Last edited by i-be_area; 06-16-2021 at 05:49 PM. Reason: Update previously tested out solutions

06-17-2021, 10:25 PM	#2
0x6c616d70 HP: 9% Posts: 62 Karma: 2225752 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Philippines Device: Paperwhite 4	How savy are you with Python? Perhaps you can take a look at this https://github.com/mattzzw/kindle-gphotos I can't guarantee it would work, but it's a project I'm planning to modify to work offline, though for the moment I'm still working on making a screensaver generator. (Since at the moment I'm more interested at seeing info on a screensaver than an e-ink picture frame) Last edited by 0x6c616d70; 06-17-2021 at 10:27 PM. Reason: improved grammar

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06-17-2021, 11:30 PM	#3
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	There are approximately a billion ways of achieving what you vaguely describe, so, more details would be nice. In no particular order: * If it's standard document types you're working with, KOReader has an auto-turn plugin. * I'm pretty sure people have written multiple things related to sending synthetic button/touch events in the past, so, that's an option too in stock-land. * If you do intend to work with stock screensaver, the ScreenSaver's hack cover mode is essentially generating a screensaver at runtime. The trick being, if there's only one file in the pool, it'll get picked up, so just update that one file over and over. * Otherwise, DIY w/ FBInk in C/C++/Python/Lua/Go/(shell), in which case, sky's the limit.

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