Hi all!
I am looking for aWIFI Digital Photo Frame which is not dependent on a cloud storage that I don’t know and don’t trust. So the device would either have lots of internal storage (at least 64GB)or storage can be added via SD cards or USB Sticks.
Ideally there would be an app that I can use to upload pictures to the device in my home WIFI but SFTP/Samba would also be ok.
Any recommendations?
edit: up to 200 EUR budget edit: at least 10 inch in size
Thanks a lot!
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I looked around awhile ago and didn’t really find anything good.
I think the best option is a raspberrypi and a nice 10" display or something like that.
Will a wifi SD card or adapter work? And then you can get any digital photo frame
Budget?
Up to 200 EUR - but not really the time to build something from scratch (like Raspi)
Do you have time to build something partially from scratch? I could see repurposing an old laptop, disassemble it and make the screen face outwards with the board affixed to the back of the screen lid.
Might take some creative routing with the internal display cable, but I’ve taken apart tons of laptops where this would be doable, especially after you’ve discarded the plastic chassis
Though you’ll still need a frame of some kind, unless you like the “raw-tech” look
Maybe just a cheap android tablet? I know it would be an overkill but you can get one for less than 200 euro and it works well for that purpose.
I’m doing this with Immich as the photo storage software, MagicMirror OS on a raspberry pi, and the MMM-ImmichSlideShow module to show the pictures on an old computer monitor.
If you’re new to self hosting stuff, this will be sort of difficult to get set up. If you’re comfortable with the command line, config files, docker, etc, then it’s worth the effort.
